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In this week’s Drovers TV Report there is a case of brucellosis in Wyoming; proposed regulation changes for livestock haulers; and a Texas beef packer is facing financial troubles.

Cash cattle prices averaged $1 per cwt lower last week, yet feedyard margins improved $24 per head.

Kodiak bears have killed an estimated 30 cattle on one rancher’s property on Alaska’s Kodiak Island.

With pastureland scorched, feed costs have skyrocketed. The past decade of setbacks has shrunk Canadian herd to 30-year low.

The 12th largest beef packer in the country is building a new $35 million distribution center.

Grazing longer, feeding hay and supplementing grain are all ways to keep cattle fed in winter.

Authorities in Utah believe that 15-20 cattle starved to death in the Capitol Reef National Park.

A decision by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller to halt the operation of spray boxes utilized to prevent to the spread of Cattle Fever Ticks is getting pushback from other government officials and cattlemen.

Despite cattle prices being lower than year-ago levels, of the major livestock markets beef has weathered the storm better than poultry or pork.

If there’s any place where a good 2" rain causes dancing in the streets, it’s in West Texas. In a land that’s usually dry anyway, the past few years of drought have been challenging to say the least.