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Monday morning packers are convinced the solution to low cattle prices is more carcass hooks. Reality, however, suggests proposed new packing plants are out of step with cattle inventories and available labor.

Feedyards battled through the intense conditions to keep their cattle safe this week. The heat and humidity proved devastating, and estimates point to western Kansas feedlots seeing losses of 100 to 500 head per day.

Jeffrey Savell, Ph.D., has been named the 2022 American Meat Science Association R.C. Pollock Award honoree.

Where is the home of the best burger? Voting closed June 13 and with a total of 2,953 votes, the winner of this epic battle is...

Arm mangled inside a hay baler, Doug Bichler fought a gruesome battle for life, determined to escape the machine at all costs.

Dr. Dave Nichols, Kansas State University Animal Sciences & Industry professor emeritus, has been selected to receive the 2022 Don L. Good Impact Award.

With recent rains, humidity and warmer temperatures an ideal breeding ground for annoying pests that rob profit potential from beef operations.

Consumer concerns with inflation are quite real and retail beef values closed out the first quarter 15% higher than last year. Even so, the end user beef market has gained a widening appreciation for Prime beef.

With the extreme heat in cattle feeding areas there have been reports of death losses.

Research has shown weaning weights can be increased by over 30 pounds and pregnancy rates by over 10% by deworming cows in the spring and again in mid-summer.