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Taking a step back in time will help explain why stocker cattle are priced where they are.

This time of year, cattle producers begin to ask ‘Should I creep feed my calves?’. The answer isn’t as simple as yes or no.

In his continued effort to build upon the history of the legendary Brinks Brangus herd, Ray Westall, owner of Brinks Brangus at Westall Ranches, has announced the purchase of 250 registered Brangus females from 101 Ranch at Palo Pinto, Texas.

America’s food producers, who help keep the country’s supermarkets well supplied, rely on grazing rights, whose fees are a tax paid by the individual ranchers. They are not a government subsidy.

May Cattle on Feed report indicates fewer cattle in feedlots and less placements coming.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is using goats to prevent future wildfires in New Mexico.

Research at Kansas State University has found that sheep will voluntarily graze, and therefore could help sustainably control, sericea lespedeza, a noxious weed in parts of Kansas and neighboring states.

The Missouri Steer Feedout finally showed a profit this year according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension.

Oklahoma State University has been awarded a $1 million grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide some of the first climate adaptation tools for beef producers in the form of water management resources.

USDA research looks at how global warming will affect native grassland.