livestock

Many people who haven’t stepped foot on a dairy might think milking a cow is a sort of Emersonian back-to-the land moment, where a milker bonds with his…

There’s a new kind of gas on the market, with more ethanol in it than the gas we usually put in our cars. That’s beneficial for corn farmers who grow the…

Parts of the Midwest got a reprieve from the drought this week, according to the latest US Drought Monitor report released on Thursday. The report found…

Brandt Dairy sits on Swan Creek at the end of a meandering gravel road in Linn, Missouri. The farm is bucolic with its twin silos, red barn and…

A University of Missouri veterinary professor says farmers need to be careful when feeding drought-damaged corn to their livestock. Tom Evans is an…

It’s hot and dry out in western Kansas in a good year. South of Dodge City, the native grass is tough. So are the ranchers. But this year is not a good…

Farmers growing crops have insurance to ward off the financial failure of their season during this terrible drought. But there’s no safety net like that…

Gov. Jay Nixon is urging Missouri soil and water districts to allow farmers to briefly graze their animals on livestock exclusion areas.Nixon said Friday…

In 2011, Missouri experienced its worst drought season since the 1950s, causing a shortage of grains and lowering the quality of feed for livestock.By…

The Food and Drug Administration is publishing an order this month that limits the way farmers can use certain antibiotics to treat animals, and…