Consumers could expect to pay 4 to 5 percent more for food in 2010 than at the end of 2009 largely because of higher costs for such staples as beef, dairy and pork, a Nebraska-based economist said. Read moreBeef Bits - Consumers to see 4-5 percent inflation: 2010

From 2003: Requests by Mexican cattle producers for safeguard actions against the U.S. are a misuse of Mexico’s interpretation of the World Trade Organization’s safeguard provision. Read moreMexican cattle imports questioned: 2003

In 2006, officials and farmers in eastern Idaho said that if they were banned from pumping underground water, thousands of acres of farmland would go dry, cities would struggle to find drinking water, and the area’s economy would blow away.  Read moreIdaho farmers unsure of future after water ruling

In 2005, a proposed bill that would amend sections of the Endangered Species Act was being criticized by property rights organizations, including western ranching groups, before it had even been introduced in Congress. Read moreEndangered species bill criticized by ranchers: 2005

Enactment of the Lenroot-Anderson bill to provide credit for the farm and live-stock industry was strongly endorsed by the membership of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association in 1923. Read moreHereford breeders strongly endorse farm credit bill: 1923

In 2006, Congress halted $33 million intended to fund further animal identification efforts. Read moreCongress halts ID spending: 2006

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced in 2004 that it was putting additional restrictions on the rendered remains of the condemned “downer” cow that was allowed to pass through a San Angelo, TX, processing facility without being tested for disease.  Read moreCow remains banned, except in swine feed: 2004

Farm workers were covered by Social Security effective Jan. 1, 1950, in accordance with a law passed by Congress.  Read moreSocial Security: New Provision Includes Farm and Ranch Workers - 1950

In 2006, Catherine Murray-Rust, dean of Colorado State University Libraries, wrote to Pete Crow and thanked him for donating the most comprehensive collection of Western Livestock Journal issues in the world. Read moreLetter to the Editor: 2006

In 2011, the Livestock Marketing Association broke down the history of livestock marketing, beginning back in 1811. Read moreLivestock marketing history: 2011

In 1923, J. M. Connor, big stockman of Inyo county, California, sold a shipment of 92-lb. grain-fed lambs at the Los Angeles Union Stockyards at $13.50 per cwt., the highest price paid at the yards since its opening for lambs of such heavy weight. Read moreHeavy Inyo county lambs sell at $13.50: 1923

In 1976, the Meat Price Investigators, a private group that represents 450 cattle producers in Iowa and 13 other states, filed suit against four meat packers for manipulation of cattle prices. Read moreMPI sues meat packers; charges price manipulation: 1976

The Beef Research and Information Act (BRIA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives May 3 by a 200 to 170 vote in 1976. Read moreHouse approves BRIA: Senate okay expected: 1976

This sketch from 1943 was the first in a series of sketches by Cabot Colt, famous artist and illustrator for national magazines. Read moreAction on the Range: 1943

The last 10 years have been good—you did not need to be a good cowman to make money; they were a little higher every year, a reader wrote in to WLJ in 1950. Read moreLetter to the Editor: Montana report - 1950

This 2007 article detailed reforms to the Endangered Species Act, which were generally supported by the industry. Read moreRanchers applaud attempt at endangered species reform: 2007

A letter to the editor from May 1953 asking what a ranch could afford to pay for a 700-lb. yearling steer delivered to their loading point on Oct. 1. Read moreLetter to the editor: What can they pay? - 1953

From September 1944: H. C. Keyser of Dairy Supply Co., Portland, recently received a check for $91, total payment for 32 head of white-faces. The check came from the rendering plant—the cattle were victims of bracken fern poisoning.  Read moreHere and there: 1944

In 2005, it was announced taxpayers would bear the total cost of the failed Mississippi Beef Processors that was built with millions of dollars in state-guaranteed loans and grants. Read moreBeef Bits - Beef plant looking for owner: 2005

In 2012, Yahoo Education released an article “College Majors That Are Useless” which ranked Agriculture, Animal Science and Horticulture as the first, fourth and fifth most useless college majors, respectively.  Read moreYahoo causes stir in ag circles: 2012

In 2009, the Mustang Heritage Foundation gave a horse to a trainer for 90 days and guaranteed $700 in payment with the promise to help market the trainer and the horse to the public.  Read moreFunding offers stimulus to horse industry: 2009

In 1977, USDA was looking at conducting a ongoing study of the entire livestock industry, as opposed to an investigation into the nation’s meat pricing system. Read moreMeat pricing study expanded: 1977

In 1976, experts believed it was unlikely Japan would ever purchase a large amount of U.S. beef. Fast forward over 50 years later and the nation is one of our largest export countries. Read moreAMI told increased beef sales to Japan unlikely: 1976

In 1927, E. E. Kaufman, federal-state crop statistician at Sacramento, announced in his latest crop report that the condition of pastures in California was “99 percent normal.” Read moreWhat Would a “Normal” Year Be?: 1927

From 1949: I speak of the practice of donating purebred breeding animals to Future Farmer chapters to give out to some deserving boy in the chapter. Read moreLetter to the editor: Road to improvement: 1949

From 2002: Schoolchildren in the national lunch program for the first time can lunch on meat sterilized through irradiation, according to USDA.  Read moreIrradiated meat approved for school lunch program, USDA says: 2002

A letter to the editor from 1950 talks about the importance of water supply. Read moreLetter to the Editor - Tensiometer Fan: 1950

In 1929, Frank M. King writes about Jack Dalton of Oklahoma outlaw fame.

