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Just last week, R-CALF USA filed a lawsuit against four major meat packers. However, even if the cattle producers win, it could still be a losing scenario in the end. Drovers Editor explains why.
Missouri’s prairies are disappearing and the loss is hurting the state’s ecosystem, according to a conservation expert.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 75% of emerging infectious diseases of people are zoonotic.
Melting snow and spring rains produce conditions that can increase lameness in beef cattle. Mud is among the predisposing causes for cattle lameness.
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Federal officials have released a plan to save sagebrush habitats in Western states that support cattle ranching, recreation and 350 wildlife species, including imperiled sage grouse.
In an ironic twist, the BLM hopes cattle from Dwight and Steven Hammond – ranchers prosecuted for starting range fires – can reduce a fire risk on the high desert of eastern Oregon.
A northern Utah man faces criminal charges after 46 cows he was hired to take care of died of starvation, and numerous others were seriously injured or impaired.
Alleyways are used not only for livestock movement, but for cattle “storage.” But cattle don’t like to be crowded, and remaining in alleyways until processing makes the corral experience bad, and makes cattle harder to work next time.
NASS reports in the 2017 Census of Agriculture that 36% of U.S. farms have beef cows, with the average herd size 43.5 head. Smaller operations, however, are declining.
A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against San Juan County, Utah, and a local rancher by an environmental rights activist who alleges she was illegally detained and falsely accused in 2017.
A total of 850 lots sold at Gardiner Angus Ranch’s 40th Annual Production Sale, Ashland, Kansas, April 6, 2019.
Greenleaf Foods says its new Indiana facility will be the largest plant-based food manufacturing facility in North America.
Beef demand is supported by strong U.S. export sales and U.S. consumer purchasing has been well balanced with beef supplies as we head into the 2nd quarter.
Rabo AgriFinance says the live cattle and feeder cattle markets are out of balance right now; a sign that lower feeder cattle prices could be on the horizon.
Despite an uneven cash trade, analysts say fed cattle supplies remain manageable.
A proposal in Oregon seeks a ban on coyote-hunting contests, but the language runs afoul of the state’s constitution which also permits strip clubs as free speech.
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The complex challenges of addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) make it a prototypical “One-Health” issue, according to five new papers published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
An environmental activist charged with trespassing and wanton destruction of livestock in Utah pled “no contest” to Class A and Class B misdemeanor charges of “trespassing on State Trust Lands.”
Kansas cattle producers are coming off what one Kansas State University official calls “one of the roughest winters” in recent memory, adding that the situation has created the need for extra attention this spring.
For the second time in less than a year, a couple in Louisiana has been arrested for fraudulent sales of cattle.
When infectious diseases cross species barriers, their severity can vary from minor to deadly, with consequences difficult to predict
Annual spring burning of native grasses in Kansas contributes to air quality issues in Nebraska.
A Colorado man accused of trying to kill a Utah rancher’s cattle is scheduled to go to trial next week.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking matters into its own hands, opening two more emergency programs for producers dealing with flooding in Nebraska.
Performing a yearly breeding soundness exam on bulls is an insurance policy for fertility.
Cow-calf producers are constantly bombarded with decisions and challenges as it relates to herd health, nutrition, retaining versus purchasing heifers, sire selection, timing of marketing and the list could continue.
A Texas Petco honored their “all leashed pets are welcome” policy when a man brought a haltered steer to the store.