Livestock managers take care of livestock on farms and ranches. Livestock include animals such as beef cattle, swine (pigs and hogs), goats, and sheep. The animals are raised and sold for food, their hides, or breeding purposes. On farms and ranches,...

Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally) to a domesticated animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to make produce such as food or fibre, or for its labour. The term generally does not include poultry or farmed fish....

Livestock, crops wither away Owners in India find it difficult to keep camels alive By JOHN MCCONNICO Associated Press Sunday, January 14, 2001 Pushkar, India -- Jagdish Prashad hasn't been able to afford livestock to cultivate the crops on...

Dining with Dennis R. Getto The livestock, hay may be gone but restaurant keeps barn hopping By DENNIS R. GETTO Journal Sentinel restaurant critic Friday, August 10, 2001 One of the things I've always found sad about living in...

An Indiana lawmaker sponsoring a bill that would bar large livestock farms from being built within a mile of schools, cities, towns and nursing homes said there was growing support for the measure across the state.Democratic Rep. Phillip Pflum said Thursday that he hopes the...

Bluetongue, an animal disease previously unknown to British shores, is now officially a full-fledged outbreak, government officials said Friday.The insect-borne virus, once limited to Mediterranean countries, appeared in Britain last weekend after spreading across northern Europe during the past year. It has since been detected...