Environment
Reward offered in grizzly shooting case
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Idaho Department of Fish and Game are investigating the…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
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Environment
USDA launches regenerative agriculture pilot program
The Trump administration announced on Dec. 10 a new federal effort to support regenerative…
Dec 19, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
WI confirms first HPAI case in dairy
Wisconsin agriculture officials have confirmed the state’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Mexico reaffirms water treaty commitments
In mid-December, the U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement for Mexico to meet its…
Dec 19, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
CPW re-releases dispersed wolf
Colorado Parks and Wildlife re-released gray wolf 2403 in Grand County on Dec. 11, after…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Unsung praises
Sometimes it’s hard to see the joy in the world, although there are simple…
Dec 19, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Beef
Sustainable Beef deploys AI welfare monitoring
Officials with Sustainable Beef LLC have partnered with Australia-based AI firm Lumachain to deploy a computer-vision…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
US Prime beef targets Japan’s premium market
As Japan’s tourism rebounds and foodservice activity improves, opportunities are emerging for grain-fed U.S. beef and the U.S.…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
JBS to close CA case-ready facility
JBS subsidiary Swift Beef Co. has issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Community
The Viewpoint with Dan Halstrom
Dan Halstrom’s path from a family farm in northwest Iowa to leading one of…
Dec 19, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Invasive pest threatens TX pastures
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has issued an urgent warning for livestock producers statewide to inspect pastures for…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA intervenes in King Ranch dispute
In a letter to the Washington Department of Ecology and the Washington Department of Natural Resources,…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Believer Meats ceases operations
The cultivated-meat company Believer Meats is reportedly ceasing its operations.
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Greens sue over Colorado Cargill plant emissions
The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Dec. 11,…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA challenges CA ag land redistribution
On Dec. 11, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins wrote to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), demanding the…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM approves lithium exploration in OR
The Bureau of Land Management approved the expansion of lithium exploration activities in southern…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
USDA issues ‘Product of USA’ guidance
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued updated labeling guidance to support implementation of the voluntary…
Dec 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Dec. 18
Cattle futures closed lower due to a lack of technical support.
Dec 18, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Dec. 11-17
This week, precipitation patterns varied widely nationwide, with precipitation driving drought changes in the…
Dec 18, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Dec. 17
Cattle futures drifted lower in holiday-thinned, directionless trade as traders searched for stronger demand…
Dec 17, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Dec. 16
Live cattle futures are pausing after recent gains, while feeder cattle posted triple-digit rallies.
Dec 16, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Dec. 15
After trading most of the day on both sides of steady, cattle futures closed…
Dec 15, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Dec. 12
The market headed into the weekend mostly lower, unable to find momentum higher on…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
ID partners with USFS with goal to double timber sales
Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Laura Guido, Idaho Capital Sun
News
US: McBee hid family assets from feds
Reality TV star Steve A. McBee and two of his sons, Cole and Jesse,…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Livestock
Little indication of heifer retention in 2025
As 2025 wraps up, there is still little indication of significant heifer retention for herd rebuilding though some…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Measuring what matters is key to managing a cow herd
As the fall calving season wraps up, Kansas State University cow-calf specialist Jason Warner…
Dec 12, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Community
Stemple Creek Ranch receives CA Leopold Conservation Award
Stemple Creek Ranch of Tomales, CA, is the 2025 California Leopold Conservation Award recipient.
