Chris Styles of Styles Angus, a purebred breeder from Brentford, South Dakota, feels lucky he avoided heavy snow this winter, but had to counter bitter cold. One countermove: a duct tape tip to ...

FREDERICK — By using a hoop barn with a compost bed pack and paying close attention to DNA testing to capitalize on the traits of his animals, a cattleman near Frederick feels that he’s made some ...

CAMP POINT, Ill. (AP) - What may be the future of the cattle industry in Illinois was on display on Aug. 8 near Camp Point. Jacob Schmidt keeps cattle in a hoop barn designed for calving, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– The recent snowfall has affected area farmers and ranchers who are calving at this time. Craig Bieber, owner of Bieber Red Angus Ranch in Leola, South Dakota, said that ...

Brent Bryant, managing director of Beef Hoop Systems, keeps cattle under a hoop barn at his company's research farm Crops are not the only things wilting in the sweltering summer of 2012; cattle, the ...

A recent survey shows that hoop barns for beef cattle production are becoming more common in Iowa, offering benefits for the environment. The survey was conducted by Mark Honeyman, interim director of ...

EDINBURG, N.D. – As twilight fades to darkness, Joel Mathiason’s gentle hands lift a newborn calf to its feet and steer it into a barn stall knee-deep in straw. A cow follows. When she enters the ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

CAMP POINT — What may be the future of the cattle industry in Illinois was on display recently near Camp Point. Jacob Schmidt keeps cattle in a hoop barn designed for calving, backgrounding and ...