SILT – Area ranchers could soon have a much shorter drive when they take their cattle to be slaughtered. Pending U.S. Department of Agriculture approval, Eagle Springs Organic will offer the service ...

Pastures are turning green, which means it’s time to work cows and calves. Achieving the best results with vaccines requires using the correct syringes and needles, good management practices and ...

Cattle producers and livestock auction owners are rallying behind legislation that would allow livestock auction markets to invest in small meatpacking facilities. The bill would remove a barrier in ...

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...

IN PLAQUE COUNTY, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ALMOST TOO SUCCESSFUL. IN RURAL PLATTE COUNTY, THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE JOWLER CREEK CATTLE COMPANY DIDN’T SEE THIS COMIN HOW IS BUSINESS LATELY? >> IT IS ...

Cattle producers from pasture to feedlot are feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is backing up the natural flow of the market. “Every day is something different, besides the price,” ...

SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would slap slaughterhouses with criminal penalties if they process meat from cattle and other livestock that are too sick to ...

Cattle producers have an opportunity to invest in the processing of their livestock. Kim Ulmer, owner of Huron Continental Marketing and founder of the American Mercantile Exchange, is starting a new ...

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HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The new owners of an Aberdeen beef plant that closed in 2012 have fired up the equipment and are processing dozens of cattle a day, the city's mayor said. That's welcome news ...

Tucked away behind the trees along Bendigo Boulevard in the Snoqualmie Valley, Lulu Redder and her farmhand stand underneath two canopies, processing chickens five at a time, with Redder’s two dogs ...