When driving past the cow herd on pasture, there could be a reminder note on the pickup side mirror. Caution: “Cow/calf pairs in mirror are larger than they appear.” Joking aside, many producers are ...

* WHAT: USDA Cattle on Feed Report * WHEN: Friday at 2 p.m. CST (1900 GMT * April 1 fed cattle supply seen up 2.3 percent * March placements seen down 7.6 percent * March marketings seen down 5.4 ...

With their pre-dawn milking done, about 80 cows ramble into the dewy pastures of the Paris Family Farm in Belleville, Wisconsin, to graze. “This is a much better sound than turning on a tractor,” says ...

With rising input costs, many cow-calf producers are looking for ways to reduce expenses and improve profitability. Because ...

Experts say, when making culling decisions, remember to look at calf weaning weight in comparison to cow size.

Lake Region Livestock Co. in Devils Lake is selling from 800 to 1,000 head of cattle weekly, more than double the number it sold twice a month before the drought. A group of black angus cattle are ...

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...

This invasive species, never before reported in North America, has been confirmed in multiple Texas counties and is already ...

Supplementing the diets of grazing beef cows with seaweed in pellet form could cut their methane emissions by almost 40 percent, a new study has found. The seaweed pellets led to this plunge in ...

At Straus Dairy Farm on the California coast north of San Francisco, there’s a long history of sustainability. Cow poop is turned into electricity that powers the farm, including an electric truck ...

There are several ways to minimize the risk of bloat when cattle graze legume pastures, such as timing of grazing, paying attention to plant maturity, moisture, and weather. Choose a dry day and wait ...