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The founders of a beef company who were major donors to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's campaign were among the business leaders who raised concerns about a state official the governor later tried to force out, according to court documents released to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The Illinois Beef Association (IBA) announced Tuesday that the recently held statewide referendum to restart the Illinois Beef Checkoff passed with an 88 percent majority vote.

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. has revealed a $47 million expansion of its existing beef processing plant in central Nebraska.

A central Indiana farmer says the shivering calf he saved by taking it for a dip in his hot tub is now thriving with its herd.

A central Indiana farmer jumped into a hot tub with a shivering baby calf to save the calf's life.

Illinois cattlemen and cattlewomen will have the opportunity to here from industry experts at the 2015 Illinois Cattle Feeders Meeting.

Investors in a proposed beef processing plant say they are close to choosing a site in the western Nebraska panhandle for the project.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of cattle in Nebraska feedlots is up 2 percent over last year this month.

Missouri's cattle farmers and ranchers expanded their cattle herds for the second year in a row.

Nebraska is again the leading state in cattle feeding.

The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University will offer several workshops focusing on choices in feedlot facilities in February and March 2015.

The 46th Annual Monett Beef Cattlemen's Conference, Feb. 19 will be held at the National Guard Armory in Monett, Mo.

Three Omaha residents are suspected of raiding cattle under the cover of night from farm pens in western Iowa and northeast Nebraska, authorities said.

The possible national designation of two Kansas cattle trails is a step closer to reality.

Here are some New Year's resolutions from the Iowa Beef Center.

Low property tax rates-a third of the national average-play a hand in keeping Missouri land values stable.

The first year of the Sunflower Supreme Replacement Heifer program was a success.

Cargill Inc. has announced plans to close a Springfield, Mo., meat slicing and packaging facility that employs 118 people.

A manager who was fired from a halal beef supplier charged with deceiving Muslim customers has been cooperating with prosecutors under a plea deal that may keep him out of prison, court records show.

Farmland prices have likely hit their peak, but expect cattle and pasture prices to continue upward.

Effective immediately, Minnesotans can no longer legally kill a wolf except in the defense of human life.

Calling in cattle for a little feeding and counting can be done in many ways, but Kansas cattle producer Derek Klingenberg has one of the more unique cattle calls.

A former manager at an Iowa-based halal food supplier is expected to plead guilty as part of a federal criminal investigation into the company's exporting and marketing practices, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is planning to hold a summit to brainstorm ways to beef up the state's cattle industry.

A judge has set a $3 million bond for a Grand Island man accused of fatally shooting a 34-year-old outside a meat-packing plant in south-central Nebraska.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Kansas Department of Agriculture have entered into a joint agreement to increase the state’s efforts to combat cattle theft, the agencies announced Monday.

A Kansas livestock expert is urging farmers and ranchers to take precautions against rustlers as historically high cattle prices make the animals a prime target for thieves.

Life is good again — or at least far better — for those cattle producers who survived the long, devastating drought that decimated the nation's beef cow herd and shriveled pastures across a wide swath of the country.

A deal has been reached in the lawsuit against National Beef by workers at its Liberal, Kansas, packing plant.

One would hardly know from Republican Sen. Pat Roberts' campaign speech that he is revered as a champion of Kansas' all-important farm economy.

A three-year study by Iowa State University on cattle performance at a confinement owned by Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter will be beneficial to all beef producers, Rastetter and the researchers say.

Kansas Department of Agriculture seeks participants for South American beef genetics trade mission trip.

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says the number of cattle in large Nebraska feedlots is up 4 percent compared to August of last year.

The average rental rates per month for cow-calf pairs are about 20 to 25 percent higher in 2014 compared to 2013 in Nebraska.

Kansas Department of Agriculture joins with Costa Rican cattlemen to increase exports and build industry.

A shuttered Kansas processing plant that produced a treated ground beef product critics dubbed "pink slime" plans to reopen next week with limited operations amid rebounding sales.

The conference will take place in six meetings at various locations across Kansas.

Irrigation transformed this region known by early explorers as the Great American Desert into an oasis of sorts. In an area of limited rainfall and surface water availability, the Ogallala allowed farmers to grow corn, which attracted cattle feedlots, then meatpacking plants, ethanol plants and dairies. Now the nation's largest freshwater aquifer is starting to run dry.

A two-day bus trip to various locations in Nebraska in early September will offer beginning and young Iowa beef producers unique networking and educational opportunities.

State officials say Raber's Packing Co. of Peoria, Ill., is recalling 21 pounds of its beef jerky because it was not inspected.

The last beef-packing plant in South St. Paul, Minn., says it's temporarily shutting down to an "extremely short supply of cattle."

A new report shows the number of cattle in Kansas feedlots is down 2 percent for the lowest June inventory since 1999.

A nonprofit group that supports small and family farms in Kansas is trying to build support for a meat processing facility and food hub project in the eastern part of the state.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday that he is pushing the federal government to assume some costs for protecting the lesser prairie chicken.

The Iowa Beef Center is hosting several different grazing events this summer throughout Iowa.

University of Missouri Extension has released a guide for farmers thinking about using a forage irrigation system.

Breweries in Nebraska say a federal proposal would force them to stop giving spent grains to local farmers to use as cattle feed.

Jim McCann hasn't taught his grandchildren how to drive a tractor yet, but they may already be able to teach him how to operate a piece of equipment that could be in farming's future.