LINCOLN - Lush grass fields are replacing wastewater-filled holding ponds as a means of managing rainwater runoff from small cattle feeding pens in Nebraska. The same systems could someday be approved ...

BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minn.- Feedlot operators and ag consultants voiced frustration and concern March 24 in Blooming Prairie about new regulations involving a required permit. Paul Brietzke, center, ...

Cattle mean so much to Nebraskans that their major university, and some key donors, injected millions of dollars into the business of raising the valuable critters. They already out-number people in ...

TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

Scientists have found strong evidence that improved feeding systems, specifically feedlotting with local concentrate feeds, ...

Although grass-fed is touted as the environmentally and ethically best choice for beef eaters, feedlots often outperform on both fronts. We are glad to share Ensia articles free of charge under the ...

For the environmentally minded carnivore, meat poses a culinary conundrum. Producing it requires a great deal of land and water resources, and ruminants such as cows and sheep are responsible for half ...