Beef sales and operating improvements pushed Tyson Foods inc. to its best overall quarter since the summer of 2005, despite swings in both corn and live cattle prices. Beef has been a dismal business for the world's largest meat packer amid sagging exports and protein oversupplies that pushed prices lower for 10 consecutive quarters. Also, analysts predict stronger processing margins and adequate cattle supply in light of the winter storms that held cattle back. On Monday, the company...

The stakes -- and steaks -- are intriguing for A&M, which reported Friday that it will be involved for at least the next few years; China, which wants to feed its increasingly affluent society better; and a Seattle company that wants to set up five one-million-acre ranches and even a horse racing endeavor. The stakes -- and steaks -- are intriguing for A&M, which reported Friday that it will be involved for at least the next few years; China, which wants to feed its increasingly affluent...

LIVESTOCK keepers here have responded massively to the drive to vaccinate their animals against Rift Valley Fever (RVF) which has killed nearly 50 people and left more than a hundred others admitted to health facilities around the region. The exercise has slowed in Mpwapwa District where a small stock remains and had stopped in the five districts for vaccine shortage. Cattle herders rush to jab animals. The Dodoma government abattoir, with capacity to handle 200 head of cattle a day...

There's a plan afoot to eradicate the white fallow deer in Point Reyes -- but could there be another way to keep rangers, ranchers, animal lovers, Hindus and venison diners on the same side? As I wound my way northwest along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, passing reflective yellow deer-crossing signs and taking in the supernaturally green hills of West Marin County, the mist thickened, and I began to fear that one of those unicorns might bound right into my car's path. As I wound my way...

In a society where many people are 2-3 generations removed from the farm, getting farmers and their non-farming neighbors to re-connect and talk to one another again is one of the primary missions of Aaron Putze and the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers (CSIF) In a society where many people are 2-3 generations removed from the farm, getting farmers and their non-farming neighbors to re-connect and talk to one another again is one of the primary missions of Aaron Putze and the Coalition...

Our cows make 27,800 pounds of milk each year and it's imperative they get enough corn in their diet so the milk production won't drop off, he said. Mark Stephenson, a Cornell University senior extension associate with dairy markets and policy, reports that some farmers looking to cut costs as corn and soybeans become harder to obtain are supplementing their feed with brewers or distiller's grain, a high-energy byproduct of corn. Mark Stephenson, a Cornell University senior extension...