The Beef Quality Assurance program today is a nationally recognized tool U.S. cattlemen rely on not only for food safety and prudent antibiotic-use guidelines but, increasingly, as a measure of their dedication to animal welfare.

There are two ways to get a really good herd of cows. If your pockets are deep enough, you buy a lot of great females all at one time. Your job at that point is to avoid messing them up. The other way is to continually reinvest profits into expansion and improvement...

When Reiss and Heather Bruning wanted to move a generations-old operation from a long tradition of private treaty sales to public auction, they found it easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Most crop farmers expect cover crops to serve as a long-term payback from a short-term cost. But, that's not the case with farmers who graze cover crops, says Meghan Filbert, livestock coordinator with the Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI).

Middle-Georgia producers benefit from a homegrown beef export program that lands their cattle's beef in Europe.

Good bull and heifer development is always intentional. It's time-consuming, expensive and, in the end, it's hard to know when to let go of an animal and when to keep it. Raising replacement cattle is both art and science, but Brad Barrett says it's also got to be a passion.

The Woolfolk name may be best known in cattle circles where the Tennessee family has a reputation for high-quality registered Herefords. But, there's more than cattle to this 153-year-old Century Farm. Most of the locals around Jackson know the Woolfolks as hay farmers...