beef

Even though the Lyon County Fair started this week in a new location, participants are still enjoying showcasing their animals during the livestock show.

A highly concentrated beef market has meant higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers in the Midwest and Great Plains want a new option by organizing their own processing plants.

The weather event that killed thousands of cattle in southwest Kansas last month was a rare combination of extreme factors. But it highlights the ongoing risk that heat stress poses for cattle, especially as climate change pushes temperatures higher.

The wide ranging plan is entirely voluntary, but leaders say they have buy-in and each of the action items are economically feasible without drastic changes to beef prices or profits for producers, processors and retailers.

Beef prices are rising at the grocery store, but Iowa cattle producers aren’t getting what they feel their cattle are worth from meatpackers. So they're hoping bipartisan bills in Congress will get them more leverage.

With grilling season coming, meat eaters in the United States may be treated to slightly lower prices.Many factors contribute to the price consumers pay…

People are eating a lot of meat, both in the U.S. and around the world, and that could be good news for the cattle sector in 2020. Things are looking up…

Iowa beef products could be reaching Chinese consumers by mid-July under a U.S.-Chinese trade agreement announced last week.China imposed an embargo on…

Competition and consolidation in the meat industry may drive a wedge between President Donald Trump and one of Iowa's U.S. senators.Republican Chuck…

A federal investigation has been launched into the alleged embezzlement of $2.6 million by an employee of an obscure state board that promotes the beef…