Brent Bryant, managing director of Beef Hoop Systems, keeps cattle under a hoop barn at his company's research farm Crops are not the only things wilting in the sweltering summer of 2012; cattle, the ...

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- For Yankton County farmer Brad Sik, a happy cow is a productive cow. With that in mind, Sik put a roof over his herd's heads. He installed the first Hoop Beef System in the ...

IRETON, Iowa — Looking for a way to minimize the stress from weather extremes and mud, Jim and Mary Koopmans have decided to improve their beef operation. With the profit margins narrowing, they want ...

Farmers are struggling through one of the more difficult summers in Iowa in decades. In addition to the drought that’s wilting crops, the extreme heat is stressing animals. Last summer, heat stress ...

A recent survey shows that hoop barns for beef cattle production are becoming more common in Iowa, offering benefits for the environment. The survey was conducted by Mark Honeyman, interim director of ...

CAMP POINT — What may be the future of the cattle industry in Illinois was on display recently near Camp Point. Jacob Schmidt keeps cattle in a hoop barn designed for calving, backgrounding and ...