Kansas
In a Kansas meat packing town immigrants are being offered free translators for driving exams through a volunteer program.
Cattle ranchers in the Great Plains have been struck with another heavy blow after a weekend blizzard left countless cattle dead and thousands struggling to feed in Oklahoma and Kansas. This setback comes two months after the March wildfires tore through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
A Kansas cattle buyer and his company have been cleared of all criminal charges after a federal judge found prosecutors did not present enough evidence at trial for the case to go to the jury.
Deep snow is melting into Western mountain streams, but some farmers and ranchers on the high plains are struggling amid a lengthy dry spell and the aftermath of destructive wildfires.
The Grisby family near Ashland, Kan. continue to handle the aftermath of last month’s Starbuck Fire.
Veterinarians and livestock producers are assessing more than antibiotic use in southwest Kansas where a blaze swept through the high plains earlier this month.
Ohio farmers are sending hay, fencing materials and other supplies to Kansas to help ranches that were devastated by wildfires this month.
Governors in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico are asking for grazing restrictions to be lifted on CRP acres.
Winds are expected to slow down Wednesday, but weather conditions are still not ideal for emergency crews battling wildfires in four states that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of square miles of land.
A ranch in Kansas needed a little help heading into the holidays, so they hired an elf. But he doesn’t spend much time on the shelf.
Bullish fund holdings signal ‘change in sentiment’ for prices.
In less than a month feedlot cowboys from across the country will be gathering in Dodge City, Kan. to learn about best management practices and animal welfare.
The devastating fire caused evacuations of several communities, herds of cattle have been corralled for safety and a state of disaster emergency has been put in place for Kansas.
The derailment of an Amtrak passenger train last month in Kansas that injured more than two dozen people occurred at a site where there had been damage to the track that has been traced to a grain truck, federal authorities said Thursday.
More than $170,000 has been donated to help ranchers in Kansas and Oklahoma who were affected by the Anderson Creek Fire. In addition to the monetary donations, there have been convoys of hay, pallets of T-posts and lots of labor donated to assist fellow cattle producers.
Efforts are underway by industry groups to assist those livestock producers who are in need of help after the devastating Anderson Creek Fire.
A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator said Tuesday.
Native bluestem pasture in Kansas has fallen in price the last two years for many producers renting grass, but the rates are still significantly higher than six years ago.
Kansas Gov. Brownback performs ceremonial ribbon cutting for the nearly $50 million investment.
Public access to nearly 2,500 acres of the Cimarron National Grassland has been halted after seven cattle were found dead last year.
A Greenwood County seedstock cattle producer and a Clark County rancher and farmer have been elected to serve as officers for the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA).
Rancher Bill Edwards is fighting an enemy that threatens to overrun his Flint Hills pastures, robbing his cattle of nutritious grasses and leaving the meadowlarks, box turtles, bobwhite quail and other wildlife in the same native prairies without suitable habitat.
Kansas cropland values are slipping, but pasture values up nearly 7 percent.
Kansas State University in cooperation with Merck Animal Health recognized Roy Browning of Deseret Cattle Feeders as the recipient of the “Top Hand” award at the 2015 K-State Cattle Feeders College held May 14 in Scott City, Kansas.
Taking a unique approach to creating a collaborative, low-stress, and high-performance workplace environment, the Beef Cattle Institute (BCI) at Kansas State University brought together beef industry leaders for training focused on the performance mindset.
Renowned Texas horseman Joe Wolter will be the featured speaker.
It’s the night before an auction, and cattle are beginning to arrive. Manhattan Commission Company in Manhattan, Kan., already smells like livestock - it always does - but the back lot is also about to get loud.
The possible national designation of two Kansas cattle trails is a step closer to reality.
The first year of the Sunflower Supreme Replacement Heifer program was a success.
Farmers and ranchers across Kansas are wrapping up the 2014 growing season, marked by rapidly changing fortunes that were buffeted by weather and markets.