In its monthly report published Friday, the USDA said that total inventories of cattle on feedlots were 11.58 million head through April 1. That is off a half point from the same month last year.

“Now is the time to prepare forage and cattle for the fall and winter grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Proper management of cattle and ...

While feedlots are incentivized to push for record weights, ranchers are feeling the strain of larger, high-maintenance cows.

Live cattle futures are posting $1.45 to $1.65 losses on Friday. Cash trade has picked up this week, with $248 sales across ...

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 ...

Summer annual forages offer producers a flexible option for converting select acres into profitable grazing or forage systems ...

Winter is around the corner and, hopefully, we have managed the ranch in a manner to avoid high feed costs. The most economical way to feed beef cattle is use of year-round, good quality grazing of ...

ALLISON, Iowa -Allison cattle producers Edward and Randal Johnson and Scott Bruns have been using cover crops to protect soil and extend forage supplies for several years. They shared their ...

ATHOL, S.D. -- A northeast South Dakota farmer has agreed to pay the federal government $180,000 for fraud involving a livestock forage disaster program. In the case, Jason Sparling of Athol had ...