Wyatt Bechtel

Wyatt Bechtel is associate editor for Beef Today and Dairy Today.

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The owners of a sale barn in Kansas have been charged with writing more than $2 billion in unfunded checks and wire transfers. Their alleged fraud scheme has lost banks millions of dollars and is impacting cattlemen.
A feedlot operator in Nebraska who has been linked to more than 200 cattle dying from neglect has been charged with more crimes in the case.
The way that antibiotics are purchased and used in beef production could face further changes than just the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD).
One way that researchers and cattlemen are addressing emissions is through the creation and adoption of technology that introduce efficiency to the beef production cycle.
Buying grain to feed livestock can be expensive, but there are ways to protect your risk and reduce market volatility.
A recent report indicates that cow herd expansion will continue, but there should be no need for additional beef packing capacity.
For the second time this week a member of the Batista family, owners of the world’s largest meat packing company, has been arrested in Brazil.
The time to start pregnancy checking spring calving cows and heifers is here or just around the corner for cattle producers across the country.
Get a behind the scenes view of shipping cattle from the Youngmeyer pens in the southern Flint Hills of Kansas.
Wildfires have burned wide swaths of the western U.S. the past week forcing evacuations of communities, cattle to move pastures and highway closures.