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 ...

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 ...

The environmental benefits are accompanied by improved beef quality and an more money in a producer’s pocket, ... The typical hoop barn for feeding cattle costs around $200,000.

With that in mind, Sik put a roof over his herd's heads. He installed the first Hoop Beef System in the region, enclosing 207 cattle with the deeply bedded, totally roofed structure.

The hoop barns are a less expensive option, but still provide for the comfort of the animals. The cover should last for 15 years or more and withstand 120 mph winds.

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 ...

CAMP POINT, Ill. (AP) - What may be the future of the cattle industry in Illinois was on display on Aug. 8 near Camp Point. Jacob Schmidt keeps cattle in a hoop barn designed for calving ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. — To Adam Blume, the hoop barn is security. When he returned from college in 2006 to his family's farm, Blume Grain and Livestock in rural Worthington, he didn't want to take ...

Beth Doran, Iowa State University beef specialist, says she helped conduct an informal survey of 29 producers across Iowa who fed cattle in either a hoop or monoslope barn.

A decline in dairy farms has left farmers looking for options with what to do with their empty barns.Some of them turn to a different type of cattle to fill the buildings, transitioning barns that ...

Beef cattle are part of the show. "Cows in Wisconsin are a huge commodity. Agriculture as itself is about a $1.4 billion part in our economy, and dairy is almost half of that," said Serenity Hetke ...

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 ...