This blog is part of ongoing coverage from Harvest Public Media, a public radio reporting project in the Midwest that focuses on important issues related to food production and agriculture. When I dig ...

Transporting newborn calves long distances has welfare challenges. On some dairies, beef on dairy calves are reared for several months on the dairy before they are sold to feedlots. Another ...

Struggling dairy farmers in Lancaster County may be sitting on a cash cow right under their noses, according to researchers. Three years into a demonstration project, a Penn State scientist says ...

Holstein steers that get hormone implants grow faster than those that do not receive the implants, and they get as big as beef cattle breeds, according to Penn State researchers, who say that's good ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- If Holstein beef cattle are started at a lighter weight, they can be competitive in the beef market. That's the crux of the message Michigan State University Professor Steven Rust ...

HUDSON, Iowa — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. So, when he sampled a steak he could cut with a spoon, he was hooked. "It’s ...

The most memorable steak I’ve eaten in Los Angeles is the grilled California Holstein strip at downtown’s Shibumi. Divided into two sections, one topped with fresh wasabi and the other topped with ...

HUDSON — Blake Hansen loves beef, but admits he is quite particular about the quality of meat he chooses to consume. So, when he sampled a steak he could cut with a spoon, he was hooked. “It’s like ...

It has been nearly four months since one cow among 96 million head of cattle in the United States tested positive for mad cow disease, yet 58 countries still have some form of ban on U.S. beef. The ...

UK beef production is set to plummet by nearly a fifth next year, according to a group of industry experts. They warn that production is expected to fall suddenly by 20% from June 2009, leading to a ...