CHICAGO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Gary Vetter was 10 years old when he started feeding cattle at his family's farm. Fifty-five years later, after surviving bouts of extreme weather, changing consumer tastes ...

Cassie Lapaseotes made a mistake that nearly made her a felon: running afoul of Nebraska’s cattle-branding rules. Lapaseotes was accused of not having a bill of sale for about 460 of her own calves ...

U.S. beef plants face unprecedented pressure as a Mexican cattle import halt — imposed to prevent screwworm spread — leaves processors undersupplied and forced to shutter facilities. The border ...

Cattle prices won’t rise as much as previously expected in 2026, as the closure of a Tyson Foods plant is seen loosening competition for scarce U.S. supplies. The Department of Agriculture on Dec. 9 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted conditional approval for a Merck Animal Health pour-on treatment for the prevention and treatment of New World Screwworm. U.S. cattle herds are at ...

Think of the cattle auctioneer’s chant as a prayer. To the untrained ear, it’s nonsense, a stream of words compressed beyond recognition. If you know what to listen for, phrases emerge from the hum ...

Juan Manuel Fleischer’s ancestors ranched on the borderlands before the United States existed, and the Arizona resident’s business importing Mexican cattle across the modern-day frontier has survived ...

The American cattle industry continues to express frustration with Donald Trump and his administration for policies they say are undermining domestic profits and threatening the nation's ranchers.

America’s ranchers are facing their smallest cattle herd in 70 years. Years of punishing drought, rising costs and an aging ranching workforce have thinned herds across the country. Ranchers and ...

Tyson Foods announced on Friday that it will close a major beef plant in Nebraska in January amid a decline in U.S. cattle supplies. The meatpacking giant is set to close a plant in Lexington, ...

The cattle industry is facing mass layoffs, with Tyson Foods reducing its operations at a major plant in Amarillo, Texas. The move, prompted by historically low cattle supplies and mounting financial ...

WORTHING, S.D. — Cattle markets have seen up and down prices over the past few weeks, making it a confusing time for both buyers and sellers. The live cattle markets — which represent delivery of full ...