Brent Bryant, managing director of Beef Hoop Systems, keeps cattle under a hoop barn at his company's research farm Crops are not the only things wilting in the sweltering summer of 2012; cattle, the ...

FREDERICK — By using a hoop barn with a compost bed pack and paying close attention to DNA testing to capitalize on the traits of his animals, a cattleman near Frederick feels that he’s made some ...

A recent survey shows that hoop barns for beef cattle production are becoming more common in Iowa, offering benefits for the environment. The survey was conducted by Mark Honeyman, interim director of ...

NASHUA -- Hoop buildings aren't just for housing livestock anymore. When Ken Pecinovsky needed to replace an old, rotted pole shed to house hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment at the ...

With some grit and determination, the Cole County 4-H and FFA Fair Board has raised $20,000 since mid-June. The money is for a new hoop barn on the Jefferson City Jaycees Cole County Fairgrounds. “I ...

Farmers are struggling through one of the more difficult summers in Iowa in decades. In addition to the drought that’s wilting crops, the extreme heat is stressing animals. Last summer, heat stress ...

ARMOUR, S.D. - A fire that led to the loss of a hoop barn Thursday morning near Armour is being deemed “suspicious.” The barn is owned by Doug Luebke, who also owns an under-construction hog barn that ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — Keith Ellis traded his off-farm job for full-time farming two years ago. He expanded his hog production capacity by building three more hoop buildings and adding sows. He markets all ...

For Iowa feeder Harris Haywood, waking up to blizzard conditions creates concern, but not the worry he’d have if his cattle were in an open-lot facility. Instead, he feeds cattle in nine monoslope ...

Editor's note: This is part of a series of eight features on Minnesota cattle operations that will be part of the Minnesota Cattlemen’s Association 2021 Summer Beef Tour and Trade Show, scheduled for ...

The construction of Perry Township’s new salt storage barn has been completed. The 32- by 48-foot hoop barn had a cost of $50,897.54 and is expected to hold up to 500 tons of salt. While the wooden ...