Tyson Foods’ decision to shut a major beef plant in Nebraska and scale back operations in Texas marks one of the most significant shocks to the U.S. meat industry in years. The Lexington, Nebraska ...

Tyson Foods is shutting two major beef plants and cutting 4,900 jobs just as the U.S. cattle herd sinks to its smallest size in roughly three quarters of a century, a collision of corporate strategy ...

A big drop in cattle numbers this year plus a second year of reduced sheep numbers will create surplus processing capacity in factories.

Years of drought have shrunk the U.S. cattle herd and led to record beef prices for consumers, but government data indicate the outlook is improving. The nation's cattle supply fell 2% last year to 87 ...

There is little to discuss as the division grows between those who want, and or need the cattle from Mexico, to have enough inventory to be competitive, and those who do not want Mexican cattle in the ...

VICKSBURG — Falling prices for feeder cattle, climbing corn costs and a shaky economy are hurting the Oswalt family's livestock business, but the farmers are not wasting time longing for greener ...

Cattle unwilling to enter the alley and unwilling to enter the actual squeeze chute are two separate problems on working days. Cattle unwilling to enter the alley may have a simple solution, ...