Plains ranchers sell cattle as U.S. drought spreads
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas cattleman Ken Grecian sold 20 pairs of cows and calves a few weeks after drought had sucked his pastures dry and no rain was in the forecast. He sold 20 more pairs Friday.Grecian...
View ArticleArea corn crops flourish despite nation's drought
Drought has scorched much of the national corn crop, sending production projections down and prices skyward.Texas Panhandle corn producers, whose fields compare favorably to withered acres elsewhere,...
View ArticleCattle industry safeguard: Program eyes best practices, crisis response
AMARILLO — Emergency response planners are working to avoid having 30 percent of the nation’s beef supply stuck in a Texas Panhandle quarantine after a major disease outbreak.Regional Resiliency...
View ArticleConservationists team up with ranchers
FRIANT, Calif. — Two cowboys on horses pushed cattle across an expanse of golden hills overgrown with tall grasses and oak trees, up an unpaved road toward another pasture.From the Sierra Nevada...
View ArticleConservationists team up with ranchers, loggers to restore native plants, salmon
FRIANT, Calif. — Two cowboys on horses pushed cattle across an expanse of golden hills overgrown with tall grasses and oak trees, up an unpaved road toward another pasture.From the Sierra Nevada...
View ArticleA beef with corn prices
As the cattle industry copes with the high costs of corn and other cattle feed, retail beef prices are expected to rise this year. Much of this increase has been attributed to drought conditions that...
View ArticleFeedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support...
View ArticleTyson to stop buying cattle fed supplement
WICHITA, Kan. — Tyson Foods Inc. has told cattle feeders it will no longer buy animals fed a supplement that’s designed to bulk them up before slaughter, citing experts who suggest the drug may be...
View ArticleTexas now trails Nebraska number in cattle feeding
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has surpassed Texas in the number of cattle in the state being fattened for slaughter, according to the latest federal statistics.Drought-ravaged Texas lost its fictional...
View ArticleTexas trails Nebraska number in cattle feeding
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has surpassed Texas in the number of cattle in the state being fattened for slaughter, according to the latest federal statistics.Drought-ravaged Texas lost its fictional...
View ArticleChipotle founder agrees to talk beef with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Staples
AUSTIN — Chipotle Mexican Grill's founder has agreed to talk over Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples' beef with the chain's decision to import some of its grass-fed beef from Australia.Steve...
View ArticleHigher prices, plentiful feed help buoy U.S. cattle ranchers
WICHITA, Kan. — Hay is plentiful and readily for sale again out in cattle country as another winter looms. Herds are contently munching on crop residue left over after the bountiful fall harvest, and...
View ArticleSmall-scale farming starts with right animals
GOSPORT, Ind. — After driving a little more than a mile away from his 25-acre farm, Allen Kitscher treks up a steep hill, dodging thorned trees and stepping around overgrown brush.He turns off his...
View ArticleCanada reports a case of mad cow disease
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in a beef cow from Alberta, Canadian officials announced Friday.read more
View ArticleBill under debate would limit farm antibiotics
PORTLAND, Ore. — For decades, farmers have routinely fed antibiotics to livestock to fatten up the animals and protect them from illnesses amplified by confined conditions.But critics say repeated use...
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