Have you seen all these DIY (do it yourself) projects with pallets? In just a short time, a pallet can become a bench, a table, a coat hanger, a wine bottle rack or a rustic cover for anything you have around the house. The possibilities are endless!

An overwhelming majority of readers do not agree with the USDA’s decision to allow beef exports from Brazil.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on whether or not to amend the U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef to include dentition and documentation of actual age as an additional determination of maturity grouping for official quality grading.

Like a diamond in the rough, a small cut of beef that meat cutters throw in with ground meat is now being looked at as a high-end delicacy by researchers at the University of Nevada – Reno.

If you want to stir some dark memories for cattle producers in the Southern Plains, just remind them of the summer of 2011.

Weaning a calf is like sending a kid to college: They’re going to cry and miss their mom. But unlike a college student, putting a nose flap on a calf can help break that maternal bond and make the event less stressful.

As the 2016 fall calf run quickly approaches, cow-calf producers and stocker producers alike have business decisions ahead of them. The fall calf marketing period is usually full bore in October and November, which means many cow-calf producers will soon be able to calculate 2016 profits or losses.

We’re halfway through pest season, which is a milestone in and of itself. However, there are still a variety of challenges producers may experience mid-season. Some of the more common issues may include:

Haying has lasted unusually long for us this year. Thanks to a cool, long spring and some well-timed rains in May and June, we ended up with a bumper crop of grass-alfalfa hay this year.

Child labor laws help ensure that workplace responsibilities and conditions for minors are safe. Because many farmers and ranchers employ minors to help with various agricultural tasks, it is critical that producers be aware of these laws and know what children can and cannot do.