Calves raised on the range are often lighter at weaning compared to calves raised on irrigated pastures. With the right management through backgrounding and finishing, range calves can catch up with their counterparts.

Larger cows and their calves’ heavier weaning weights may not bring profits to the operation. How do these cattle impact productivity, and what changes can beef producers make to improve profitability?

Dinosaur bones, indoor farming, uninsurable California and labor law penalties – the fringes of agriculture at its most diverse, I'd say.

Mediation of grazing permit cases is a relatively new utilization of the mediation process provided by the USDA farm bill. Its utilization can be and should be one that provides non-adversarial solutions to key issues between the USFS and livestock producers in Idaho for the mutual benefit of both.

A team of researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is completing a 10-year study on how grazing management practices used in rotational grazing systems and continuous grazing systems affect cattle foraging behavior, diet quality and yearly weight gain in semiarid, extensive rangeland.

Remote game cameras, typically used to watch wildlife, have found a new use for ranchers spread across the U.S. While the type and kind of cameras vary based on rancher, they all serve the same purpose – to watch the waterers.

For the past 50 years, the Joe C. King & Sons Ranch has operated with the belief that their corner of central Montana is best left as native range where cattle, wildlife and landscape act in a mutually beneficial and sustainable system.

Over the past decade, the importance of better understanding our cattle’s grazing behavior and impact on rangelands has become increasingly important. With the increasing size of finished cattle, the size of breeding cattle must also grow to create those larger-framed cattle.