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A new study says researchers could be missing important climate and environmental changes associated with reduced grazing.

Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that can cause cattle, bison and elk to abort fetuses. Ranchers in northwest Wyoming have the most issues because of the proximity to wildlife that carry the disease.

Eighteen cattle ranchers in the Mountain West region are partnering with a carbon credit company to make their land healthier and get extra revenue.

The local land trust is hosting an event to give community members a chance to test-drive the technology in real time. It’s also partnering with three local ranchers, who are giving virtual fencing a try for the next couple of years.

Wyoming is joining 11 states that signed onto an amicus brief in support of South Dakota ranchers who say only beef bred, born and raised in the country should get to use the label.

At least three ranches in the Elk Mountain area lost 50 cows to an all but unheard of disease in the U.S. Shortly after the cattle diagnosis, one rancher had potential symptoms of the disease too. We learn more about the handling of the rare disease and how it eroded some local trust in government and public health agencies.

Park County is in a part of the state that is regularly surveilled for brucellosis, which can cause cattle to abort their young.

The cows started experiencing symptoms shortly after the farm received a shipment of cattle from an operation in Texas, where animals later tested positive.

New research shows cattle grazing can coexist with one of the most iconic and threatened birds in the West.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported a 3% drop in the country's cattle and calves inventory as of Jan. 1. The number of beef cows was down 4%, the smallest count in more than 60 years.