A North Dakota farmer with business dealings in Ukraine now finds himself in custody there, accused by authorities in that country of plotting an assassination attempt against Ukraine’s agriculture minister. Read more

La Niña conditions have been officially declared this season by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), but what does that mean for the Midwest’s winter climate and this year’s outlook in particular?  Read more

Horse hooves are formed of insensitive, cornified material called horn and can be very resilient to penetration by an object. Inside the hoof capsule lie bone, joints, tendons, ligaments and other soft tissues. Read more

Most agricultural economists argue that finding ways to minimize the amount of hay fed in a cow-calf enterprise is one of the keys to profitability. In contrast, over the last 50 years, hay production has steadily increased, while the beef cow inventory has remained relatively constant. Duri… Read more

Even though we’re only a couple weeks away from the true start of winter, some trees are still clutching onto their leaves as if the dying foliage will be enough to fortify their soon-to-be bare branches against the frigid temperatures. Even some leaves yet to fall are potentially toxic! Read more

Three cattle industry experts from Purina shared perspectives you can use going into 2022 and reflected on the past year in the beef business. Read more

Dwane Roth of Holcomb, KS, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Kansas Leopold Conservation Award. Read more

If it seems like there are a lot more coyotes mingling in human spaces these days, it’s because, well, there are. Read more

Reproductive performance in the cow herd is low in heritability, meaning it is largely influenced by environment, particularly nutrition.  Read more

In 2020, 19.7 million full- and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors, 10.3 percent of total U.S. employment. Direct on-farm employment accounted for about 2.6 million of these jobs, or 1.4 percent of U.S. employment.  Read more

As 2021 winds to a close, cattle markets seem to finally be able to move out from under the specter of the pandemic impacts that began 18 months ago. Read more

Ultrasound has shown to be a good measure of fat thickness in beef cattle since the late 1950s and began to show improved accuracies to predict carcass ribeye area by the early 1960s. Read more

Incorporating Brahman genetics into beef cattle herds amid changing environmental temperatures in the southwest has one Texas A&M AgriLife team researching the physiological differences in cattle breeds and temperament to enhance beef quality from these heat-tolerant cattle. Read more

Cost of feed certainly affects cost of gain when backgrounding cattle. Read more