website. “We’d clean up the land, do the fence work, install tile drains, improve the soil — get it ready for farming.” The farm grew to 2,100 acres, including feedyard capacity for 3,000 head of ...
Texas ranchers are increasingly dealing with people fleeing law enforcement, crashing stolen pickups through fences and turning their cattle loose. Wyoming ranchers have their share of headaches, but ...
A stark contrast to the years prior where tens of dollars above cash were offered readily. Cattle feeders have some hefty discounts they could wrap up for the upcoming spring with a fence options ...
The cattle feeding business is unique in Iowa. Instead of the large feedlots spanning tens of thousands of head, Iowa is made up of many smaller farmer feeders. Northern farmer feeders like Lauritsen ...
The markets have been overbought for several weeks with a rally of $11/cwt in live cattle and a $20 boost in feeders. After a $2 correction lower, prices found a firmer feel towards the end of the ...
An electric fence was erected to separate a footpath from cattle in a field following the trampling death of a 29-year-old woman, an inquest has heard. Rebekah Morris, known as Becki, died from ...
For Kent Rochester, virtual fencing technology has made his job farming cattle a whole lot easier. The technology allows livestock to be moved or confined without the need for physical fences or ...
Fed cattle supplies are not expected to increase through the end of the year. Cattle feeders are facing higher break-even prices and packers are wrestling with negative margins. Last week’s harvest ...
That was until last month when a cow escaped a Dutchess County farm and befriended one of the sanctuary’s steers, who leaped a fence to be with her. The runaway cow was discovered in mid-October ...