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When animals have health or performance problems it is almost always because the person in charge of taking care of them is not showing the proper interest in what they need.
Annual spring burning of native grasses in Kansas contributes to air quality issues in Nebraska.
As Nebraska continues to battle what appears to be the worst natural disaster in state history, stories are slowly starting to pour out of the region from farmers and ranchers impacted by the flood.
Performing a yearly breeding soundness exam on bulls is an insurance policy for fertility.
The south Texas beef packer formerly known as Kane Beef has reopened under the name of STX Beef.
For ranch chores many Drovers readers say they couldn’t live without one.
A traceability program is being started by Tyson Foods, Inc. that will use DNA to trace beef pack to the individual animal while proving its genetics.
A Colorado man accused of trying to kill a Utah rancher’s cattle is scheduled to go to trial next week.
A Texas Petco honored their “all leashed pets are welcome” policy when a man brought a haltered steer to the store.
Cattle stranded in flooded parts of Nebraska getting hay via helicopter with help from the Air National Guard.
DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.
Flooding in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa continues to impact cattlemen, right in the middle of calving season. Additional moisture this week, will aggravate the situation even more, meteorologists say.
The nation’s fourth largest beef packer is growing and consumers are surveyed on the use of vegetarian products bearing meat labeling.
Cattle markets have been keeping pace in early 2019 compared to the same first quarter period in 2017 and 2018.
The recent USDA release of the December livestock trade data puts a bow on cattle and beef trade for 2018.
The beef cattle trade has been highlighting this winter’s weather market for several weeks now, but the impact from last week’s bomb cyclone the cattle feeding belt has escalated problems for cattle performance.
The full financial impacts of 2019 flooding may not be known for months.
The move by National Beef – the fourth largest beef packer in the U.S. – to purchase Iowa Premium adds additional 1,100 head per day of packing capacity to the company.
The USDA has released new cattle on feed numbers. It is still playing catch up following the partial government shutdown.
Following the shutdown, fundamental information is slowly returning to normal. The February Cattle on Feed report was released last Friday, with the March report scheduled for its normal date of March 22.
Four considerations to help you choose the right sires for your herd
The meat-processing company that sued ABC News for calling its beef “pink slime” now is producing “100 percent ground beef,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s labeling board.
Oklahoma authorities say the incidences of cattle theft are on the rise.
Several Israeli start-ups have joined a handful of companies around the globe trying to develop lab-grown meat, something they see as a solution to the needs of the world’s growing population and demand for food.
A recall of more than 30,000 lb. of ground beef has been implemented after the discovery of plastic and metal in beef from a Washington processing plant.
A court-appointed investigator is counting cattle and identifying owners in a multi-million dollar South Dakota foreclosure case.
An online petition at Change.org suggests selling Montana to Canada for $1 trillion. Montanans fail to see the humor.
USDA’s cattle on feed report released Friday found 11.7 million cattle in feedlots on January 1.
Eyes to the sky in search of black vultures, producer concerns are mounting over calf losses. Black vulture expansion is drawing attention in the Midwest as livestock owners note increasing accounts of depredation.