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Downed trees are a common source of toxicity and even death in cattle.

Cover crops have many obvious advantages, from improving soil health to feeding soil organisms. Less apparent benefits include trapping and recycling nutrients in the soil and allowing better use of fertilizer resources.

A new lawsuit is challenging the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's waiver program for poultry plant line speeds.

Cattle producers may get stuck with a solution they don't like if they don't speak out about options for improved price-discovery in the beef market.

Agricultural economist Stephen Koontz says his work has been used to bolster a plan for mandating cash markets, but they've got it all wrong.

Veteran Texas cattleman Bill O'Brien says blockchain is a public ledger of all transactions in a market, and adds it can be done in a confidential manner.

USDA released a report Wednesday summarizing volatility in cattle and beef prices following last summer's Tyson fire in Kansas and the loss of packer capacity during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic this...

Loss in hog slaughter capacity, because of the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and changes at the plants, is making life hard on thousands of producers, many who may be staring bankruptcy in the face.

Visitors to the Moo-ve event learned how large cows are, how paddocks are divided to accommodate rotational grazing and why the Rowes fence cattle out of ponds.

Couple resurrect cotton ground that was a testimony to mismanagement and gain year-round green for their cow herd.

Every year a few calves become lame at one particular farm. What could be causing the problem?

Silage provides a nutritious source of forage for beef producers, whether it be for a cow-calf operation or a feedlot. Silage is often utilized when drought limits other types of forage. Water-stressed silage will produce less yield and affect quality.

Drought in Kansas is limiting the amount of forage available to cow/calf producers and a management practice, which need to be considered in the early weaning of calves. Studies have shown in intensively managed, early-weaned systems, more forage can...

This Kansas farmer bales up a niche of his own.

Traceability continues to be hotly debated, as a move by the USDA to shift the beef industry to RFID tags gains momentum.

Evaluate the cow herd's nutritional program if you notice they are eating strange things, such as tree bark.

Grazing research done at the Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, South Dakota, shows incorporating perennial grasses into a crop rotation can have a positive effect on soil health. Also, adding cattle to land helps farmers gain another source of...

Grazing research done at the Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, South Dakota, shows incorporating perennial grasses into a crop rotation can have a positive effect on soil health. Also, adding cattle to land helps farmers gain another source of...

Knowing the cost of every operation and performing tasks in a timely fashion helps Kyle Krier make hay pay.

USDA has announced spending $27.1 million between two companies for vaccine concentrate that will function as a strategic reserve against the risk of foot-and-mouth disease returning to the livestock herd.

A shift in grazing management allowed this producer to start bringing in stockers, while still improving body condition on his 150-head cow herd.

A professionally prepared lease protects both landowners and tenants.

Anaplasmosis is a bloodborne disease, which makes it especially important to control ticks and biting flies—both are common carriers of this disease.

Because of rising cases of COVID-19 in most of the United States, Farm Progress announced June 28 the 2020 Farm Progress Show is canceled after stating less than two weeks ago that the show would still happen. The 2020 Husker Harvest Days Show...

After months of hearings, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released a 547-page report that focuses on "rapid development of wind, solar, energy efficiency and other zero-carbon energy sources." The plan, with a long list of proposals...