In a landmark act of legislation, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed HB-122 Disposal of Livestock into law last week, effectively allowing for the slaughter of abandoned horses in the state of Wyoming. More specifically, the law provides the Wyoming Board of Livestock with several tools for

Earlier this month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new details about the functions and objectives of USDA’s Office of Environmental Markets (OEM). OEM, which will be a part of USDA’s Natural Resources and Environment mission area, was created to implement

A new report published by a team of scientists working cooperatively heaped more blame for the world’s problems on the doorstep of the livestock industry earlier this month. The book, "Livestock in a Changing Landscape," was written by Harold Mooney, a professor of

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced March 5 that the sage grouse will not be added to the endanged species list, although population numbers likely warrant such a listing. The agency said there are other more-threatened species which warrant attention sooner than the bird which

The grain markets slipped back last week after USDA issued the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report which indicated that producers in South America are sitting on a bigger crop than previously expected following

In a move to position themselves as the vanguard of sustainable beef production, Country Natural Beef, the Oregon-founded natural beef co-operative, recently passed a set of stringent animal welfare production standards. The standards, which will be put into practice

High in the remote aspen-covered mountains of eastern-central Utah, the Tavaputs Ranch sits in a panoramic wonderland. Owned and operated by Butch and Jeanie Jensen, the ranch was founded in 1889 by Jeanie’s great-grandfather. The Jensens’

Officials at the University of Nevada, Reno, (UNR) announced a plan on March 1 that, if brought to fruition, would leave the state without an agricultural college. The plan to dismantle UNR’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural

Bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-SD, and Rob Bishop, R-UT, have managed to find common ground in the interest of protecting their constituents from radical lawsuits filed by

A Florida-based hamburger company announced last Monday that it will buy the closed Armour-Eckrich meat plant in Hastings, NE, bringing 200 new jobs to the area.