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Sound care and handling practices, based on years of experience and research are known to impact the well-being of cattle, individual animal health and herd productivity.

Sixty projects have been awarded $15.8 million by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to focus on the nation’s response and control to animal disease outbreaks.

It’s useful to explore two measures - beef cow inventory and producer’s share - simultaneously because both are often referenced by those critical of the industry’s innerworkings.

Equine leaders will discuss the importance and sustainability of the working ranch horse at NIAA’s Annual Conference in April.

A federal judge in Texas put WOTUS on hold in two states over the weekend but denied a concentrated effort by industry groups to stop the rule nationwide.

The comment period on a proposal to amend the animal disease traceability regulations and require EID for interstate movement of certain cattle and bison has been extended 30 days, USDA APHIS announced.

The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City will honor two of the region’s leading agricultural figures with the Jay B. Dillingham Award on May 18 at a luncheon in Kansas City’s historic Union Station.

Feedlot inventories are at their lowest point in 29 months and placements have been lower in 10 of the past 12 months. Here’s what historical data shows about how the trend may evolve in the coming months.

Instability in equity markets proved a drag on futures last week, providing an incentive for feeders to trade on lower bids. Packers will continue to struggle with inventory going forward.

Oregon ranchers and feedlots are concerned about Senate Bill 85, which would stop the permitting of all “industrial sized” operations.