Wyatt Bechtel

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

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Cover crops don’t just improve the performance of crop fields; they also make excellent forage for cattle.
A steer won’t be New York strips for at least one day after escaping a slaughterhouse in the City That Never Sleeps.
Public access to nearly 2,500 acres of the Cimarron National Grassland has been halted after seven cattle were found dead last year.
Winter storm Goliath left a wave of dead and stray beef cattle in its wake as the blizzard pushed across the Panhandle region of Texas last week.
Many factors play a role in achieving cow efficiency
Is it better to graze it or blaze it?
As a seedstock producer, Lee Leachman, partner in Leachman Cattle of Colorado, has been aiming to improve the efficiency of his cattle to pass those genetics onto commercial cattleman.
Genetics play a role in how cattle will ultimately perform.
It appears the world of fitness running and running with cattle have met in the most unlikely of places: New Jersey.
A ‘wreck’ is bound to happen when dealing with high-risk cattle in the feedlot, but their impact can be reduced.