cattle

Out on the plains, drought is parching everything from corn to cattle. And when the prairie grass burns up, so does a business model that depends on it: ranching.

Cattle ranchers in the Midwest face some tough decisions as their pastures bake with little to no rain.

The case of Mad Cow in California put a few South Korean retailers off of buying U.S. beef temporarily. But Canadian and Japanese importers haven't flinched.

Americans soon could be crying 'Where's the beef?' — until the cows come home. Cattle herd may be the next casualty of the struggling U.S. econ…