I went out early that morning to grain and water the leppies and misfits. We were planning on moving cows that morning from Lake Creek to Carson Creek Canyon, and we wanted to get to it before the heat of the midmorning sucked all the fun out of being a cowboy.

Life is just a bowl of cherries
to a first-rate feedlot hand.
All the gates swing free and easy;

There is a step in between weaning and payday that can make a difference in our product. I’m sure you can recall seeing trailers with various issues over the years. When loading out after a sale once, I loaded a heifer onto a buyer’s bumper pull trailer.

As the days get shorter and morning temperatures stay cooler in many parts of the country, producers are reminded that fall and winter are on the way, which means hay feeding season will soon begin.

Elanco Animal Health announced Aug. 20 its plans to acquire Bayer’s animal health business, which will make it the second largest animal health company behind Zoetis.

A team of researchers at Colorado State University have been studying the potential for introduction of the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) to cattle in the U.S.

The Aug. 9 fire that destroyed portions of the Tyson Foods beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas, left a lingering burn in other portions of the feeder and packing segments.