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Arguably the most important resource category on a cattle operation is human capital – a fancy term for the people involved in the operation.

The 236-191 vote today goes beyond Republicans’ pledge to reverse the president’s November orders shielding about 5 million people in the U.S. from deportation.

High employee turnover can lead to inconsistent animal production or potentially lower quality products, both meat and milk.

There is nothing in President Barack Obama’s recently announced package of executive actions on immigration that directly reassures farmers and ranchers they’ll have efficient access to foreign-born labor.

To celebrate, the first 50 Lely Astronaut A4 robotic milking systems ordered in Canada for 2015 delivery will include a free MQC-C2 installed for accurate milk-quality monitoring.

A recent dairy labor study found that a reduction of immigrant workers would lead to a doubling of retail milk price, costing the U.S. economy more than $32 billion.

A Tennessee dairy producer has found an additional satellite dairy to be resourceful and productive.

With a management plan, you can successfully prevent conflict from hurting your operation.

A jury awarded more than $4 million to the family of a farmworker electrocuted by a Southern California Edison power line.