Their cattle feedlot includes several monoslope bedding barns, the first of which was built in 2000, just before they began feeding out Holstein calves. "That's where a lot of our growth was at," ...

Housing livestock can be a challenge to the integrity of a building. The animal waste creates a highly aggressive environment, fostering corrosion that can damage steel wall and roof panels, and even ...

Ventilation systems are central to ensuring optimal thermal comfort, enhanced animal welfare and energy efficiency in modern livestock buildings. Recent advancements in computational fluid dynamics ...

East central Iowa beef producers are invited to a Jones County “Cattle Facility Tour” on Aug. 22 at the Marty Burlage farm north of Monticello, and the Adam and Craig Manternach farm and Todd Bergfeld ...

Technicals (August-Q) August live cattle futures made a run higher yesterday but retreated to finish the session back near support from 177.75-178.40. There were a lot of other markets under pressure ...

Three rail lines once lay parallel to the South Platte River, and it was there that corrals were built, and the Denver Union Stock Yards Company opened for business in 1881. Iron latches to connect ...

Starting as a small local market, the Dickson Regional Livestock Center has become a major regional hub with buyers traveling ...

All eventualities seem to be controlled for. The collars are solar-powered, and Crouch saw them endure every conceivable form ...

DES MOINES - Community activists and organizers flooded the Capitol rotunda Tuesday demanding more regulation and a halt to construction of large-scale livestock projects that are threatening Iowa's ...