U.S. Department of Agriculture
Contrary to conventional wisdom, grazing low numbers of cattle on cover crops does not compact the soil or cut down on the organic matter added, according to new ARS research.
The 2015 sign-up and acreage reporting deadline for this U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency program is Nov. 15.
The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act of 2019 has the support of presidential candidates and could reshape how agricultural checkoffs operate, something animal rights groups see as a win.
As Nebraska continues to battle what appears to be the worst natural disaster in state history, stories are slowly starting to pour out of the region from farmers and ranchers impacted by the flood.
Harvey may not have dealt devastating blow to Texas ranchers
Sage grouse are benefiting from land going into CRP in Washington.
The feeder markets keep moving higher each week and have since the holidays.
Department of Agriculture to add Fed Cattle Exchange data.
USDA’s monthly Cattle on Feed report was pegged at 10.4 million head on July 1, 1% above last year’s total.
Missing from the slate of late July USDA cattle reports was the July Cattle report which would have provided an indication of continued herd rebuilding, heifer retention and the size of the 2016 calf crop.
It appears herd expansion has tapered off as feedlots start to increase inventories with heifers.
The USDA’s Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) regularly conducts major studies of livestock-production segments to track animal-health related trends and practices.
During 2017, USDA’s Animal Health Monitoring System will focus on the cow-calf segment, collecting data from producers around the country.
There will be no cattle inventory reports released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service this summer due to budget cuts.
As the cow herd continues to rebuild feedlots carry on with business seeing fewer calves in pens.
A cattle rancher has been working with NRCS to make his land in Kansas more resilient while restoring habitat for lesser prairie-chicken.
The Obama administration is moving to cut down on the thousands of foodborne illnesses linked to chicken and turkey each year with an overhaul of poultry plant inspection rules that are more than 50 years old.
LIP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather.
One central Texas rancher is fulfilling a childhood dream.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.9 million head on December 1, 2014.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday that he is pushing the federal government to assume some costs for protecting the lesser prairie chicken.
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.
As of July 1, there were 95.0 million head of cattle on U.S. farms.
Decades of data kept by USDA scientists are providing valuable information about how seasonal weather patterns affect cattle production.
Fifty years ago Congress approved legislation that began the transfer of a Naval Ammunition Depot to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, thus creating the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center at Clay Center, Neb.
U.S. feedlots unexpectedly bought 4.7 percent fewer cattle in March than a year earlier, as herds declined in Texas, Oklahoma and Washington state, a government report showed.
USDA scientists have found that one reason why some beef cows may not be getting pregnant is they have fragments of male Y chromosome in their DNA.
Ranchers in the Dakotas are starting to sign up for federal disaster aid to help them recover after an early October blizzard killed tens of thousands of animals, and government officials say they are ready.
Arkansas’ cattle numbers recovering nearly two years after the start of a drought that caused $128 million damage to the state’s beef industry, while national numbers plummet to their lowest levels in more than 60 years.