We found the 'pig'ture perfect internship, and we're not 'bacon' it up either! Restaurant chain Farmer Boys is looking to hire its first-ever bacon intern. The intern will be tasked with tasting the restaurant's bacon-packed menu items for a full ... Read More

Aaron Bertels with Crossroads Marketing joins us for this weeks addition of Trading Bits & Bytes. Bertels talks about the effects of WASDE, the weather, Japan & China & how cattle took a wild ride. https://youtu.be/EKPTu3l4Yx0...... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has added Cambodia to the list of regions affected by African swine fever (ASF). On April 3, 2019, the Cambodian veterinary authorities re... Read More

Tyson, one of the country’s largest meatpackers, is petitioning the Trump administration to reduce the number of government inspectors at a Kansas beef plant — a proposal that has raised alarms among some consumer and food safety advocates, who f... Read More

The National Pork Board recently announced the four finalists vying to be named America’s Pig Farmer of the YearSM. The program honors a U.S. pig farmer each year who excels at raising pigs following the We CareSM ethical principles and who is com... Read More

HOLCOMB, Kan. (AP) — A fire which indefinitely closed a Tyson meat processing plant in Holcomb could disrupt already strained processing operations, sparking fears from cattle producers who braced for tumbling market prices. Tyson has said it wi... Read More

Horses and other livestock will be restricted from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture campus and farm premises until after Labor Day, school officials said Tuesday. The measure is precautionary due to a confirmed case of vesicular stomati... Read More

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Health management of high-risk calves, humane euthanasia practices, beef cattle market outlook and a panel discussion on beef parasite control are among the topics planned for the Kansas State University Beef Stocker Field ... Read More

Fed cattle processing capacity will be strained to handle record available supplies after a fire August 9 closed the Tyson beef plant at Holcomb. The plant operated at about 6,000 head of fed cattle per day, leaving a shortfall in the national packin... Read More

The 20th annual University of Nebraska–Lincoln Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory (GSL) Open House will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. In addition, the University of Nebraska Cow Symposium will be held on August 20th in Ord and 22nd in Norf... Read More

HOLCOMB, Kan. (AP) — Fire officials are trying to determine the cause of a fire that has temporarily shut down the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Holcomb. Investigators say the fire Friday night started in the box shop near the area where animals ar... Read More

From Aug. 1-4, more than 150 National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members took part in the annual Leaders Engaged in Angus Development (LEAD) Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee. The four-day conference was packed with workshops, farm tours, ... Read More

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) has confirmed a case of Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) in a horse in Lincoln County. VS is a viral disease which primarily affects horses and cattle, but can also affect sheep, goats and swine. The disease i... Read More

The Nebraska Beef Council Board of Directors will meet at the NBC office located at 1319 Central Ave. on Monday, August 19, 2019 beginning at 8:00 a.m. CDT. and Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 7:30 a.m. CDT. The NBC Board of Directors will listen to p... Read More