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Producers need to review their anticipated calving dates, cow body condition scores and cows’ diet.

As the cow herd continues to rebuild feedlots carry on with business seeing fewer calves in pens.

Ammon Bundy and another 15 defendants pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal conspiracy charges related to the 41-day occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge. Several of the accused, however, expressed doubt that they enjoy the presumption of innocence.

Warm weather is coming and that means cattle producers grazing wheat in the Southern Plains have a decision to make: should they stay or should they go?

Cattle temperament is a focus area for research with the aim of reducing the potential for injury to producers and to preserve the longevity of facilities. One of the main objectives of cattle temperament studies is to determine if selecting sires based on temperament is effective for reaching these goals.

There will be no cattle inventory reports released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service this summer due to budget cuts.

Beef cattle research faculty from Kansas State University and Texas Tech University will embark on a feedlot cattle production and health research program to provide beef industry outreach.

Once they roamed the range. Now they compete in shows.

Concerns about running cattle on federal land are reaching livestock owners in California.

Grass tetany, also known as grass staggers, magnesium tetany, hypomagnesemia, and wheat pasture poisoning, is a nutritional disorder caused by either 1) an inadequate amount of dietary Mg, or, 2) other mineral related factor that is preventing (antagonizing) dietary Mg from being properly absorbed or utilized.