At a time when the cattle herd is at historic lows due to the soaring costs of inputs and drought, beef-on-dairy cattle—cattle from dairy animals inseminated by semen from beef cattle—have been a boon ...

MANHATTAN, KAN. - It's a pretty safe bet you won't hear this request from your kids: "More liver, please." If by chance you do, they'll be no shortage of the iron-rich delicacy most kids love to hate, ...

The dairy industry has been plagued by a persistent global problem for decades – bacterial infection of cow udders that significantly reduces milk production. Antibiotics have been used to treat the ...

If you ate a hamburger today, or a high-priced steak, chances are it came from an animal that was fed an antibiotic during the last few months of its life. This is one of the most controversial uses ...

Theileriosis, a disease carried by Asian longhorned ticks, has been detected in Iowa cattle for the first time. The disease can cause anemia and death in cattle, but it poses no risk to humans. Cattle ...