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Wherever there’s group think, there’s never much room for thoughtfulness.

Pinkeye is a highly contagious infectious disease that affects cattle worldwide and the incidence and severity can vary widely from year to year.

Despite the smallest beef cow inventory since 1961 there are no indications that herd rebuilding is underway.

At least four additional states have confirmed cases of rabies in cattle this year.

Tyson Foods surpassed Wall Street expectations for third-quarter revenue and profit, indicating that demand was rebounding for its meat products, while lower grain prices reduced costs for animal feed.

As beef-dairy crossbred calves become a more widespread industry staple, they present their own set of specific benefits and challenges to the marketplace. A recently published study by Iowa State University researchers explored both.

This summer’s wild fires in many parts of cattle country has changed the economics for many ranchers and business risk has increased significantly.

This week marked three decades on air for “AgriTalk,” the nation’s first and only radio talk show focused entirely on agriculture and rural America.

While new technologies are in development to help diagnose BRD, for now the best tool is a trained human eye.

Cattle feeders still hold marketing leverage but a rout in the futures market along with a correction in equities pulled cash prices lower after two weeks of gains.