Ranchers are battling over laws that critics say do nothing but prop up an enforcement agency that takes its job way too ...

The announcement that Tyson would shutter a massive beef processing plant in Nebraska was the first such closure in more than a decade. Beef processors are running at lower capacity, as the U.S.

LINCOLN, Neb. (UNL) - Nebraska net farm income is projected to increase by 42% in 2025, to $8.42 billion, according to the latest projections from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University ...

Low grain prices, increasing input costs, and solid cattle prices are prompting producers to evaluate crop production systems ...

Crawford Livestock Market in Crawford, Nebraska, will host a rollover fundraiser auction for R-CALF USA, Jan. 9, 2026 at noon.Crawford Livestock Market will hold an R-CALF USA rollover auction ...

In an effort to increase its biosecurity measures, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) has issued a restriction on the importation of dairy cattle because of the recent outbreak of Highly ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The USDA has confirmed a detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in Nebraska. South Dakota’s state veterinarian weighed in on how Bird Flu ...

On the Burdick Ranch, nestled in Nebraska’s Sandhills, spring cattle branding is an annual act of community. The sheer scale of gathering, roping, vaccinating, and marking 900 calves with the family ...

At Mt. Rushmore Angus near Hermosa, South Dakota, brothers Eddie and Marty Rypkema, with their ranch manager David Uhrig, ...

Cattle gather at a feedlot run by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Saunders County. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Bovine bird flu is now a thing in Nebraska, according to the ...

The thieves would roll into a rural feedlot in the dead of night, driving a Chevrolet pickup and towing a stolen trailer. Parking next to a pen, they could open the gate and easily load a few of the ...

The population is shrinking, and the heifers just keep getting bigger. So the Burdick Ranch relies on neighbor volunteers and high school wrestlers to get the job done. On the Burdick Ranch, nestled ...