Gary Rosenbach, the co-founder and longtime No. 2 to Raj Rajaratnam at the Galleon Group, has surfaced in Texas as an accomplished amateur "cutter," a sport in which horseback riders separate one calf from the cattle herd.

OSLO, April 15 (Reuters) - Coal-fired power generation in Asia and cattle ranching in South America are the most damaging businesses for nature with hidden...

* U.N.-backed report ranks businesses by impact on environment

* U.N.-backed report ranks businesses by impact on environment

* U.N.-backed report ranks businesses by impact onenvironment

* U.N.-backed report ranks businesses by impact on environment

* U.N.-backed report ranks businesses by impact on environment

As a three-year of drought parches their grazing land, some ranchers stay afloat on a combination of ingenuity and patience.

K. William WatsonMore than eight months after losing a case at the World Trade Organization, the United States has finally begun changing its protectionist regulations for mandatory country-of-origin labels (COOL) on meat. Unfortunately, while the Ob

Almost 3,000 supermarkets in Brazil are pledging to avoid selling meat from cattle raised in the Amazon rainforest to curb illegal deforestation.

The New Mexico company, Valley Meat, drew complaints over a two-year period from federal inspectors and state regulators over its disposal of remains when it processed cattle for beef.

* Meeting is a yearly cattle call for presidential hopefuls

* Ag department faced with $1.9 billion in budget cuts as ofMarch 1

Doug BandowEven as the latest meeting of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is under way in Bangkok, elephant poaching is rampant throughout Africa. Unfortunately, Western nations have exac

* Snowstorm snarls transportation, cutting weight gains* Fewer and lower weight cattle coming to market* Gains restrained as Friday's budget cuts loom* Most hog contracts up on bargain buyingBy Sam NelsonCHICAGO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile

CHICAGO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall covered nearlyall of the U.S. Plains on Tuesday, adding valuable moisture forthe drought-stricken wheat crop but snarling transportation andhampering cattle feeding and calving, an agriculturalmeteorologist

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Snow and a snow-rain mix were forecast for nearly all of the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region Monday and Tuesday, bringing welcome relief from the worst drought in over 50 years but snarling transportation and hampering li

* Snowstorm, blizzard seen bringing relief from drought* Enough moisture now to get the crop growing* Storm snarling cattle operations (Adds details from Texas and Kansas livestock sources)By Sam NelsonCHICAGO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Snow and a snow-rain

* Snowstorm, blizzard seen bringing relief from drought* Enough moisture now to get the crop growingBy Sam NelsonCHICAGO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Snow and snow mixed with rain will be blanketingnearly all of the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region an

The country may be better known for its flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, but attention is shifting to its growing start-ups that are engineering video games.

* Lower cash feeder cattle, live cattle selloff weigh* Live cattle futures drop on fund selling, cash values* Feb hogs gain; others fall with lower cash, corn pricesBy Theopolis WatersCHICAGO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchangefeeder catt

JUBA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - More than 100 people have beenkilled in South Sudan in an attack by rebels and ethnic allieson a convoy of families from a rival tribe and their cattle, anofficial said on Sunday.

* USDA raises 2013 U.S. beef output view by 290 mln lbs* Cash cattle trade steady, below expectations* Concerns for Northeast US beef demand amid snowstorm* Hogs retreat on weak pork prices, poor packer marginsBy Karl PlumeCHICAGO, Feb 8 (Reuters) -

By Theopolis WatersTAMPA, Fla. Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. cattle and beef pricesshould set more record highs this year as the worst drought inhalf a century, which wilted pastures and drove up feed costs,forced producers to trim the nation's herd to the

* Outlook for cattle business bleak, says NCBA leader* Break in drought could help revive sectorBy Theopolis WatersTAMPA, Fla. Feb 7 (Reuters) - The abrupt closure of CargillInc's beef processing plant in Plainview, Texas, this monthcould signal cons

