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• Wildfires destroy fences, burn food and kill cattle; effects are ongoing and expensive

  July 26, 2012 6:58 AM

  VOLBORG, Mont. (AP) - The surge in wildfires across the West this summer is taking its toll on the livestock industry. Ranchers and officials say the blazes have killed animals outright while destroying some food supplies for the stock. In addition hundreds of miles of fence and numerous corrals and... more »

• Ranchers sell off cattle due to drought Play Video

  July 24, 2012 8:08 PM

  A drought means little rain and, for farmers, little growth. For ranchers it means high grain prices. We found out that's trouble for cattle producers. Poor grazing means more cows will end up at auction, before their time. "The conditions are just so bad," said Kimmi Lewis,... more »

• Drought impact on food prices

  July 17, 2012 8:20 PM

  With drought conditions stretching across most of the country, farmers and ranchers are being hit hard; some of that is likely to make its way to the grocery store prices. Donna McAfee finished a grocery shopping trip Tuesday, but she says she didn't get any produce on this trip;... more »

• Drought devastating the family ranch Play Video

  July 16, 2012 7:29 PM

  Cattle ranchers Harold and Jean Meinzer have been forced to deal with 10 years of the driest conditions they can imagine. "We're just trying to hang on like everybody else," Harold said. "We haven't had the ponds filled since ‘02." The Meinzer's ranch, Four Corners Ranch, sits on... more »

• Colorado ag officials warn of livestock disease

  May 5, 2012 2:53 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado officials are warning livestock owners to take extra precautions now that two horses in New Mexico have been found with a painful disease. State agriculture officials say two confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis in horses were reported in New Mexico this week. The disease can cause... more »

• 8 state spots test positive for cattle STD

  May 31, 2011 11:17 PM

  DENVER (AP) - State agriculture officials say that as of Friday, there have been five locations in Colorado that tested positive for a disease that can cause fertility problems in cows. The venereal disease called bovine trichomoniasis can cause aborted calves. The Colorado Department of Agriculture said Tuesday there have... more »

• National cattle meeting in Colorado probes antitrust

  August 27, 2010 12:52 PM

  Meatpackers, feeders and hundreds of ranchers from around the country are attending a workshop the Obama administration is holding in Colorado to discuss antitrust issues in the livestock industry. The daylong workshop in Fort Collins drew about 1,500 people as it got underway Friday. It's one of five the... more »

• Economic bright spot: Colorado ag exports increase

  August 26, 2010 8:40 AM

  Colorado officials say the state's agricultural exports through the first half of the year are up 27 percent from the same period last year, to $508.9 million. Colorado exports of meat, hides and skins, animal products such as milk, eggs and honey, miscellaneous food and miscellaneous grains, seeds and... more »

• Ranchers to talk competition in northern Colorado

  August 20, 2010 10:21 PM

  Ranchers from across the country are expected to gather in northern Colorado to talk about competition in the cattle industry. Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are scheduled to attend the Aug. 27 meeting in Fort Collins. It's the fourth in a series of meetings the Obama... more »

• Cattle drive heralds Ranch Rodeo

  July 2, 2010 2:44 PM

  Dozens of Colorado-bred Texas Longhorn Cattle shuffled and mooed their way down Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Spring Friday. The high noon cattle drive marks the beginning of rodeo season in the Pikes Peak Region. The steers themselves are descendants of the very first cows to ever be raised in... more »

• Governor candidates speak at cattle confab

  June 15, 2010 1:45 PM

  Three candidates running for governor spoke at the Colorado Cattleman's Association Tuesday morning at the Pueblo Convention Center. Republicans Scott McInnis and Dan Maes and Democrat John Hickenlooper appeared to answer questioned from cattle raisers. That convention runs through Wednesday. All three plan to appear before Action 22... more »

• Rancher loses seized cattle but keeps rest of herd

  June 2, 2010 8:32 PM

  A Park County rancher has lost more than 300 cattle that state agriculture department workers seized from his property near Hartsel, but he is keeping hundreds of others for now. Colorado Department of Agriculture staff seized 379 cattle from Vernon Wagner in May after finding 140 dead cows on his... more »

• Park County man facing charges in cattle cruelty case

  May 26, 2010 3:57 PM

  A Park County judge declared a Park County man "unfit to own livestock" after the Department of Agriculture seized hundreds of his cattle. Vernon E. Wagner is being investigated after authorities found at least 140 cows dead on his ranch . 400 cattle were gathered on May 14 th... more »

• Cattle owner found to be "unfit"

  May 25, 2010 7:22 PM

  A Park County judge has declared Vernon E. Wagner, of Park County, to be unfit to own livestock seized by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. Last week, representatives from the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Animal Protection, with help from the Park County Sheriff's Office, gathered nearly 400... more »

• Nearly 80 cattle found dead near Fort Morgan

  March 23, 2010 1:41 PM

  A man is facing 16 counts of animal cruelty after Logan County Sheriff's Deputies discovered nearly 80 dead cows on his property last week. The sheriff's office says after getting complaints of sick animals at the Schuman Cattle Company , a search warrant was executed and 79 cow carcasses... more »

• CSU gets funding to study feedlot emissions

  December 31, 2009 8:40 AM

  Colorado State University researchers have received $1.15 million in federal funds to study how much nitrogen and ammonia are emitted from cattle feedlots. Feedlots along Colorado's Front Range are believed to be a major source of nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park to the west. Biologists say the park's... more »

• Storms help, but don't end Texas drought

  September 18, 2009 12:29 PM

  Recent storms in Texas brought some long-awaited relief to the nation's most drought-stricken state, but the brutal dry spell is far from over as it drags into its third year. About 16 percent of the state - all in the southern and central parts of Texas - is classified... more »