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Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 18
Cattle futures closed mixed to end the week. USDA reported cattle on feed were…
Sep 18, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
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Community
CSU names livestock facilities after Matsushima
Colorado State University has named livestock facilities at its Fort Collins, CO, research center…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
NextGen Cattle partners with Folds of Honor
NextGen Cattle Company is partnering with Folds of Honor to turn cattle sale proceeds…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
Rasmussen returns for NILE Riggin Masters
Flint Rasmussen will return to the rodeo arena in a new role during Northern…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
CCF launches wildfire relief fund
The Colorado Cattlemen’s Foundation has established a wildfire relief fund to help livestock producers…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW removes another wolf from One Ear Pack
Colorado Parks and Wildlife removed an uncollared female yearling from the One Ear Pack…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW authorizes Couse Pack wolf removal
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have authorized removing one or two wolves…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
MO man pleads guilty to cattle fraud
Craig Johnson of Butler, MO, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges stemming from a…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Interactive cow-calf record book now available
In a cow-calf operation, recordkeeping can be time- and labor-intensive; however, it is the…
Sep 18, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Community
BLM announces 2026 Rangeland Stewardship and Innovations award winners
At the Public Lands Council Annual Meeting, the Bureau of Land Management announced winners…
Sep 18, 2026 · By PLC
Environment
New Mexico’s plan to reduce wildfire risk currently ‘nowhere near enough’
New Mexico’s top forest administrator Sept. 8 warned legislators that the state is behind…
Sep 18, 2026 · By Matthew Mondschein, Source New Mexico
Health/Nutrition
Guidance for ammoniation of low-quality roughages
When good or medium-quality hay is not available, livestock producers may consider feeding ammoniated…
Sep 18, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Beef
Understanding beef imports
Recent highly publicized plans to allow up to an additional 300,000 metric tons (661…
Sep 18, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Opinion
Anna’s Comments: The power of conversation
With the start of fall comes the California bull season run, and sales have…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Cattle futures pressured by industry rumors
Cattle futures traded sideways compared to numbers reported a week earlier but ultimately traded…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Unions renew challenge to USDA reorganization
Four unions representing USDA employees have returned to federal court seeking to stop the…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Senate Ag Committee advances farm bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Sept. 16 advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026, also…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Grazing blocked in OR sage grouse research areas
A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management must make its…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Texas auctioneer awarded top honors at WLAC qualifier
After a 103-degree day of competitive bid-calling in southwestern Oklahoma, 10 auctioneers have advanced…
Sep 17, 2026 · By LMA
Community
National Western launches Ranches of the West Heritage Award
The National Western announced the inaugural class of Ranches of the West, a new…
Sep 17, 2026 · By NWSS
Daily Headlines
States sue over loosened ESA regulations
A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
MT to dismiss Yellowstone bison lawsuit
The state of Montana in mid-September requested to dismiss its lawsuit over bison management…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
US, Mexico agree to share CO River shortages
The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to share Colorado River water shortages through 2028…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
NRCS opens conservation funding for western states
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications from farmers and ranchers in several…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Headlines
MSGA intervenes in American Prairie bison case
The Montana Stockgrowers Association and South Phillips Grazing Districts have filed a motion to…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Zinke introduces landscape-scale conservation, recreation plan
For more than two decades, a coalition of conservation organizations, sportsmen’s groups, business owners…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan
Health/Nutrition
Texas A&M AgriLife aims to breed parasite-resistant sheep
Internal parasites are one of the most detrimental issues small ruminant animals deal with…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
Daily Headlines
Montana FWP kills two grizzly bears near Lincoln following conflicts
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) staff trapped and euthanized two male grizzly bears…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan
Health/Nutrition
New livestock watering system provides many benefits to ranch
A new solar-powered livestock watering system implemented with assistance through the USDA is allowing…
Sep 17, 2026 · By USDA NRCS
Beef
BPOC approves Beef Checkoff funding for fiscal year 2027
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) will invest approximately $39.5 million into programs of beef…
Sep 17, 2026 · By CBB
Health/Nutrition
Texas updates NWS infested zones
The Texas Animal Health Commission released two additional New World screwworm infested zones while…
Sep 17, 2026 · By WLJ
News
USDA plans to modernize data collection
In early September, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a Data Modernization Plan to improve…
Sep 17, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM to remove horses from WY’s Bighorn Basin
In mid-September, the Bureau of Land Management was set to gather wild horses from…
Sep 17, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
The next breakthrough in beef genetics depends largely on research funding
The U.S. beef industry has spent decades improving genetics, efficiency and productivity through research,…
Sep 17, 2026 · By BIF
Beef
Beef grading comment period extended
The deadline for public input on USDA’s beef grade standards is being extended through…
Sep 17, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Utah to offer ag loan interest, payments relief
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is offering financial relief for farmers with…
Sep 17, 2026 · By WLJ
News
SPUR Program deadline extended
The application deadline for the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers Program has been extended…
Sep 17, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Producers should have a late-season alfalfa management plan
Dry weather has created hay shortages in many areas of North Dakota, with crops…
Sep 17, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 17
Cattle futures continued their weakness ahead of tomorrow’s Cattle on Feed report.
