Cattle rustling may sound like a thing of the past, but the act of stealing livestock is still alive and well in Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Thousands of cattle in Kansas have died as a national heat wave scorches the U.S., leaving one of the country's leading cattle farming states with a loss amid rising production costs.

The weather event that killed thousands of cattle in southwest Kansas last month was a rare combination of extreme factors. But it highlights the ongoing risk that heat stress poses for cattle, ...

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Cattle gather at a feedlot in Finney County near where heat stress killed thousands in June. More than 2,000 cattle carcasses were put in landfill piles or pits after dying in the southwest Kansas ...

Republicans like state Sen. Mike Thompson can call the warnings “propaganda,” but the climate has a direct effect on farms’ bottom line. Charlie Riedel Associated Press file photo Extreme weather ...