Nebraska producers diversify with poultry and cattle operations while adopting robotic technology to address labor shortages.

Many of America’s cattle ranchers who are now taking over their families’ ranching operations do not remember when the beef checkoff program was enacted. That’s because it was enacted over four ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A coalition of environmental groups is seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulation of large livestock operations that release pollutants into ...

Foster Cattle, a local Rigby cattle operation, has been recognized as the top 17th cow and calf operation in the United States by the National Cattleman’s Beef Association. According to owner Brad ...

Livestock operations are strengthened by having certified individuals on staff. Certification helps minimize environmental ...

While the cattle industry is experiencing record-high prices, producers should be aware of options they can take to protect themselves in the ever-changing market. Producers may choose from a variety ...

The Engelhard family has been farming and ranching in Carpio, North Dakota, for seven generations. With each passing of the ...

With manure from tens of millions of hogs, chickens, cows and other livestock threatening Iowa's drinking water, regulators must adopt stricter rules for the thousands of large animal feeding ...

A typical pen format for swine in many animal feeding operations. Photo by Investigate Midwest. In some southern Minnesota counties, hogs outnumber humans by a factor of 40 to 1. Minnesota is the ...

Thousands of large-scale cattle- and hog-raising operations are disproportionately located near marginalized communities, according to a new study that ties those “factory farms” to sharply higher ...

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to regulate anaerobic digesters on animal feeding operations. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA) A bill advanced from the Iowa House Thursday that would regulate anaerobic ...