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The U.S. annual Cattle Inventory report found 94.8 million head on farms and ranches, up slightly from last year. The calf crop from 2018 totaled 36.4 million head, up 2%.

A farmer and a farm worker are on probation after applying liquid manure onto a field that resulted in runoff into a nearby stream. The farm was fined $50,000.

Green New Deal fact sheet continues to spark controversy with a call for reduction in farting cows.

Social media has been full of MEME and cartoons that are poking fun at the “farting cows” mention in the Green New Deal’s FAQ sheet.

Hay produced on irrigated grass and subirrigated meadows can be a potential supplementation source throughout Nebraska.

Producers can learn about growing corn for silage and feeding corn silage to cattle.

From what’s being observed in some south Georgia pastures this fall, oats are struggling, with growers seeing issues from cold damage, nutrient and moisture stress, and possible barley yellow dwarf virus.

Severe cold this winter, especially in areas with little to no snow cover, could result in damaged or killed stands of alfalfa.

The competition for world’s biggest bovine has started to heat up with contestants from the U.S. and Canada stepping up to the measuring tape against Australia’s Knickers.

Scientists from USDA developed the tools to mass produce penicillin, which was used for treating wounded soldiers over 70 years ago during World War II.