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 10-16
Welcome rainfall brought some drought relief to parts of the Northwest and High Plains…
Sep 17, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 16
Cattle futures closed lower Wednesday as broader economic headlines weighed on the market and…
Sep 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 15
Cattle futures closed lower, giving back some recent gains as traders had little new…
Sep 15, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 14
The cattle market opened higher to begin the week.
Sep 14, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 11
The cattle market rallied to close higher heading into the weekend with cash trade…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Cattle markets steady onward after holiday
The cattle market traded steady to higher following the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Groups seek to revive Utah monument lawsuits
Environmental groups and Tribes are asking a federal court to revive lawsuits over the…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Court blocks BLM removal of American Prairie bison
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Bureau of Land Management from requiring American…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Trump executive orders address packers, MCOOL and wolves
Shortly after formalizing plans to increase foreign beef imports by 300,000 metric tons, President…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
USDA offers funding for rural power
USDA Rural Development is making $410 million available through the new Powering Affordable Reliable…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
NRCS seeks input on CPS standards
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to 48…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CO leaders call for pause on BLM horse roundups
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Rep. Joe Neguse submitted a letter in early September…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
North Dakota processor seeks buyer
M&W Beef Packers, a federally inspected meat processor in Mandan, ND, is for sale…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
National Beef KS workers ratify contract
Employees at National Beef’s Dodge City, KS, beef plant approved a new collective bargaining…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
OSU announces vet hospital, agronomy sites
Oklahoma State University has selected sites in Stillwater, OK, for a new veterinary teaching…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
EPA seeks input on WOTUS final rule
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army are seeking additional input on…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Halter, BLM partner on virtual fencing
Halter has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management and the Foundation for America’s…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Canada, US ramp up tariff battle
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American products went into effect on Sept. 8, prompting President…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW removes wolves after depredations
Colorado Parks and Wildlife completed two lethal wolf removals Sept. 7 following livestock depredations…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Legislation would halt Trump beef import plan
Lawmakers have introduced legislation to halt President Donald Trump’s latest beef import plan.
