Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on September 1, 2025. The inventory was 1% below ...

A shared passion for cattle drives the work at MKB Farms and Kocher Livestock, where each member of the Kocher family ...

When he was a freshman at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Jimmy Horner gave up two things he’d done since fifth grade: dipping tobacco and riding bulls. His body told him he’d had enough of ...

BURBANK, Wash. — Alika Conley and his cowboys circulate through the J.R. Simplot Co. feedlot several times a day looking for cattle that are depressed or not doing well. Conley is the feedyard manager ...

MUSCOTAH, Ks. (KCTV) – August’s extreme heat has some cattle fighting to stay alive near Muscotah, Kansas. Handke Cattle is home to thousands of cows, but not all of them could survive the heat wave ...

As a cowherd operator, you can produce a quality calf. The feedlot manager knows what it takes to finish that calf on feed so it can earn carcass premiums. Combine the two sides as partners or retain ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Precise feed rations are critical to maintaining a healthy cattle herd in the most efficient way possible. Slick bunk management is the process of prescribing the appropriate amount ...

Feeding cattle can be a labor intensive process, and research at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, North Dakota, provides some guidance on practices that can ease the time ...

LINCOLN — Construction workers are hurrying to put the final touches on what is planned to be the state’s largest feedlot for feeding cattle. Blackshirt Feeders, led by a trio of Canadian ...

The American beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1973, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting the total herd at 86.7 million in January, one of the lowest inventories since the ...