The Livestock Indemnity Program pays producers who experience livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by ...

Persuading a cow to put its head in a chamber to measure the methane it burps up is easy. All it takes is a sweet treat. But curbing emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from cows, sheep, and other ...

Every five years Congress passes legislation that sets national policy on agriculture, nutrition, conservation and forestry. The first real farm bill was the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, part ...

Joshua Washington, a senior at Pasadena Memorial High School, sold his Grand Champion painting "Between Boots and Moccasins," for a record-breaking $525,000 at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s ...

Nestled amid butterscotch-scented Ponderosa pines in Idaho’s backcountry one sunny, summer day in 1991, Suzanne Stone scooped her hands around her chin and let out an “Ahwooooo.” Stone, now an expert ...

Anyone feeling compelled to look into a bill passed recently by the House of Representatives will see some familiar language. It may seem wonky—the concern of agriculture or climate policy geeks. But ...

Learn the instinctual behavior patterns of your cattle to help keep them calm. Utilize cattle working systems for herding cows in pastures or corrals and safely learn how to handle cattle to prevent ...

Raising small livestock can be reared even in areas as limited as a large back yard or urban lot. Raising small livestock means making a good choice on the best farm livestock animals to raise on your ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Guardian dogs do a great job of protecting Australian livestock from predators. In a new survey of Australian farmers, we have found that with correct management, these dogs can be very effective in ...