Pastures are turning green, which means it’s time to work cows and calves. Achieving the best results with vaccines requires using the correct syringes and needles, good management practices and ...

For beef cattle in particular, the current strong prices are largely a result of a low cattle inventory (94.2 million head as of July 2025), the lowest level since USDA began tracking this figure ...

Backed by the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), USDA aimed to help rebuild local meat processing capacity. Along with stated goals to increase economic opportunities for small ...

Tucked away behind the trees along Bendigo Boulevard in the Snoqualmie Valley, Lulu Redder and her farmhand stand underneath two canopies, processing chickens five at a time, with Redder’s two dogs ...

R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard says the cattle market is fundamentally broken citing years of an inverse relationship between falling cattle prices and increasing retail beef prices when the only ingredient ...

Two recently introduced bills could help more small meat and poultry plants sell their products, and help better fulfill nationwide demand for beef, chicken and turkey. Introduced on July 2, the ...

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies’ Rock Bottom Ranch is partnering with the Roaring Fork Valley’s Marigold Livestock ...

Benson and Turner Foods will process cattle and hogs at Waubun, Minnesota, on the White Earth Reservation with the help of a USDA grant. Paul Benson raises cattle near Waubun, Minnesota, and has ...

LEAKESVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - Cutting Edge Meat Company of Green County cut the ribbon to its new United States Department of Agriculture-inspected red meat processing plant in Leakesville this past ...