Rangeland
From early weaning to strategic destocking, learn how to calculate your ranch’s true carrying capacity and protect your long-term genetics.
Foot quality and soundness are top of mind as producers evaluate their cattle year-round, starting with genetic selection, managing environmental and nutrition factors and culling the cattle that do not make the cut.
From culling strategy to water quality to federal disaster programs, a step-by-step guide for cattle producers navigating dry conditions.
New tools like GroundOwl offer more than just carbon payments — they provide the deep-layer insights needed to optimize grazing and land resilience.
After a historic 10-month stretch of dryness, improving moisture conditions are helping crops and pastures, but long-term drought impacts continue to linger across parts of the High Plains and West.
In the aftermath of a historic blaze, Sandhills ranchers say burnt pastures, drought conditions and feed shortages are testing resilience while relying on donations and faith to recover.
A historic lack of winter moisture and drying water sources are forcing Wyoming and Nebraska producers to make gut-wrenching choices. At Torrington Livestock Markets, sales volume has surged to nine times its normal seasonal average.
John and Deanne Chuiko utilize Vence virtual fencing to manage cattle in terrain too rough for horses, proving that the future of ranching is digital.
Beyond the flames, Nebraska ranchers face a “short-term decision for a long-term problem” as the loss of grass and fences threatens the future of the industry.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum signals a return to multiple-use management by striking down the Biden-era Conservation and Landscape Health rule.
Direct-to-satellite smart collars remove need for cell towers, enabling ranchers to manage cattle anywhere they can see the sky.
Halter’s Andrew Fraser explains how virtual fencing collars use sound, vibration and GPS to automate rotational grazing, increase pasture utilization and reduce ranch labor.
Texas A&M experts explain the “hydrologic decline” caused by overgrazing and how adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing can restore soil infiltration and ranch profitability.
The April 2026 theme of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), “Climate and Resilience,” highlights a critical reality.
Six initial grantees selected for the newly formed initiative, helping beef ranchers support wildlife, improve soil health and conserve water.
Secretaries Rollins and Burgum announce a cross-departmental effort to eliminate “red tape” and prioritize American ranchers who utilize public land for grazing.
The beef industry is turning its focus toward the essential tools and networks that keep ranching communities resilient.
Colorado rancher LeValley is USRSB’s March spotlight for the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF) celebration.
Founders Fund leads $2B valuation round as Halter doubles down on its commitment to ranchers globally.
Ducks Unlimited and AgriWebb are partnering to provide tech to promote grassland management.
With 50 million acres of U.S. grasslands lost in a decade, IYRP highlights the global need for balanced development. Learn how ranchers are navigating land conversion to protect the future of working lands.
Here are resources for those looking to donate to ranchers recovering from recent wildfires in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
The expansion of support in the program provides more than $70,000 in valued assistance for cow-calf producers.
Recognize the people and practices that sustain grazing lands.
Learn how collaborative grazing innovation, thoughtful planning and ecological stewardship are powering positive change.
New modeling research shows ticks survive not through resistance but by exploiting where treated cattle rarely travel.
Logan Pribbeno manages his operations with a CFO mindset.