One wolf from a pack that recently attacked cows to eat them on private land near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming has been killed and three more have been targeted to be killed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.
Two men are expected to plead guilty in Nevada this week to federal charges stemming from an armed confrontation with U.S. land management agents over grazing rights near cattleman Cliven Bundy's ranch, according to court records and their attorneys.
An effort to create a cattle herd and beef processing facilities on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has run out of money and is in danger of ending.
More than a dozen cattle that escaped overnight from their pens have been struck by vehicles after wandering into a rural road in Clinton County's Dallas Township.
Inspectors fined Tyson Foods more than $263,000 for safety violations at an East Texas poultry plant where a worker's finger was amputated when it became stuck in a conveyor belt, federal officials announced Tuesday.
Work is underway at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory to add a biohazard facility that will focus on the nasty diseases found in some Wyoming wildlife, like the plague and rabies.
New Hampshire's Health Department says it's investigating an outbreak of E. coli bacteria associated with ground beef after 12 people got sick eating the meat since June.
Canada says Taiwan has lifted its temporary ban on Canadian beef, removing the trade barrier it imposed after an outbreak of mad cow disease in Alberta last year.
Leaders in the northwest Iowa town of Cherokee want to see another company make use of the former Tyson Foods meat-processing plant just outside town, but they say the food company is making it hard to find a new tenant.
After having to throttle down for more than a week due to periods of pounding rainfall and spotty hail, mid-Willamette Valley farmers put combines back to work in area grass seed fields over the weekend.
A roadside memorial south of Balmorhea, Texas includes a metal sculpture of a horse in jaunty pose, a rusty cutout of a dozen steeds in full gallop and an old ranch saddle astride a cottonwood log.
Farmer advocacy groups have planned several informational meetings to help farmers if they decide to raise chickens for a plant proposed by Costco Wholesale in eastern Nebraska.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has authorized killing four wolves after ranchers near Lander, Wyo. have had three verified livestock killings by the animals.
Fremont, Neb. will pay for a study of water and sewer services at a proposed chicken plant site despite opponents' arguments that doing so violates state law.
The state is seeking a new owner for the only federally approved slaughterhouse in southcentral Alaska, as funding for the facility could run out this year due to legislative budget cuts.
Federal prosecutors say a California meat inspector who falsely certified that contaminated beef was free of E. coli has been sentenced to a year of home detention.
Pilgrim's Pride is expanding a 5 million pound recall that federal food safety regulators say includes a variety of chicken products potentially contaminated with foreign materials.
A huge Montana nature reserve added a 47,000-acre historic ranch to its patchwork of lands along the Missouri River on Friday, a significant step in a privately funded effort to stitch together a Connecticut-sized park where bison would replace livestock and cattle fences give way to open range.
Australia's current government will never sell its largest cattle empire to foreigners, the treasurer said on Wednesday after blocking a takeover by a Chinese-led consortium.
Regional economic development officials thought it was the perfect spot for a chicken processing plant that would liven up the 400-person town with 1,100 jobs, more than it had ever seen. When plans leaked out, though, there was no celebration.
Citing national interest, the Australian government on Friday blocked a Chinese-led consortium from buying the nation's largest private land holding, a collection of Outback cattle ranches bigger than South Korea.
Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree says a spending bill approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee unfairly curtails the free speech rights of chicken farmers.
Signs that said "We (heart symbol) Costco" were front and center during a Dodge County, Nebraska news conference held on a farm to discuss a proposed chicken plant that's drawn some local opposition.