In 1975, the average cattle carcass weight — the combined average for steers and heifers after slaughter — was 615 pounds. By 2024, it had risen to 890 pounds, an increase of about 45%, according to U ...
When Gabe Brown first got into regenerative agriculture more than 25 years ago, he wasn't trying to solve climate change. "I was just trying to keep the banker at bay and feed my family," Brown told ...
Why cattle producers should care about what happens between the ranch and the consumer My life has always revolved around cattle. My late father was a large-animal veterinarian, and he bought Cow ...
Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - New World Screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, is traveling north from Central America to Mexico and has crept past biological barriers ...