Recently we had 50 cattle producers trained in Beef Quality Assurance here in Coshocton County. Clif Little, agriculture and natural resources educator in Guernsey County, talked with the producers ...

America’s cattle sector could benefit greatly by adopting a set standard for proficiency levels in animal care and handling. University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist Ruth Woiwode, drawing on her ...

As a kid, I had a tendency to move faster (a lot faster) than I do now. Whether in the field or cleaning the barn, the faster my brothers and I worked, the faster we could move on to something more ...

From replacement selection to BRD resilience, tissue sampling units provide a fast, clean and reliable path to the genomic ...

Well-designed handling facilities provide a safe working environment on beef farms but infrastructure alone won’t make routine tasks easier and quicker for cattle and people. Livestock handling expert ...

JoDee Haala grew up with horses. Now the director of animal well being with Minnesota's Christensen Farms, one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the U.S., she often reflects on a common ...

Investing in a new cattle handling system has not just made life safer for beef farmer David Drinkwater – work is easier too. For “the price of a front axle on a tractor”, cattle are no longer ...

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It's a dusty, hot day at Roebuck Plains station in the pindan cattle country of Western Australia's far north. The Livestock Handling Cup, held in the Kimberley for the first time, tests stockmanship ...

Australia's first livestock handling cup has been held in Western Australia's Pilbara region. It was a competition to test station workers' cattle skills, and the focus was on low stress — for both ...

Excessive stress in cattle has been shown to reduce production gains and make cattle more susceptible to disease. Is it time to reassess handling methods? “A while ago I was sending weaner calves off ...