January USDA cattle reports could reveal if beef herd has hit bottom and started rebuilding, which could have major implications on markets.

Editor’s Note: This article is part of the Drovers 2024 State of the Beef Industry report, which includes an exclusive survey of cattle producers and their thoughts on numerous topics of importance to ...

SANBORN, Minn. — It’s the time of the year where cattle producers are starting to get their herds ready to endure the cold winter months. Troy and Hilary Paplow, manage Graff Feedlots in Sanborn, ...

America’s ranchers are facing their smallest cattle herd in 70 years. Years of punishing drought, rising costs and an aging ranching workforce have thinned herds across the country. Ranchers and ...

In the northern Great Plains, winter is a fact of life in which severe cold temperatures, frequent dangerous wind chills, and ...

The U.S. beef cattle herd is the smallest it's been since 1961. This is due to factors like drought, high supply chain costs, declining consumer appetite for beef and other struggles within the ...

The number of beef cattle in the U.S. continues to fall, a pair of reports released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show. "We are not expanding the breeding herd yet, and the implications ...

For the sixth consecutive year, the United States cattle herd started the year smaller at 86.6 million head in January, down more than 495,000 head from the previous January, according to the January ...