Researchers are using gene editing techniques to introduce beneficial traits like polled and disease resistance, as well as ...

In south Texas, Suzanne Schuchart manages a 5,200-acre cow-calf operation where rainfall is irregular and unreliable. To ...

The four most concerning female parasites lay eggs at different rates. For instance, a female brown stomach worm will lay about 200 eggs per day, while a female barber pole worm can lay 10,000 eggs a ...

Congress is mulling a pair of bills aimed at helping livestock producers protect their calves, kids and lambs from predatory vultures. Black vultures are the subject of two bills filed in Congress.

The Beef Profit Tracker from Sterling Marketing shows both feedlot and packer margins improved last week with slaughter up ...

Using artificial insemination (AI) with a cattle herd doesn’t require as much time or labor as you might think. With the advent of timed breeding protocols and quality visual estrus detection aids, AI ...

With farm income projected to be lower for 2024 and 2025 due to lower commodity prices, one bright spot this fall is the cattle market. Kennedy Cattle Company in Atlantic, Iowa is expanding from its ...

Farm groups have been working with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agency for months to allow additional time on the road for truckers transporting livestock, insects and aquatic ...

A diverse delegation from at least nine different countries recently had the opportunity to interact with Nebraska agriculture firsthand as part of the Water for Food Global Conference. The Daugherty ...

The first type is livestock wind chill protection. These windbreaks are built with 20% open and 80% closed. The normal high wind direction is the north and west of a feedlot and by allowing the 20% ...

The big carry paid off. Packers paid up for the inventory they missed the prior week. All areas reported higher trade with gains of mostly $2 per cwt. The East was the first to see action. Cattle ...

“The U.S. meat and poultry industry is the economic engine powering the agriculture sector,” says Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts, in a letter addressed to President Trump. According ...