For 2026 alone, 3,900 more cows have been culled each week on average compared to a year ago, resulting in year-to-date slaughter being 35,000 head or 7.5% higher than the year prior.

KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Share your story idea with Ryan. Hertzog's Beef Processing is processing ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to introduce a bill that would split meat processing operations and scrutinize foreign ...

With 100% of processing plants reporting foreign material challenges, the beef industry is turning to live-animal detection to prevent $476 million annually in potential losses.

HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...

The Australian government loosened import restrictions on beef processed in the U.S. after a five-year study on how the USDA inspects the health of cattle raised in Mexico and Canada and slaughtered ...

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