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Low cattle supplies in 2012 are expected to drive up beef prices for the second year in a row, stretching consumers still coping with high unemployment and only modest wage increases.

USDA is proposing to expand the contracting authority for the Beef Promotion and Research Program.

The Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 now heads to the House floor with bipartisan support.

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration has moved to limit the use of an antibiotic that is injected into livestock before slaughter, saying it could increase antibiotic resistance in humans.

The House voted 268-150 in favor of the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011; now it heads to the Senate.

Cattle and sheep herds are being culled or completely liquidated on West Texas ranches as drought and heat bake away vegetation on the rocky hills and once fertile valleys.

EPA Region 7 announced today that it has issued administrative compliance orders to six concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, directing those operations to correct a range of violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

Hay Hotline to offer hay pricing, listings for donated forage, transportation information and available grazing lands.

Soils will work harder for you if you know what makes them tick

SAN ANTONIO - The searing drought has forced members of the largest livestock association in Texas to reduce their herds by almost 40 percent, but it has not shaken their confidence in the future of the industry.