Livestock

From the Sand County Foundation Heaton Ranches of McKenzie has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 North Dakota Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland …

BOZEMAN — The Montana 4-H Foundation recently announced that it has awarded nearly $40,000 in scholarships to 45 graduating 4-H members and alumni. The recipients, from 28 Montana counties and tribal …

Continuing to push on livestock competition issues, USDA proposed a new Packers and Stockyards Act rule targeting how “injury to competition” should be interpreted in lawsuits brought by producers against …

In the vast landscapes of Garfield County, where flatlands meet rough breaks, Wally Harbaugh is shaking things up with virtual fencing. Virtual fencing works through GPS-equipped collars on livestock and …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), member of ENR and …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in partnership with FarmRaise, today launched a new, online Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) Decision Tool. The …

The USDA is collecting samples of ground beef from retail stores to test for viral particles of the avian influenza in states where there have been infected dairy herds. The …

BOZEMAN – Of Montana State University’s seven agricultural research centers, the facility in Havre, the Northern Agricultural Research Center, is the largest by several metrics: acreage, staff and cows. When fully staffed, …

University of Nebraska — Lincoln researchers have recently identified two new genetic mutations, delayed blindness in Herefords, and bovine familial convulsions and ataxia (BFCA) in Angus cattle. Understanding and identifying …

Cold storage, particularly for red meat and poultry, is an important part of the protein supply chain, with meat in cold storage coming from a variety of sources and used …