Missouri
Missouri’s prairies are disappearing and the loss is hurting the state’s ecosystem, according to a conservation expert.
Much of the western U.S. is also experiencing drought. But Missouri is the only Midwestern state with such severe conditions with suffering corn crops and hay in short supply for cattle.
University of Missouri Extension has released a guide for farmers thinking about using a forage irrigation system.
The legal case for an investment fraud scheme involving the resale of cattle is starting to come together as a man posing as a veterinarian has admitted to his participation in the scheme.
A Missouri man admits to running a $4.7 million Ponzi scheme involving a cattle investment fund where no cattle were ever bought.
University of Missouri Extension will offer cattlemen a bus tour of cattle operations in Kansas and Oklahoma Aug. 6-9.
More than $2.4 million worth of cattle were never bought in wire fraud scheme that spanned Missouri and Texas.
Missouri’s prairies are disappearing and the loss is hurting the state’s ecosystem, according to a conservation expert.
Settlement discussions are under way over a lawsuit challenging a Missouri measure making it a misdemeanor crime to promote plant-based food products as “meat.”
Anthony Francis Whittley and Jasmine A. Boone, both 28, have entered guilty pleas after stealing cattle from Kansas and attempting to sell them across state lines at the Oklahoma National Stockyards Co.
Farmers and ranchers from South Dakota to Louisiana have been enduring record rainfall and flooding to care for their cattle.
Valley Oaks Steak Company, Lone Jack, MO, announced Monday it was closing operations immediately after a lengthy battle seeking permission from the state to expand operations.
Additional charges have been filed against the Missouri farmer currently held without bail after the disappearance of Nick and Justin Diemel.
Short supply plus strong demand restored prices for Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers selling Saturday, June 1. The 87 head of bred heifers averaged $1,857 at F&T Livestock Market. High lot sold for $2,100.
The Missouri Steer Feedout Finale held on June 25 in Mt. Vernon revealed the results of the 158 head of steers from 2014 that went to Iowa last November.
The 2015 spring bull breeding soundness clinics found 14.5 percent of the screened bulls to be unsatisfactory as potential breeders to be placed in with cows or heifers this spring.
The only one way to find out if your fall 2014 calf crop really is outstanding, regarding quality and feedlot performance, is to retain ownership all the way to the packing plant.
Missouri’s cattle farmers and ranchers expanded their cattle herds for the second year in a row.
The 46th Annual Monett Beef Cattlemen’s Conference, Feb. 19 will be held at the National Guard Armory in Monett, Mo.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is planning to hold a summit to brainstorm ways to beef up the state’s cattle industry.
Early in October, four veterinary clinics in southwest Missouri devoted at least one day to a special bull breeding soundness clinic.
Participants at the 2014 Beef Production Field Day will get hands-on training for artificial insemination, and help with calving and pre-breeding exams.