A new study concludes that nonfederal rangelands in the western U.S. are productive, but that nonnative grasses and shrubs pose a potential threat to the rangelands’ productivity...More

Here’s your chance to provide input to ongoing research about bovine respiratory disease (BRD). The Bovine Respiratory Disease Committee, chaired by Chris Chase of South Dakota State University, is developing a proposal for a long-term BRD research and education prog...More

To feed a world population projected to exceed 9 billion people by 2050, technology that can enhance food production will be a significant asset, according to a Kansas State University agricultural economist....More

A survey of 1,200 beef and dairy producers nationwide conducted in late December 2009 and early January 2010 by Aspen Media & Market Research found that producer approval of the beef checkoff increased from 68% in 2009 to 69% in 2010...More

University of Missouri (MU) food scientists have developed a two-step method that can distinguish between dead and living E. coli O157:H7 cells in ground...More

The notion that it takes a couple of weeks to bring calves up to speed on wheat pasture may be more myth than reality,...More

Hold the rice. Hold the potatoes. Hold the pasta. The low-fat diet our government has been serving up through USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans...More

In February issue coverage of the 2008 BEEF Quality Summit, Mating & Managing, (page 34), speaker Alan Sears failed to credit Bob Weaber, University of...More

As retailers try to gauge the impact of the economy on their businesses, new research helps explain ways your meat case might be affected by rising prices and shrinking budgets....More

BSE-fighting measures have been in the news lately, with breakthroughs reported...More

There are several good ways to wean your calves. Chasing them down the middle of a highway isn't one of them. Yet, through no fault of his own, that's...More

Spring may not seem the right time to be thinking about the virtues of fall calving, but if you live in the tall-fescue zone of the U.S., you should be...More