With calving season often starting in February for seedstock producers and March for cow/calf producers, now may be a good ...

Chris Styles of Styles Angus, a purebred breeder from Brentford, South Dakota, feels lucky he avoided heavy snow this winter, but had to counter bitter cold. One countermove: a duct tape tip to ...

CAMP POINT, Ill. (AP) - What may be the future of the cattle industry in Illinois was on display on Aug. 8 near Camp Point. Jacob Schmidt keeps cattle in a hoop barn designed for calving, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– The recent snowfall has affected area farmers and ranchers who are calving at this time. Craig Bieber, owner of Bieber Red Angus Ranch in Leola, South Dakota, said that ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

EDINBURG, N.D. – As twilight fades to darkness, Joel Mathiason’s gentle hands lift a newborn calf to its feet and steer it into a barn stall knee-deep in straw. A cow follows. When she enters the ...

Cow-calf producers in the Midwest that endure constant pasture and hay challenges have had to find alternative ways to raise cattle. Erika Lundy, Iowa State University Extension beef specialist, said ...

A recent survey shows that hoop barns for beef cattle production are becoming more common in Iowa, offering benefits for the environment. The survey was conducted by Mark Honeyman, interim director of ...

MICHIGAN, N.D. — Tail in the air, a Red Angus calf frisked in circles around its mother while another youngster curled up in straw on the south side of a shed and a third peaked out of a lean-to ...

CAMP POINT — What may be the future of the cattle industry in Illinois was on display recently near Camp Point. Jacob Schmidt keeps cattle in a hoop barn designed for calving, backgrounding and ...

EDINBURG, N.D. – As twilight fades to darkness, Joel Mathiason’s gentle hands lift a newborn calf to its feet and steer it into a barn stall knee-deep in straw. A cow follows. When she enters the ...