The December report showed cattle and calves on feed in large feedlots (greater than 1,000 head) totaled 11.727 million head on Dec. 1. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell says inventory levels ...

LINCOLN — Construction workers are hurrying to put the final touches on what is planned to be the state’s largest feedlot for feeding cattle. Blackshirt Feeders, led by a trio of Canadian ...

The United States Cattle on Feed report indicated an increase in inventory, as reported Nov. 17 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report comes from ...

The number of cattle in large U.S. feedlots on Jan. 1 at 11.8 million head was down 107,000 and 0.9% from a year earlier. Of the largest feedlot states, Texas and Kansas were each down 80,000 head ...

Manure was washed by rainfall from a cattle feedlot near Elma. (Photo courtesy of Iowa DNR) A smaller cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa likely polluted a creek for years during heavy rainfall, ...

CHICAGO - The number of cattle put into U.S. feedlots in February climbed 10 percent from a year earlier to their highest level for that month in eight years, according to a government report released ...

CHICAGO - The number of cattle placed into U.S. feedlots in April jumped 7.0 percent from a year earlier, according to a government report on Friday, far exceeding most analysts' forecasts. Feedlots ...

The latest Cattle on Feed report shows a slight increase in numbers for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head. The Feb. 23 report, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National ...

CASCADE, Iowa (AP) -- A proposed large cattle feedlot next to the town of Cascade has been canceled after more than 700 area residents signed petitions opposing the 15,000-animal farm. Mayor Rich ...

A mention of farm country beckons images of quaint houses, big red barns, grazing cattle and sun-soaked crops. That’s how I recall farmsteads of my youth in west-central Minnesota, and how Sonja Trom ...