Tyson Foods is preparing to shut down one of its largest beef processing plants, a move that underscores how a shrinking U.S.

I remember people raising a big stink about feedlots years and years ago. Why weren't the problems addressed or fixed back then? Well, it's because more and bigger feedlots continue to be planned, and ...

Minnesota officials have for years been under federal pressure to do something about a nitrate crisis in rural well water, particularly in the southeast and central parts of the state. The Minnesota ...

The United States Cattle on Feed report indicated an increase in inventory, as reported Nov. 17 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report comes from ...

Some Custer-area ranchers and an environmental group have filed suit in Helena District Court to halt construction of a big cattle feedlot near the Yellowstone River on the far eastern edge of ...

JEROME — Just more than one mile west of the Minidoka National Historic Site, nearly 1,200 acres of farmland is waiting. It’s been nearly three years since Eden businessman Don McFarland asked Jerome ...

North Dakota lawmakers are still sorting out a thorny agricultural issue getting to the heart of local zoning restrictions for animal feedlot operations. The state is looking to revise standards ...

Last Tuesday night, I attended the Byron Township meeting in Leader, northwest of Brainerd. The main agenda was the proposed corporate hog feedlot in the area of Leader. The audience consisted of ...