SILT – Area ranchers could soon have a much shorter drive when they take their cattle to be slaughtered. Pending U.S. Department of Agriculture approval, Eagle Springs Organic will offer the service ...

Veterinarians at A&M had their first look over the weekend at a steer that was bound for processing, but received a pardon and now lives on campus. Animal activists jumped on the story of the ...

Lexington closure signifies a structural shift in the beef packing industry, not a temporary disruption like earlier plant ...

Late last week, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced a bill that would dramatically re-shape the way many animals are slaughtered for food in this country. The PRIME Act, which has several ...

Pastures are turning green, which means it’s time to work cows and calves. Achieving the best results with vaccines requires using the correct syringes and needles, good management practices and ...

HOMINY — Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly lowered ...

Each fall for the past 17 years, the corner of White Bear and Minnehaha avenues on St. Paul’s East Side becomes a mini deer-processing factory. Armed with a refrigerated tractor trailer in its parking ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The new owners of an Aberdeen beef plant that closed in 2012 have fired up the equipment and are processing dozens of cattle a day, the city's mayor said. That's welcome news ...

Cattle producers and livestock auction owners are rallying behind legislation that would allow livestock auction markets to invest in small meatpacking facilities. The bill would remove a barrier in ...

SHELBY, Ohio – Officials at a northern Ohio vocational school say a steer attacked a veteran instructor during a meat processing class, and students reacted quickly ...