Although the Missoula acreage sees fewer cattle than the Great Falls operation, Smith said, its value as a piece of real estate is quite a bit higher. The business is starting a reduced schedule, he said, and will be holding cattle auctions only twice a month instead of weekly. Smith and the three other local ranchers who co-own the auction yard, he explained, are ready to retire and are looking for ways to cut back on their involvement in the business. That's when the exchange holds its...

Last year, quickie cowboys (and cowgirls) enjoyed the unique riding experience absent from the Kamloops range since 2005, when the Kamloops Cattle Drive officially declared bankruptcy and sold all its assets. BCNG Portals Page Cattle drive gets back in the saddle. City slickers can get a taste of the Wild West this summer, and they ll be surprised just how well dirt can whet an appetite. BCNG Portals Page Cattle drive gets back in the saddle. BCNG Portals Page Cattle drive gets back in the...

A small Kansas premium beef producer, Creekstone Farms, recently came up with an idea to help it compete against the big meatpackers that control the industry. But with his new immigration reform bill, he seems intent on driving away the few people who have so far blissfully ignored the disaster his administration has become. This scared the big beef producers, who are afraid they might have to spend the money to test their own cattle. They have proven this year after year as they have cut...

The program, supposedly designed to target "fugitive aliens," has resulted in the indiscriminate round up of over 13,000 undocumented migrants in cities throughout the United States. A recent Bank of Mexico business survey projected 615,000 new jobs this year, representing a drop of 300,000 compared to last year and far short of the estimated one-million-plus jobs needed to absorb the number of Mexicans who enter the labor market every year. It also ignores the central role that...

This is a conflict with the cattle industry, just as it was in the 19th Century, which is once again dictating whether the buffalo should live or die. Another such case would mean they lose their coveted disease-free status and force them to conduct expensive tests of any beef being exported over state lines. Montana s fragile cattle industry is desperately worried about a recent outbreak of brucellosis, a disease known to be carried by the Yellowstone bison. Tensions are running high...

Carl's peeps contend that Jack's commercials falsely imply that Angus beef burgers come "from the rear-end and/or anus of beef cattle, by creating phonetic and aural confusion between the words 'Angus' and 'anus. They are imaginitive and funny and the competitors like Car'l are just envious that they can't even come close when it comes to advertising their product. A fast food giant is making a huge stink over Jack in the Box's toilet-humored attack on Angus beef. Jack -- the...