Officials with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), the Idaho Cattle Association (ICA), and a coalition made up of Idaho ranchers and veterinarians are recommending changes to the rules governing trich testing of bulls in that state.

One of the recent challenges we have faced as tax advisers is to find all the tax increases buried in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and help our clients deal with them. This year it has been the 3.8 percent investment income tax and the extra Medicare tax.

Hopes of a resolution on the farm bill debate faded some last week, when the President sent out his opposition of the current bill. With more than 220 amendments filed by last Monday afternoon, closure on H.R. 1945 – the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 seems to be fading.

Chief Judge Robert C. Jones of the Federal District Court of Nevada, who oversaw the case, held that while some trespass had occurred, U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials lacked evidence for many of their claims against the Nevada ranching family and were.

This “negligible risk” designation by the international standardsetting body follows a thorough assessment of the BSE-related risk in the U.S. by an OIE committee of experts. The committee’s recommendation that OIE grants the U.S.

The cash markets were sluggish as packers are trying to hold onto their positive profit margins as cutout values have begun to move lower. By midweek, the asking prices were $126-128 live and $202-204 dressed, but packers were only bidding $122 live in the South Plains and $197 in Nebraska by Thursday morning.

An organization representing the hard rock mining industry is accusing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of ignoring its own sage grouse conservation policies and replacing them with a much more heavy-handed approach on the false pretense that the move was required by the U.

Market fundamentals are starting to look pretty good right now although a few things look a little out of line. The beef industry finally got the cutout over $2 on May 2 and it has remained there with the top coming in just before Labor Day at $211.67. The last.

One weekend does not make a market. But the beef industry was hoping for a beef sales bonanza over the Memorial Day holiday. Alas, Mother Nature decided to rain on the beef parade. Instead of warm, sunny weather that would have encouraged more grilling, it was wet and cool in parts of the Midwest and Northeast.

The ranch discussion focuses on the occasional problems. Problems always will crop up, but when work, time off and sleep are balanced, people make better decisions. Those improved decisions make for fewer complications and better outcomes, so there is a better work environment.