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A relief fund for western South Dakota ranchers who lost tens of thousands of cattle in an early October blizzard has collected $3 million, three times as much as expected, an organizer said Friday.
NuAgra, a Brookings, S.D. based company, has begun selling grass-fed South Dakota beef directly to households throughout the United States — and the company’s beef starts out in central South Dakota.
A southeast Kansas farmer whose video parody “What Does the Farmer Say” went viral last month has a new hit with his take on a Miley Cyrus song that features twerking cows.
The Cargill beef packing plant in Dodge City, Kan. was back in full production by the end of last week following a fire in the kill floor area.
Cargill Inc. says it will start labeling beef products that contain “finely textured beef,” following last year’s public outcry over the use of “pink slime.”
A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a circuit judge to throw out a defamation lawsuit related to its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef, which critics have dubbed “pink slime.”
The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association plans to ask the 2015 Legislature to double the $1-per-head checkoff that ranchers pay when they sell cattle.
Relief efforts have been setup for both North and South Dakota to aid ranchers in need after the brutal October blizzard.
Ranchers in South Dakota are still waiting to see if they will receive any federal aid after losing cattle in an October blizzard.
There are herds of cattle on a pair of remote Alaska islands that have survived for decades despite any number of threats to their existence.