News Archive
A streamlined archive of the most recent reporting and updates from across the site.
Livestock
Jeff Goodwin, conservation stewardship leader and pasture and range consultant with the Noble Research…
Livestock
The recent downturn in corn prices has been blamed for the sharp decline in…
Environment
Another court has found that the 2015 WOTUS rule violated the law. This time,…
Opinion
TN’s Lance Woodbury dives into the characteristics that make up running a family business…
Livestock
China’s issues with African swine fever continue to worsen. The stores of frozen pork…
Markets
Pete projects what we might see in the near future with corn and feeders.…
Opinion
Columnist Steve Kay explains how beef packers sell beef. Very much like how cattle…
Livestock
The value of cropland following the Great Recession has declined compared to pastureland, which…
Environment
In mid-May, ranchers and farmers in Montana celebrated the passing of HB 286, headed…
Policy
The Alabama Senate passed a bill on May 23 to ensure the definition of…
Livestock
Texas Senate Bill 421, which would have changed the state’s permissive eminent domain law…
Livestock
JBS USA announced that the company would be expanding their Grand Island, NE, beef…
Environment
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) submitted a letter to the federal government to “clarify…
Beef
Two Montana bills regarding the status of bison were vetoed by Gov. Steve Bullock…
News
The People’s Republic of China announced May 13 that tariffs on more than 300…
Environment
Comments are due July 15 on the wolf delisting proposal. The U.S. Fish and…
Opinion
A new, free, confidential web-based program, ThriveForMontana, offered by Montana State University’s Center for…
Policy
USDA announces updated trade aid program for U.S. farmers following China trade tariff retaliations.
Environment
Following the recent findings of a United Nations environmental assessment, a bill to create…
Beef
The USDA announced Japan has officially withdrawn their strict age restriction on U.S. beef…
Opinion
Dr. Bob Hough examines the ways the beef industry and the dairy industry are…
Health/Nutrition
Your hardworking stock dogs can literally run themselves to death, especially in the heat…
Markets
Uncertainty and worrying about the Cattle on Feed report had the markets holding their…
Policy
The U.S. has dropped steel and aluminum tariffs against Canada and Mexico. They in…
Policy
The USDA has released its second Blueprint for Animal Genome Research. The first one…
Opinion
Pete's getting the impression he's read this part of history that's repeating. Antitrust wars…
Policy
The Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, has withdrawn support for the removal of…
Markets
The volume of hay being grown in the U.S. has fallen slightly, according to…
Opinion
A recent university study shows extended-release dewormer can lead to lower feedlot morbidity and…
Beef
The USDA announced Japan has agreed to drop restrictions on U.S. beef imports, including…
News
The announcement came Friday afternoon that steel and aluminum tariffs against Canada and Mexico…
Beef
Following the path of prior class action lawsuits, a Florida cattle trader alleges packer…
Livestock
The fastest way to move cattle is slowly. If you let cows and calves…
Policy
The Farm Bureau has called on the Trump Administration to end tariffs soon, saying…
Markets
Markets continued lower during the week of May 13-17, despite the late-week gains made…
Policy
Following China's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., a new round of trade aid will…
Livestock
We know that nutrition and metabolism play a role in when puberty hits heifer…
News
With a lot of corn country and soybean acres still under water from the…
Policy
A trio of environmental groups have challenged the BLM's renewal of the Hammonds' grazing…
Environment
K-State range management scientist K C Olson says the number of acres managed with…
Opinion
Pete reflects on the recently-launched lawsuit against the Hammonds' grazing allotment, calling it "just…
Environment
For years, the West has been synonymous with "drought." Not today! The West is…
Opinion
A reader asks questions about the U.S. trade in cattle and beef with Mexico…
Livestock
Early grazing can be good for cattle, but bad for rangeland health. Wait until…
Markets
The Q1 beef exports continue to run lower than last year. Keep in mind—last…
Livestock
Watch out for lupines in your pastures with pregnant cows. If ca cow eats…
Health/Nutrition
Ag is a stressful row to hoe. Mental health is as important as physical…
Markets
The contribution of ag and ag-related industries to the economy fell slightly in 2017,…
Markets
