BLACKFOOT — A family-owned business demonstrated a breakthrough innovation in cattle handling at the Eastern Idaho State Fair last week. The Arrowquip Q-Catch 86 series squeeze chute is engineered so ...

Stress on cattle reduces profits because of decreased feed consumption, poor weight gains, increased susceptibility to diseases, a shorter life span and a less desirable carcass. In addition, stressed ...

Cattle chutes with names such as the Silencer can tame even 950-pound steers, people learned at Husker Harvest Days on Tuesday. Features of 10 cattle chutes were shown during a demonstration Tuesday ...

RBK MFG, Coffeyville, Kansas, introduces a tough, durable rubber replacement chute for major truck bed feeders. No longer will aggressive cattle or catching a feed bunk or post, tear up your chute at ...

Kelsie struggled a bit in the squeeze chute as she settled in for her yearly pedicure. With a rope attached below her “dew claws,” we gently lifted her hoof, fastening the line to a bar at the top of ...

I'm certain that Gene Dubas of rural Fullerton is not your ordinary cowboy. He was raised in a farming family and has always been around cattle or had his own herd, even during his teens. Because of ...

Poorly designed and maintained cattle handling facilities also can cause animal stress, and the squeeze chute often is the core of the problem. I earned part of my college expenses by working cattle ...