Speaking before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Dave Daley, among three other individuals, offered the members their expertise on forest and wildfire management through practices such as prescribed burns.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) announced in late April his office is terminating a bison management plan to restore the animals to more areas of the state.
Last summer, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) launched a petition calling for a referendum on the Beef Checkoff. The group has until July 2 to collect signatures from 10 percent of the nation’s cattle producers, or 88,269 producers, to officially request a referendum.
“The wholesale beef market, along with the pork and chicken continues toward the heavens,” wrote Cassie Fish of The Beef. On Tuesday, June lean hog futures traded for a brief time higher than the June Live Cattle futures. The Choice cutout climbed over $300 this week, nearly a 33 percent gain from March prices and the second-highest prices reached since the pandemic first affected the market.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) released its annual survey showing an increase of 33 wolves in 2020, a 22 percent increase over 2019 and the 12th consecutive year the population has increased. Read more
A new Quarterly report released by CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division suggests the economy and rural industries will not be returning to pre-COVID conditions. Read more
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released its annual assessment showing an increase in both the wolf population and confirmed depredations in 2020. Read more
A federal judge sided with environmental groups in April against the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), which sought to reauthorize and expand sheep grazing at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in the Centennial Mountains on the Idaho-Montana border. Read more
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and a Washington sheep rancher after environmental groups filed a motion to enjoin domestic sheep grazing on several allotments in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Read more
The cattle complex traded mixed today as the corn market made up some of the losses in yesterday’s trade. Read more
The top five contestants and earnings are listed as provided on the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) website, www.prorodeo.com, as of May 10, 2021. Read more
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer was virtually unchanged in April, up one point from March to a reading of 178. Producers are becoming more optimistic about the future. Read more
Overall cattle market conditions are still expected to improve year over year in the second half of the year. However, current challenges are somewhat more severe and taking longer to clear than earlier expected. Read more
While most people shy away from a cow patty, the mounds of manure contain a plethora of valuable information for cattle ranchers. Testing manure and deciphering the results of the tests is the job of the Texas A&M AgriLife Grazingland Animal Nutrition (GAN) Lab. Read more
Mother Nature provided increasingly inconsistent precipitation for the Great Plains over the past decade, impacting grasslands, forage systems and beef production in the region—and scientists expect that trend to intensify. Read more
Current drought conditions across many parts of the Great Plains are prompting cattle producers to consider options for reducing stocking rates on rangeland and pasture as we look forward to this spring and summer. Read more
Stocking pastures with the right number of animals is one of the cornerstones of proper grazing management. Read more
The time for turnout to our primary summer pastures is coming soon. A couple of important questions are what date to turn out, and which pastures should be first? Read more
Calving season is wrapping up for some producers, in full swing for others, and just getting started for others. While the focus is definitely on making sure milk intake, particularly colostrum, is adequate for the young calves, it is also time to be thinking about water intake. Read more
Western wildfire is clearly a big issue, especially after last year’s record wildfires. Everybody knows something needs to be done and straightforward plans are still in discussion.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association came out with their analysis of their 75% Plan to invigorate the cash fed cattle markets, and realized that two cattle feeding regions were not able to reach their cash trade targets.
There has been a lot of hubbub about Denver’s National Western Stock Show (NWSS) and the Cattlemen’s Congress show in Oklahoma City, which jumped on top of the NWSS dates. The Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce and several other opportunistic groups, including cattlemen, are essentially trying to supplant NWSS, a major national stock show.
