GARRETT COUNTY, Md. — A two-alarm fire broke out Wednesday evening at Friends Stockyard in Garrett County, prompting an extensive emergency response and efforts to contain loose cattle in freezing…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – The United States is importing record amounts of beef this year and exporting less after ranchers slashed the nation’s cattle herd to its lowest…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of cattle died in Iowa from extreme heat and humidity in late July, the state and livestock producers said, as the world recorded…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. cattle producer Brad Kooima declined multiple, escalating bids from meatpackers seeking to buy his livestock to hold out for higher prices. His bargaining…
By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) – Nineteen feral cattle have been shot from a helicopter by federal employees in a New Mexico wilderness area in a cull opposed…
By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A decline in Brazilian cattle prices this year and strong demand for the country’s beef exports will widen Brazilian meatpackers’ margins in the…
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued nine migrants and arrested four smugglers during a traffic stop near Nogales, Arizona, early Saturday. Migrants concealed in trailer. Tucson Sector agents…
Defendant Sentenced in the Largest-Ever Criminal Fraud Scheme in the Eastern District of Washington Yakima, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington,…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Farmers in Florida rushed to reach their cattle on Thursday after trees downed by Hurricane Ian broke fences used to contain the animals and…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO – U.S. consumers grappling with soaring inflation face more pain from high beef prices as ranchers are reducing their cattle herds due to drought and lofty…
FROM SOLAR GRID TO CATTLE SHED: How Greenpeace’s Dream Of A Solar-Powered Village Fell Apart In Just A Few Years Thomas Catenacci on May 15, 2022 A Greenpeace-funded solar energy…
WICHITA, KAN. – The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas fined a recidivist violator of statutory and regulatory federal livestock laws under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The…
Two Amarillo men who defrauded a manufacturer of cattle feed supplements out of more than $474,000 pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of…
By Julie Gordon and Rod Nickel OTTAWA – Protests in Canada against vaccine mandates have disrupted two key U.S. border crossings, and are snarling hundreds of millions of dollars daily…
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed…
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Richard K. Sears, 73, of Pueblo was sentenced to serve 41 months in prison for his…
Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Corsica, South Dakota, man convicted of Wire Fraud and Money Laundering was sentenced on November 4, 2021, by U.S. District…
A man who spent federal loan money intended for the purchase of cattle on his personal expenses, including gambling and alcohol, was sentenced on October 4, 2021, to ten months…
MACON, Ga. – A Georgia cattle broker was sentenced to prison and was ordered to pay millions in restitution after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme defrauding…