The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) special rangers work diligently “to honor and protect the ranching way of life” by hunting down cattle rustlers and bringing justice to ranchers across Texas and Oklahoma. On average, the rangers work 800 to 1,300 cases a year.

A trailer door slams shut behind a herd of black heifers while the truck engine hums in the background. Quickly after the loading chaos settles, the truck quietly shifts into gear and eases away from the lone corral.

And so it begins. On Monday, the U.S. Transportation Department announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones.

When the original Angus beef brand stands above 138 USDA-certified others and charts a ninth successive record year, people wonder how that can be.

Ration dietary cation-anion difference, or DCAD, and dairy cow health and performance are closely intertwined. Still, the concept of DCAD isn’t always well understood, which can lead to dairies failing to obtain the best possible results from their nutrition program.

We came to the end of an era, as they say, on our farm last week. Mollie, our old faithful dog, passed away at the age of nearly 16 years. We got her on our oldest daughter Susanna’s 19th birthday in November 1999. When you think of the fact that we have lived here for 30 years, her life spanned more than half that time. While less than perfect as far as even dogs go, she was still a fixture here, and a lot of stories could be told about her.

Yesterday, the dairy industry said it is critical that Congress solve the trade dispute over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) to head off damaging new tariffs on U.S. dairy exports by Canada and Mexico.

High-producing dairy cows like consistency, but more importantly, the microbiome in the digestive tract of a high-producing dairy cow likes consistency!

Most Progressive Cattleman readers were not affected by wildfires this summer.