Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...

As more consumers seek locally sourced products to connect with the land, many farmers and ranchers are stepping up to meet demand. The market for direct-to-consumer beef has grown substantially ...

HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...

HOMINY — Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly lowered ...

Beef prices in the United States hit historic highs this summer, with consumers paying an average of $6.12 a pound for ground beef in June and steak prices climbing 8 percent compared with a year ago.

(DENISON, Iowa) — Tyson is cutting a beef processing plant because of a “continued lack of available cattle.” Tyson Fresh Meats, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., released a statement on Friday ...

Trey Wasserburger looks out at a pen of cattle from his pickup. He works at this feed yard alongside his father-in-law in Nebraska. It takes three years of work to raise cattle before they get to the ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. WALL, S.D. –The 2,400 square-foot Wall Meat Processing plant is ...

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Imperial County in Southern California produces food for much of the country. The economy there depends on agriculture and cattle. Reporter Caitlin Esch has more on why the planned shutdown of a local ...

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:41:52 GMT — The crowd filing into the auditorium at SUNY Oswego on Wednesday night was largely skeptical, and the representatives from Bion Environmental Technologies knew it. They ...