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The mood was somber as ranchers from western South Dakota met in Fort Pierre to discuss ways to limit beef imports and protect the cow-calf operators.
A bull on the loose stopped traffic on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia during a brief taste of freedom before meeting its demise, but not as planned.
The fear of bovine tuberculosis spreading has deer hunters dealing with strict inspections in Indiana.
A small packing plant in Oregon has been cited for inhumane slaughter practices.
More cows, and even bison have been mysteriously killed and butchered in North Dakota pastures.
A lawsuit over the beef checkoff is being heard in the U.S. District Court of Montana.
Congress needs to move quickly to pass a farm bill, largely to help western South Dakota ranchers recovering from a fall blizzard that killed thousands of cattle.
A Nebraska company has found a way to make dry cattle feed pellets from an ethanol byproduct without adding any binding ingredients.
Authorities have seized 36 head of neglected cattle from a farm near Winterset in Madison County, Iowa.
South Dakota feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more animals reported 220,000 cattle on feed on Aug. 1, up 5 percent from last year.