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Montana Livestock Auction sold to McCoys
Barry and Dannielle McCoy, owners of Dillon Livestock Auction, have purchased Montana Livestock Auction…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Jared’s Comments: Cat and mouse game
For the last several weeks, the cattle industry has found itself watching Washington with…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Jared Patterson
News
Dittmer’s Take: Undercurrents demand care and attention
Undercurrents circulating now could not only discourage any herd rebuilding but damage the very…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
Health/Nutrition
South Dakota confirms first anthrax case
South Dakota animal health officials have confirmed the state’s first anthrax case of 2026…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Proposed WOTUS rule brings clarity and common sense
Now, thanks to years of advocacy and standing up for common sense, we have…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
News
Letter to the Editor: Fire management priorities
The summer of 2026 is recorded as the hottest on record in the West.…
Sep 11, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Beef imports and the Brazil roller coaster
Beef imports continue to be the subject of political attention that has resulted in…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
FSA updates lending rules, reduces borrower paperwork
USDA’s Farm Service Agency is changing how it makes and services farm loans, with…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Greens plan to sue over Sierra National Forest grazing
The Center for Biological Diversity in late August notified the U.S. Forest Service and…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
BLM set to gather horses, faces pushback on plans
The Bureau of Land Management was set to conduct several horse roundups in early…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Wolf pushes into new California territory
A wolf spotted in the Mendocino National Forest in late August has pushed the…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Wyoming Wool Initiative launches fifth annual Lamb-a-Year program
The Wyoming Wool Initiative, in partnership with the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture,…
Sep 11, 2026 · By UW Extension
Environment
WA looks to boost salvage logging as wildfires scorch record amount of state land
Summer wildfires burning through Washington just broke another record.
Sep 11, 2026 · By Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard
Beef
Beef export value remained strong in July
July exports of U.S. beef climbed 6% year over year in value while volume…
Sep 11, 2026 · By USMEF
Beef
Rollins: US needs to boost domestic food production
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Sept. 1 that a U.S. decision to lower…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Environment
Paintballs among new tools allowed for hazing CA wolves
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved new hazing options for ranchers…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Manola Secaira, Ag Alert staff writer, California Farm Bureau
Health/Nutrition
Capture more of your calves’ true value
The price at an auction market is the market’s estimate of what a calf…
Sep 11, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 10
Cattle futures closed higher after trading back and forth.
Sep 10, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 3-9
Cooler, wetter weather eased drought conditions across parts of the West this week, while…
Sep 10, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 9
Cattle futures closed mixed on short covering as traders sought fundamental support.
Sep 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 8
Cattle futures rallied to start the holiday-shortened trading week, closing triple digits higher.
Sep 8, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 4
The cattle markets closed lower heading into the Labor Day weekend.
Sep 4, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Interior streamlines migratory bird hunting
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finalizing a process to streamline the authorization…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
MCOOL coalition calls for beef labeling
The National MCOOL Coalition in early September launched a petition calling on the White…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
FDA issues EUA for NWS prevention drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 issued an Emergency Use Authorization for…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
News
TSCRA investigation leads to arrest
A Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association investigation has led to the arrest of…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA outlines animal health plan for Mexican cattle imports
The U.S. reopened the border to Mexico live cattle imports Aug. 24 at the…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens appeal Elk Ridge Complex decision
On Aug. 31, Western Watersheds Project filed a Notice of Appeal with the 10th…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
News
CPW monitoring four wolf packs
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is monitoring four reproducing gray wolf packs in northwest Colorado…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
DOJ expands beef price probe
The Department of Justice is expanding its investigation into beef affordability by adding eight…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Tyson auctions equipment, disputes sales claim
Tyson Foods is auctioning equipment from its former Emporia, KS, beef plant while disputing…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Cusack Meats in OK ends its 93-year run
After more than nine decades in business, Oklahoma-based Cusack Meats has ended its meat…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
CMC warns against inspection exemptions
The Canadian Meat Council is warning that proposed changes allowing some provincially inspected meat…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
ND activates livestock drought assistance
North Dakota is making $2 million available to help livestock producers secure water as…
Sep 4, 2026 · By WLJ
Markets
Cattle futures find some footing on the board
The cattle market traded mostly higher over the week, regaining some of the previous…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Global beef supplies tighten as trade shifts
Global beef markets are moving into the second half of 2026 with tighter production,…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Physicians group sues USDA, HHS over Dietary Guidelines
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has sued USDA and the Department of Health…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weaning calves during hot, dry weather
Many producers have considered starting to wean their calves early this year due to…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Beef
Trump formalizes beef import plan
After teasing the prospect in a social media post, President Donald Trump has formalized…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
USDA lifts restrictions on NM’s only screwworm zone
USDA officials announced Aug. 31 that New Mexico no longer needs to maintain a…
Sep 4, 2026 · By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico