Thousands of cattle in feedlots in southwestern Kansas have died of heat stress due to soaring temperatures, high humidity and little wind in recent days, industry officials said. The final toll ...

Drought-plagued western Kansas recently saw rain. While the moisture was welcomed, it also coupled high humidity with high heat this week. As feedyards battled through the intense conditions to keep ...

An award-winning photojournalist faces trespassing charges in Kansas after paragliding over a cattle-filled feedlot on a freelance assignment last month. Veteran photographer George Steinmetz, known ...

After several years of drought, the number of cattle on Kansas feedlots has been increasing, according to federal data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service ...

Innovative Livestock Solutions plans to build a large feedlot in Pawnee County, Kansas, raising concerns about water contamination. Locals worry about manure runoff affecting the Ogallala aquifer, ...

PAWNEE COUNTY, Kansas (KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) — The western side of Kansas is a great place to produce beef. It has wide open spaces that seem to go on forever and low humidity. The region has embraced ...

They may not realize it, but when farmers sort cattle based on carcass potential, use ultrasound to project beef quality, or feed sorghum to finish a pen with less water, they are benefitting from the ...

Innovative Livestock Solutions chief financial officer Jon Skelton, seated center, spoke during a Kansas Department of Health and Environment forum in favor of the company's proposed 88,000-head ...