Connected ranch technology
The eradication fight went into the lab. Meanwhile, a red seaweed is knocking three-quarters of the methane out of grazing cows — if you can get them to eat it.
Aug 3, 2026
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8 min read
Cattle have never been worth more, and credit has never been harder to pull against them. A deal in Brazil and a trial in Oklahoma both ran through the same piece of hardware this week.
Jul 28, 2026
9 min read
Remote water monitoring that works today, in off-grid country. A cattle genome that upgrades every selection decision for the next decade. Same drought summer. Different clocks.
Jul 20, 2026
The individual animal is becoming a data record. One producer cooperative is turning it into an 80/20 paycheck. A South Dakota research station is turning it into a fuel gauge for the pasture.
Jul 6, 2026
Drought is forcing destocking decisions across the Plains. Two technologies are quietly changing who makes those calls with good information — and who owns the data when they do.
Jun 15, 2026
Screwworm just crossed into Texas for the first time since 1996. Here's every product cleared, how to choose between them, and what no drug can do.
Jun 8, 2026
A microphone over the pen, and a breathalyzer for your herd. Two research teams are closing the gap between when BRD starts and when you find out.
Jun 1, 2026
6 min read
Fifty issues of BeefTech.News. For Issue 50, one concept worth holding onto: the digital twin, what it is, what it does, and why the ownership question matters more than the technology.
Apr 27, 2026
10 min read
The most consequential beef biosecurity investment in a generation happened at a Texas air base. The most useful profitability finding of the quarter came from a Brisbane conference. Both beat the LinkedIn news cycle.
Apr 20, 2026
11 min read
A new FMD serotype is moving across continents. Russia's cattle crisis doesn't add up. And two companies just put a billion dollars behind fencing your herd without wire.
Apr 13, 2026
19 min read
What 800,000 acres of ash and an AI barn robot have in common — and what it means for how you build your operation
Mar 23, 2026
16 min read
A strike at the nation's biggest beef plant. A Pentagon deal nobody noticed. Both are telling you the same thing about your operation's infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2026
15 min read
How always-on sensors, GPS tags, and remote water monitoring are reshaping cattle operations
Feb 23, 2026
The platforms redefining feedyards, genetics, tracking, and carcass value
Feb 16, 2026
