Cattle graze in a field at Otter Creek Farm on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Johnsonville. The farms sells a small number of life cattle and pigs annually to consumers who then have their animals slaughtered ...

HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...

But it’s not that simple: The US cattle herd has shrunk in recent years to the smallest since the early 1950s because droughts and higher production costs, including elevated interest rates, have made ...

Tyson Foods said its beef business could lose up to $500 million this year as the supply of cattle reaches a 75-year low.

Recent livestock processing plant closures in the High Plains region have generated headlines, but agricultural economists note they occur because of tight margins. Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson ...