Beef cattle

Asian longhorned ticks are drawing fresh concern from Kansas livestock researchers as cases of the parasite-driven disease bovine theileriosis appear to move westward in 2026. Kansas State University livestock entomologist Cassandra Olds warns that producers need to monitor herds closely because ...

Beef-on-dairy adoption and greater use of sexed semen in dairies may be changing who shows up in feedlots and how USDA reports those cattle. The January 2026 Cattle on Feed report recorded 4.435 million heifers on feed, or 38.7% of total cattle on feed, a share that analysts typi...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has stepped up investigations across agriculture, with a heavy focus on meatpacking and other concentrated input markets. Investigators are examining how fed cattle supplies are gathered and routed through the industry, and whether major packers...