The Dorsey family of Moro, Ill., has a purebred Simmental operation, and their daughters show cattle. Claire’s heifer Dot received Reserve Champion Percentage Simmental Heifer at a 2024 competition in ...

Years of showing cattle and earning purple ribbons in the ring led one north-central Iowa farm couple to create their birth-to-plate cattle operation called Purple Ribbon Beef. As a fourth-generation ...

These direct-to-consumer beef programs allow cattle producers sell beef directly to consumers instead of through traditional ...

Beef prices have climbed to record highs this year, and consumers are noticing. That's due in part to the U.S. cattle herd being the smallest it's been in 75 years due to drought and high feed costs.

Beth and Brad Dorsey of Homeland Farms in Moro, Illinois, both grew up on dairy farms that slowly converted to beef operations in the early to mid-1990s. They’re keeping that tradition alive today ...