After the discovery of BSE in the U.S., exports of beef to South Korea…
Policy
In the midst of what were supposed to be final trade talks, President Trump…
Health/Nutrition
Summer pinkeye can cause huge economic losses from treatment costs, as well as decreased…
Opinion
Dr. Cronin retells some of the science lessons of the past regarding Lysenko, Soviet-controlled…
Markets
The seasonal highs are in and disappearing into the rear-view mirror, even as the…
Opinion
Pete talks the trade talks with China. Can the U.S. really trust China? They've…
Environment
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has adopted an outcome-based, voluntary framework to help…
Opinion
I agree with everything that you said (in “R-CALF’s nuclear option” in the May…
Opinion
Thank you for your editorial concerning the Beef Checkoff (“One more time around” in…
Opinion
(RE: Pete’s comments “Get over it” in the April 22 issue of WLJ) Every…
Markets
Beef demand drives the prices paid to everyone in the supply chain, but it…
Opinion
It’s a Goldilocks moment in assessing calving problem patterns—not too soon, and not too…
Opinion
It’s a busy time of year on the ranch, and that can be stressful.…
Policy
Mere days after R-CALF launched their class action lawsuit against the four major beef…
Environment
The comments have come in on the new proposed WOTUS rule. There are still…
Markets
Ag exists everywhere in the U.S., but wage and salary employment for ag is…
Markets
Holsteins cattle play a big impact on the beef markets even though they are…
Livestock
There was a flurry of legislative effort at the beginning of the month to…
Markets
It was mayday for the markets last week. Everything was down and still declining…
News
Various types of cattle feed can come complete with weed seeds that might survive…
Opinion
Pete's focus is still on the class action lawsuits—now plural—against the major beef packers.…
Opinion
Steve Kay critiques the recent R-CALF class action lawsuit from an economic point of…
Markets
Debt is growing on American farms this year. The ERS expects 4.3 percent of…
Policy
Recent changes to the LGM and LRP plans might make the risk management tools…
Health/Nutrition
Get a head start on summer ticks by choosing to prevent now instead of…
Opinion
We’re halfway through 2021 and it’s been a slow year for cattle prices and…
Health/Nutrition
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking feedback on its proposed…
Policy
Harvard Law School’s Animal Law and Policy Clinic submitted a petition to USDA’s Food…
Opinion
"Dear Editor," a reader writes. "The concept of “no eminent domain for private gain”…
Policy
If you haul pairs separately to pasture, you should give them time to mother…
Opinion
The process of growing an operation comes with growing pains, particularly in “no man’s…
Livestock
If you wouldn’t tell a family member to buck up and bootstrap their way…
Opinion
Kendal Frazier, CEO of NCBA, has announced he is planning to retire. He has…
Beef
R-CALF has announced a class action lawsuit against the “Big 4” packers, alleging violations…
News
A group consisting of various agricultural organizations, local governments and humane advocate groups has…
Opinion
“Compromise” is too often treated as a dirty word in politics, but it is…
Policy
A new jewel of educational opportunity sits tucked away on the campus of Colorado…
Markets
The markets—especially the futures—crashed and burned last week. The losses were blamed on long…
Opinion
Pete reflects on the recently-announced lawsuit launched by R-CALF against the "Big 4" packers…
Opinion
Dr. Bob Hough extols the virtues of Whole Herd Reporting. In general, it reduces…
Livestock
Sometimes you need to haul pairs to new pastures. There are several things to…
Environment
A study conducted by the University of Florida resulted in a phenotypical anomaly: white-hided…
Opinion
Ranch employees, like any employees, need to be engaged to be beneficial to your…
Policy
Texas state Senate passed state Senate Bill 421, which tries to curtail how, when,…
Livestock
California Senate Bill 378 was “significantly changed,” removing all prior references to the licensing…
Environment
On April 19 environmental groups filed suit against the Department of the Interior, the…
Policy
Toledo, OH voters turned out to pass the “Lake Erie Bill of Rights” (LEBOR),…
Opinion
Like grizzlies and wolves, there are groups out there arguing that there are distinct…
News
Several ag groups are arguing the Trade Commission report on the USMCA doesn’t reflect…
Beef
Lactating cows need very specific nutrition. Reproduction is the lowest metabolic priority for a…
Opinion
The new tax law has made some seemingly simple things about taxes—like vehicle depreciation—far…