Category: cattle

Recent Rain May Not Be Enough to Halt the Shrinking of Canada’s Cattle Herd

Anxious Alberta ranchers praying for rain got their wish this week, but it may not be enough to stop the ongoing decline in Canadian cattle production. The moisture that fell on parts of drought-parched Alberta came as a welcome reprieve to the hundreds of cattle farmers who have seen their pastures wither and their water…


US Cattle Inventory Falls to Lowest Level in Nearly a Decade: USDA

Declining cattle production and drought contributed to a sizable drop in beef supplies last year, the lowest in nearly a decade, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As of Jan. 1, there was 89.3 million head of cattle, down 3 percent from a year ago; and 29 million beef cows bred for slaughter…


US Cattle Inventory Forecast Falls to Lowest Level in Nearly a Decade: USDA

Declining cattle production and drought contributed to a sizable drop in beef supplies last year, the lowest in nearly a decade, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As of Jan. 1, there were 89.3 million head of cattle, down 3 percent from a year ago; and 29 million beef cows bred for slaughter…


Canadian Farms Use 3 Times More Antibiotics Than Those in EU: Federal Report

Canadian farms are using three times the amount of antibiotics in poultry, cattle, and pigs than farms in the European Union, raising the risk of developing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans, says a report by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Published late last November, the report estimated that the number of Canadian deaths…


Rancher Drives Cattle on Same Mountain Trail as Ancestors in 1887, Now Guides Real ‘City Slickers’ on Adventures

There is no doubt in Dana Kerns’ mind that he is a rancher, through and through. The Wyomingite owns land in Sheridan, handed down through four generations, that was first homesteaded in 1887 when his family set up a trading post to trade with the Indigenous Crow tribe. But cattle soon became their livelihood. Grazing…


Quebec Town Tries Cowboy Tactics After Crop-Trampling Cattle Evade Capture for Months

A small Quebec town is resorting to cowboy tactics to round up a herd of runaway cattle that have evaded capture for months and have been wreaking havoc in farmers’ fields. The mayor of St-Sévère, in Quebec’s Mauricie region, says the 20 or so young animals jumped out of their field at the end of…


Hunewill Ranch in California is One of the Rare Places in America Where the Cowboy Life Persists—And You Can Go Experience It

While a journalism professor at the University of Wyoming when I wore a younger man’s clothes, I became close friends with a bowlegged, hardheaded cowboy. Seeing us together on the streets of Laramie, folks would holler, “Here comes the cowboy and the professor.” My city slicker self had never ridden a horse, much less herded…


An American West Story: How A Cattle Drive During the 1860s Exemplified Bravery and Loyalty

Charles Goodnight lived for eighty-three years, from 1836 until 1929, and in that time was a settler, a scout, a Texas Ranger, a cattleman, an entrepreneur, a town father, and even an early booster of the fledgling film industry in Hollywood, California. However, it would be the blazing of the Goodnight-Loving Trail in 1866 and…


American Empire (1942)

Two men join forces to build a cattle empire and battle rustlers, bad weather, and each other. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter:…


Viral Disease Kills 100,000 Cows, Buffaloes in India

A viral disease has killed nearly 100,000 cows and buffaloes in India and sickened over 2 million more. The outbreak has triggered devastating income losses for cattle farmers since the disease not only results in deaths but can also lead to decreased milk production, emaciated animals, and birth issues. The disease, called lumpy skin disease,…