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One conservationist says the Deep Creek Water Quality Initiative is making an impact, but more work needs to be done.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published its new standard for organic livestock production. Industry groups say that this will help producers compete and promote trust in organic products for consumers.

Thousands of competitors come to the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City, Missouri, each year to show their best livestock. The competition includes children as young as 7 years old, who take part in a long tradition of raising and showing their animals.

Ranchers across the Midwest are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their expanding population is becoming a big nuisance for producers.

As an invasive tick species spreads westward across the U.S., so does the threat of a new disease in cattle. Researchers are sounding the alarm.

Legislation and programs in states like Missouri and Nebraska are paving the way to welcome large livestock operations by limiting local control over the facilities. Some rural residents worry about the potential pollution and decreased quality of life that will bring.

More than a dozen Iowa environmental groups are calling on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to more strongly regulate animal confinements and feedlots.

Iowa is at the tail end of its bird flu outbreak as producers get the go-ahead to replenish their flocks. The state hasn't seen a new case of bird flu in more than a month.

Beef prices are rising at the grocery store, but Iowa cattle producers aren’t getting what they feel their cattle are worth from meatpackers. So they're hoping bipartisan bills in Congress will get them more leverage.

An influential hog dealer sanctioned twice for defrauding pork producers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars says it has fired employees responsible for its latest violations and paid restitution to affected sellers.