EMMONS COUNTY - Leonard Vetter lives in a shady oasis, under a grove of cottonwoods, amid chokecherry trees just ripe with fruit. Grasshoppers jump in the ditch along the gravel road in front of his ...

BROKEN BOW - Broken Bow rancher and cowboy poet R.P. Smith said drought in the last few years made things "go backward" real fast, so he started looking at what might work better for his operation.

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist. Oats for extra pasture, hay and silage Pasture and hay could be sparse again this spring unless we receive ...

With the government open for business again, cattle traders are anxiously awaiting the monthly Cattle on Feed report, which will give an update on the state of the national herd. The report was ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Precise feed rations are critical to maintaining a healthy cattle herd in the most efficient way possible. Slick bunk management is the process of prescribing the appropriate amount ...

Oats are used in cereals but have not been a top seller on the market in Iowa. Earl Canfield created a market for his oats through livestock feed and helped his other crops because of the oats' ...

[Editor's note: Every Friday visit the Business 380 for "Back to the Futures," a quick discussion of the week's grain, livestock, gasoline prices and other topics.] Cattle spooked by shutdown With the ...