Ranchers from a traditional cow-calf operation are familiar with swinging gates, people running up and down alleyways, flailing arms and the occasional cuss word.

Zoetis and Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI) announced the completion of the world’s largest and most comprehensive genomic calibration for beef cattle and associated integration into genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs).

Spring is here and the manure piles are getting looser. Tender green grass is highly soluble and often passes through the rumen before getting fully dehydrated, causing runnier manure. This is anticipated in spring, but what else can cattle's manure tell us about their health?

This weekend I had the pleasure of watching my daughter take off on a young colt that we have been riding for her. I love riding young horses and watching the lights come on when they really grasp what you are trying to teach them.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule revising annual reporting requirements for companies supplying antimicrobials for use in food-producing animals. Under the rule, companies must provide sales estimates by livestock species.

Presumed Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, promised supporters this weekend at a rally that he would go “tit-for-tat” with Japan when it comes to tariffs on U.S. beef.

Three universities received USDA grants to research cattle and forage production under changing climate conditions.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to start an investigation into last year’s sudden collapse of cattle prices and a review of the market’s competitive structure. The request comes months after the Judiciary Committee was asked by R-CALF USA to probe the “dramatic, unprecedented collapse” of cattle prices in late 2015.

Most Progressive Cattleman readers do not have a drought plan in place.

Ag economist Ted Schroeder of Kansas State University discusses how premiums filter back from beef consumer to beef producer.