Dec 12, 2025 · By Sand County Foundation
Health/Nutrition
How to choose the right type of cow for the land
As the beef industry evolves, Kansas State (K-State) University beef cattle experts say producers may benefit from rethinking…
Dec 12, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
Determining the parent stock in cow-calf operations
Selection of cattle is the process by which we determine which animals become parents,…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Health/Nutrition
Data modeling drives Texas A&M war on cattle ticks
Texas A&M AgriLife scientists have uncovered new insights into how cattle fever ticks survive…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
Community
Paul Andrews honored as 2026 Friend of the National Western
The National Western Stock Show and the Red Meat Club of Denver are proud…
Dec 12, 2025 · By NWSS
News
Texas A&M AgriLife, Ranchbot to advance ag technology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have signed a…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Health/Nutrition
What ranchers need to know about anaplasmosis
A single tick bite on a cow may not seem like cause for alarm,…
Dec 12, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Ag producers should do year-end tax planning
Now is the time to consider year-end income tax planning. There have been changes…
Dec 12, 2025 · By NDSU Extension
News
The USMCA and America’s growing ag trade deficit
Agricultural groups and others testified about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in a multiday hearing, while…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
CA’s Kaweah subbasin exits groundwater probation
The California State Water Resources Control Board voted Dec. 2 to return oversight of…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Tyson beef packing plant closure raises concerns
The upcoming closure of the Tyson beef packing plant in Lexington, NE, will have…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
Environment
Energy revenue disbursed to states, Tribes
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue announced $14.61 billion in fiscal year 2025…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW updates wolf management activities
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife released an overview of gray wolf conservation…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Markets
Futures rally another week on cash momentum
A wave of sharply higher cash trade over the past week reignited momentum in…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
FDA authorizes screwworm treatment for cats
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Credelio CAT, marking the first…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Federal plan allocates more water for CA agriculture
The Bureau of Reclamation on Dec. 4 issued a new Record of Decision that…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Livestock
Autopsies pending after ND cattle deaths
Autopsies remain pending at North Dakota State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory following the unexplained…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Trump signs EO on price fixing, anticompetition in food sector
In early December, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Ultra-processed plant foods fail heart health
A French study published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe found that ultra-processed plant-based foods offer no…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
The Nature Conservancy opens Point Reyes grazing contracts
The Nature Conservancy announced in early December that the nonprofit is opening short-term contract…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
FSIS sets deadline for beef processing waivers
The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced it will end the period for accepting waivers regarding beef…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Canadian ag groups express USMCA support
A coalition of dozens of Canadian agriculture industry groups penned an open letter to its government,…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Ty’s Comments: Learning to work on the ranch, not just for the ranch
With the constant pull of day-to-day responsibilities, it’s easy to get caught up in…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Ty Groshans
Beef
Believer Meats sued over unpaid construction bills
Cultivated meat startup company Believer Meats was sued by a construction firm over an…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Dittmer’s Take: So how is the economy doing?
Growth—which is good for business and the economy—is going well, with the last couple…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
Environment
CPW Commissioner Robinson resigns
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commissioner Murphy Robinson announced his resignation from the CPW Commission…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Guest Opinion: Comparing protein prices
Let’s look at retail prices for the three major proteins and contrast those prices…
Dec 12, 2025 · By Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA
Environment
West Coast chinook salmon populations do not warrant ESA listing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Dec. 9 released its 12-month finding that found the Oregon Coast…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Klamath Drainage District plans finalized
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service released on Dec. 5 a Final Watershed Plan-Environmental Assessment and…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Animal rights activist sentenced to jail
On Dec. 3, the animal rights activist who removed chickens from a Petaluma Poultry facility was…
Dec 12, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Dec. 11
Seeing sharply higher fed cash cattle sales, traders pushed cattle futures higher, yet futures remain unable…
Dec 11, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Dec. 4-10
This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor saw improvements and degradations across the country, largely shaped…
Dec 11, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Dec. 10
Cattle futures closed mostly higher on optimism that support may emerge later this week.
Dec 10, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Dec. 9
Cattle futures closed mixed, with traders unwilling to push prices beyond the 40-day and…
Dec 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Dec. 8
It was a mixed day on the board for the cattle market.
Dec 8, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Dec. 5
The cattle market headed into the weekend marked by optimism.
Dec 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Wiltse family receives KS Leopold Conservation Award
The Kevin Wiltse family has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Kansas…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Sand County Foundation
Health/Nutrition
Topical drug approved for NWS; another case detected in Mexico
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently confirmed a new case of…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Hansen-Mueller bankruptcy asset sale approved for December
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Nebraska will allow the sale of Hansen-Mueller Co. assets…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Environment
US backs Bayer SCOTUS Roundup petition
The U.S. solicitor general said the U.S. Supreme Court should grant review to Bayer…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Livestock
Returning back to the cattle market fundamentals
After a tremendous string of record cattle prices in the first three quarters of…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Health/Nutrition
Causes of reproductive failure in the herd
While several factors can play into a herd’s reproductive success, management is usually the…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Rick Funston, Nebraska Extension beef cattle reproductive physiologist
Health/Nutrition
Building better genotypes with selection and mating
Wise selection and mating decisions, informed by analyzing the components of your production system,…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Environment
CRP payments should be going out from FSA
Farmers and landowners waiting for their annual Conservation Reserve Program rental payments should start…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Markets
Cattle futures find strong new footing
Cattle futures surged following the Thanksgiving week, pushing fed cattle higher and lifting optimism…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Study shows economic impact of meat, poultry industry
The Meat Institute released a new national economic study detailing the far-reaching impact of…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Employment in US ag grew 10% from 2010-24
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages…
Dec 5, 2025 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Environment
Greens seek to dismiss challenge to Gila feral cattle removal
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a court motion in early December to dismiss…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
TX court clarifies livestock owner liability in highway collision
The Texas 11th Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in Mullins v. McWhirter,…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inductees to be recognized
Kent Bamford with Bamford Feedyard in Haxtun, CO, and Bob Foote with Foote Cattle…
Dec 5, 2025 · By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Community
The Viewpoint with Jennifer Zoller
Recently, there have been concerns about equine herpesvirus after an outbreak linked to an…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Canada to cut reliance on US trade ties
The U.S. could see reduced imports of Canadian petroleum, steel and lumber in the coming years as…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Logan’s Comments: Rising awareness
A consensus is that the consumer has been made more aware of the situation…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
Interior speeds up water infrastructure projects
The Department of the Interior on Nov. 25 announced Secretary's Order 3446, which will…
Dec 5, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Resource Science: ESA, forest management and climate change
Environmental policies get complicated with different management objectives.
Dec 5, 2025 · By Dr. Matthew Cronin, WLJ columnist
Beef
EU recalls Brazilian beef for banned hormones
The European Commission issued a recall notice for frozen beef imported from Brazil into…
Dec 5, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Get your farm 1031 exchange right
For the most part, 1031s are straightforward. But you must be aware of some…
Dec 5, 2025 · By Rod Mauszycki, DTN tax columnist
Environment
CPW Director Jeff Davis resigns from position
The Colorado Department of Natural Resources announced Nov. 25 that Jeff Davis stepped down…
Dec 5, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Study sees potential for Saskatchewan beef plant
An Impact and Insight Study released by Economic Development Regina finds there is a…
Dec 5, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
PETA calls for Tyson beef plant conversion
Animal activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals recently penned a letter…
Dec 5, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens to sue over halted gray wolf recovery plan
The Center for Biological Diversity announced its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service if…
Dec 5, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Dec. 4
Cattle futures markets rallied again today on higher cash cattle trading so far this…
Dec 4, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Nov. 27-Dec. 3
This U.S. Drought Monitor week showed improving drought conditions across parts of the West,…
Dec 4, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Dec. 3
Live and feeder cattle futures rallied again today, driven by perceived bargain hunting and…
Dec 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Dec. 2
It’s a turnaround Tuesday as cattle futures surged higher, setting up a test of whether…
Dec 2, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Dec. 1
“The livestock contracts closed mostly lower Monday afternoon as traders were hesitant to overly…
Dec 1, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Nov. 26
Cattle futures saw strong triple-digit gains and perceived bargain hunting, following what DTN livestock…
Nov 26, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Uncertainty continues in the cattle markets
Industry fears about the impact of packer losses and low cattle numbers were realized…
Nov 26, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Community
Pearson Ranch receives Utah Leopold Conservation Award
Pearson Ranch of Minersville, UT, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Utah…
Nov 26, 2025 · By Sand County Foundation
News
Hansen-Mueller claims deadline set for Jan. 26
Farmers and others who expect to file claims in the Hansen-Mueller Co. bankruptcy have…
Nov 26, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
News
Researching ways to find value in wastewater
Kansas State University researchers are leading an innovative effort to turn livestock wastewater into…
Nov 26, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
Irrigated ag has declined in the West
Nationally, 54.9 million acres in the U.S. were irrigated in 2022, down slightly from 56.3 million acres in…
Nov 26, 2025 · By USDA Economic Research Service