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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.

For ranch chores many Drovers readers say they couldn’t live without one.

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.

USDA study finds virtually no residues in retail pork.

Cattle stranded in flooded parts of Nebraska getting hay via helicopter with help from the Air National Guard.

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.

Beef and lamb producers from New Zealand are planning to spend several million dollars on a campaign to promote their products in the U.S. to help strengthen their import position.

The full financial impacts of 2019 flooding may not be known for months.

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.

No one enjoys paying insurance premiums, but we like even less the prospect of paying mountainous uncovered bills for a hospital visit or vehicle accident.

The full financial impacts of 2019 flooding may not be known for months.

Cattle markets have been keeping pace in early 2019 compared to the same first quarter period in 2017 and 2018.

Eyes to the sky, farmers count costs of cattle losses

The nation’s fourth largest beef packer is growing and consumers are surveyed on the use of vegetarian products bearing meat labeling.

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.

Worms, flies, ticks and lice are all costly to beef producers.

DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.

Charging officers and mounting a moving vehicle, a bull in Sparta, New Jersey was put down by police after it attacked and seriously injured its owner.

The recent USDA release of the December livestock trade data puts a bow on cattle and beef trade for 2018. 

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.

The USDA has released new cattle on feed numbers. It is still playing catch up following the partial government shutdown.

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 production of cell cultured meat or alternative proteins will soon receive federal oversight from three agencies. Betsy Jibben with AgDay has the story.

We are finally getting to see 2018 total beef and pork export numbers.

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.

Launch of the Green New Deal was derailed by "farting cows" headlines, which may have created more long-term damage to your business than the proposed environmental plan.

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.

Oklahoma authorities say the incidences of cattle theft are on the rise.

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.

Four considerations to help you choose the right sires for your herd

USDA's cattle on feed report released Friday found 11.7 million cattle in feedlots on January 1.

An online petition at Change.org suggests selling Montana to Canada for $1 trillion. Montanans fail to see the humor.

Are lab-cultured meats really more sustainable than the real thing?

A court-appointed investigator is counting cattle and identifying owners in a multi-million dollar South Dakota foreclosure case.

The sale of Kane Beef is scheduled to close Feb. 22, 2019, and operations are expected to resume "as soon as practical," the new owner says.

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.

Every cowboy from Ames to Amarillo was convinced the cattle market is headed higher, but packers held out on raising bids until late Friday.

Consumer trends expect to see a surge in veganism but meat consumption continues to rise.

Americans ate a record amount of red meat and poultry in 2018 as demand remained strong, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Consumer trends expect to see a surge in veganism but meat consumption continues to rise.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) hasn’t released its November numbers past October due to the government shutdown. If they’re anything like October’s numbers, then they could be record-shattering.

AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben talked with buyers and sellers at a feeder cattle auction in Northern Indiana. She traveled to Shipshewana, Indiana.

The dairy industry has been dealing with imitation milk for years. Now cattle producers are seeing meat alternatives starting to crowd their space.

The major Cattle Inventory report was supposed to be released this week but is delayed. NASS announcing this week when reports will drop. Both Cattle on Feed and Cattle Inventory will be released February.

This year's Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show got underway Wednesday in New Orleans.

Whichever way you look at it, increasing the opportunity for profit or decreasing the risk for loss, having an advanced genetic “scouting report” on feeders has value.

Feeders steers and heifers sold both sides of steady, and the Cattle on Feed report went missing due to the government shutdown.

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.