Good ideas don’t always take root the first time around. Nowhere is this truer than with the returning debate over traceability and animal ID in the beef industry.

Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher, has received significant media attention in his ongoing dispute with the federal government regarding grazing on federally owned land in Nevada. There are a number of legal issues and lawsuits surrounding Bundy, making understanding exactly what has happened and the current situation confusing.

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its semi-annual Cattle report. The number of cattle and calves estimated on Jan. 1, 2018, reached 94.4 million head, which was 0.7 percent higher year-over-year and the fourth year of expansion.

For some livestock producers, fly season is not that far away. Many different fly control options are available to livestock producers.

Flies are a pest problem in feedlots and dairies – they not only reduce animal performance but can also make confinement operations a pest to their neighbors.

Ticks are one of the more unpleasant members of the arachnid (spiders, mites) family. They live on the blood of other animals, cause great discomfort, spread disease, cause anemia and lead to infections.

Colorado rancher Kit Pharo guesses his cow herds have gone at least two decades without fly or worm treatment.

A 10 percent calf crop – just the thought can make even the toughest rancher cringe. Although it sounds like a nightmare or a poorly managed cow herd, it’s actually what some Western ranchers are battling due to a tick-transmitted disease commonly referred to as “foothill abortion” or epizootic bovine abortion.

Ohio producer starts with his cows when making a bull sale After receiving an engineering degree and being in the restaurant business, Bill Roe never thought he would become a cattleman.

For most producers in the West, elk are an expected and accepted nuisance in the winter, but for a neighborhood of ranchers in Montana, elk are a persistent problem all year long.