  Read moreSouthwest Range Comment: 1929

A poem about "an old wore out hoss" from the October 1943 edition of WLJ. Read moreThe Pensioner: 1943

A reader in 2004 penned a letter to the editor, asking why COOL should be mandated. Read moreLetter to the Editor: When the market dictates: 2004

From 2012: How small is too small? That has been a question brought up regarding negotiated prices for live fed cattle lately. The answer of one branch of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA): not sure, but let’s find out! Read moreDwindling price discovery concerns: 2012

In 1943, pork and beef producers asked for changes in the markets and processing systems due to an unsatisfactory livestock market situation in the state of Washington. Read moreWashington Cattlemen Get Response from Solons: 1943

In 1950, two stops along the annual WLJ livestock tour served oatmeal cookies and hush puppies, and were so good that WLJ had to print the recipes in a weekly issue of the paper! Read moreTasty Tidbits Tickle Tourists’ Tastebuds: 1950

In former WLJ Fieldman Jerry York's 2009 Western Wanderings column, he discussed honoring Dr. Charles Graham as an inductee into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, and visiting Nolan Ryan Ranches on a WLJ tour. Read moreWestern Wanderings: 2009

In 2003, a judge confirmed a trial date for whether the property owned by plaintiff Wayne Hage, as determined in the January 29, 2001, Final Opinion issued by the court, was taken by the U.S. through grazing and environmental regulations. Read moreProperty rights case slated for trial: 2003

In 1953, a WLJ reader wrote in about their stance on a mandated floor for cattle: The old cowman likes to be called the rugged individualist who can tighten his belt and wait and go in debt to see if cattle will bring him a price where he can pay the high prices and high wages to keep his outfit going rather than know they can’t go below a certain price—which would give him a chance to live like other people and not have that mortgage hanging over his head. Read moreLetter to the editor—Tighten belts and wait: 1953

In 1950, indications piled up that Secretary Brannan may be on his way out of the Cabinet, but probably not as soon as some of his farm organization and political enemies would like. Read moreNews Letter from the Nation’s Capitol: 1950

In 2002, WLJ Fieldman Jerry York wrote about his friend who is a "positermilogicalextitudinarian,” or a professional auctioneer. Read moreWestern Wanderings — The ‘positermilogicolextitudinarian’: 2002

In 1929, Peter Zabala, 61 years old, descendant of one of Monterey’s oldest families and one of California’s best known criminal attorneys, died at his home. Read moreNoted Salinas Pioneer Is Dead: 1929

Over 15 years ago, introducing wolves in Colorado was just an idea. Read moreGroup wants wolves returned to Colorado: 2005

Way back in the very first issue of WLJ in 1922, John P. Cuddeback, a "prominent cattleman from Kern County, CA," declared: “A wider spread between feeder prices and fat cattle prices is one of the greatest needs in California." Read moreCalifornia needs wider price range, says Mr. Cuddeback: 1922

This story from 1945 may sound like a familiar story today: Throughout the country, attempts at reconversion are being thwarted by strikes. Hundreds of thousands of workers are affected and each new strike means idleness for thousands more. Read moreObservations by the Editor, Nelson R. Crow: 1945

From the WLJ archives, in 1945: There never was a set of men banded together to protect society that had more brains and more guts than them rangers have proved themselves to possess. Read moreThe Longhorn—Prominent Texas Ranger of the Panhandle: 1945

A glimpse at marketing beef after the war, in 1945: The stockman sits resting after a hard day on the range or in the feedlot, and wonders about the future. He remembers the time after World War I, when the consumer, driven from his dietary habits, was weaned away from meat. Read moreMeat advertising helps the stockman market his products: 1945

In 1949, a new technology arose: When you’ve been mixing feed—even if you have a mechanical mixer into which you dump the ingredients—have you ever day-dreamed about a Rube Goldberg type of mechanism where a twist of a dial and a push of a button would produce just the right amount of just the right mixture, while you sat around and read yesterday evening’s paper?  Read morePush-button feeding: 1949

In 1953, a reader wrote in to WLJ: For the past 41 years, I have been interested in the cattle industry. I have watched the antics of the market with deep concern, have seen prices sky-high and I have seen them down in the mud. Read moreLetter to the editor—Market Antics Watched: 1953

Back in 1952, the research world was agog at a new process for converting salt water into fresh water that could revolutionize American agriculture, and bring water to vast arid areas of the country. Read moreDesalination plants: 1952