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Cattle
Family ties, history connect rancher with troublesome wild mustangs
Nov 16, 2023
In Nevada, cattle and wild horses sometimes compete for food because they graze the same land. That creates challenges for some ranchers, but that doesn't mean they want the horses gone.
For Western ranchers, harsh weather has meant brutal losses during prime calving season
by
Anna King
May 4, 2023
Because calves are born wet they have to get dry, get a drink of milk, and warm up quickly. And the brutal weather has made that tough.
"It’s going to cost us a pile": Livestock producers in West pinched by extreme winter weather
by
Kaleb Roedel
Apr 20, 2023
Livestock producers were hit so hard by winter weather that the federal government offered relief funding to producers in a few Western states. But some ranchers are still waiting for that option.
How might the beef industry diversify in the U.S.?
Mar 22, 2022
One rancher in the Pacific Northwest built her own supply chain to control how her cows get to market.
Border life: A rancher's economic argument for a wall
by
Andy Uhler
Jan 31, 2019
“For us it’s more from an agriculture point of view. It’s not about politics.”
Montana inmates learn job and life skills while raising cattle on prison ranch
by
Eve Abrams
Feb 7, 2018
But food coming from a prison isn't necessarily a selling point.
Texas cattle ranchers, dependent on Mexican trade, keep an eye on NAFTA
May 3, 2017
Cattlemen's trade group is lobbying hard to make sure the White House knows what's at stake.
For public good, not for profit.
Today's cattle business is way more than cowboys
by
Andy Uhler
Dec 7, 2015
Successful cattle ranchers these days need a lot of market knowledge.
Tyson cuts antibiotics in chickens, are hogs next?
Apr 28, 2015
Eliminating routine antibiotic use is most challenging in cattle
Drought in the Midwest gives cattle farmers an edge
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2014
The Midwest drought helped Ken Lenox's cattle farming business increase profit.