* US beef from older cattle heads to Japan* First such post mad cow disease shipments* Japan eased rules on beef imports last weekBy Theopolis WatersTAMPA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. beef from older cattle arebeing shipped to Japan for the first time in

* USDA cattle herd down about 1.6 pct yr-over-yr* Cattle herd remains lowest in 61 years* Ranchers begin retaining breeding stock* Record high beef prices seen through 2014By Theopolis WatersCHICAGO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. cattle herd shrunk for

Japan will start allowing the import of US beef from cattle less than 30 months of age as bans enforced in the wake of ‘mad cow’ disease are eased

TOKYO/CHICAGO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Japan on Monday agreed toallow U.S., Canadian and French beef imports from cattle up to30 months old beginning on Feb. 1, relaxing a safeguard againstmad cow...

* Move from Feb will allow imports from cattle older than 20mths

TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Japan on Monday agreed to allowU.S. beef imports from cattle up to 30 months old from February,relaxing a restriction in place for about a decade on what wasonce the biggest market for U.S. exports.

* Move would allow imports from cattle older than 20 months

The closure of a large processing plant underlines the effects of the drought on the US cattle industry as the size of herd shrinks and demand falls

CHICAGO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness giant CargillInc, and one of the nation's largest beef processors,said on Thursday it will close its Plainview, Texas, beef planton Feb. 1 in reaction to the smallest U.S. cattle supply in morethan 60 yea

How it used to be almost everywhereAN ODDITY has hidden for nearly a century in a dusty bowl just east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Deep Springs is a two-year college and, also, a cattle-and-alfalfa ranch. Its 26 students share dutie

* Wheat pastures wither as drought persists * Cattle moved to feedyards sooner than expected * Record high cattle, beef prices seen this year By...

Live-cattle futures climbed to a record high last week, spurred by expectations that U.S. cattle and beef supplies will shrink further this year after back-to-back years of drought in parts of the Farm Belt.

Dec 31 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures are expected toopen mixed on Monday as investors square positions on the finaltrading day of the year, analysts and traders said.* Spot December futures may be pressured by its premium tolast week's cash pri

Dec 26 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures are expected toopen narrowly mixed on Wednesday as investors wait forpost-Christmas holiday market direction, analysts and traderssaid.* Traders may be in for a choppy session, with someinvestors taking exte

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - JBS SA, the world's largest meat company, said on Wednesday it has withdrawn a lawsuit against environmental activist group Greenpeace and renewed a promise not to purchase cattle from restricted areas in Brazil.

SAO PAULO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - JBS SA, the world'slargest meat company, said on Wednesday it has withdrawn alawsuit against environmental activist group Greenpeace andrenewed a promise not to purchase cattle from restricted areasin Brazil.

KADUNA, Nigeria, Dec 19 (Reuters) - A cattle truck veeredout of control in Nigeria's northwest Sokoto state and plungedinto a river, killing 27 men who were also on board, authoritiessaid on Tuesday.

SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Brazil said on Monday that ithad temporarily banned a feed additive called ractopamine andother beta blockers that promote muscle growth in animals suchas pigs and cattle because it fears being shut out of itslargest bee

Dec 6 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures slipped onThursday following weaker wholesale beef values and anticipationfor steady-to-lower cash cattle prices, traders and analystssaid.* Hog futures fell on profit taking amid expectations thatcash hog pr

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Western Canadianprices for slaughter-ready cattle have recovered to hit theyear's high, after bottoming out this autumn when the discoveryof tainted meat forced the temporary shutdown of the XL Foodsbeef-packing

Grass-fed beef accounts for only about 3% of the market, but demand is growing 20% a year, a study shows. It's a result of the backlash against corn-fed cattle.Jeremy Parker is a rancher who raises his cattle the old-fashioned way. His herd feeds on

Nov 15 (Reuters) - The CME Group on Thursday lowered margins for natural gas, gold,silver, copper, lean hog and live cattle futures, effective after close of business on Tuesday,Nov. 20.CME, the biggest operator of U.S. futures exchanges, cut initial