News Archive
A streamlined archive of the most recent reporting and updates from across the site.
Health/Nutrition
How do you develop breeding objectives and identify economically important traits on which to apply selection pressure in…
Health/Nutrition
The horse industry has been hit by an equine herpesvirus-1 outbreak that has led…
News
The USDA announced Nov. 24 that it planned to purchase up to $30 million in fresh…
Beef
China is pushing back its investigation into beef imports until Jan. 26, 2026, according…
Beef
The state of Nevada passed the USDA’s food safety standard and will be authorized to join the State…
Markets
The markets were reactive over the holiday-shortened week. A bullish Cattle on Feed report…
Environment
The Colorado Water Conservation Board approved on Nov. 19 the Shoshone water rights acquisition to secure two water…
News
USDA is now accepting applications for funding under the 2026 America First Trade Promotion Program.
Environment
During a lengthy Nov. 19 hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural…
Health/Nutrition
In late November, USDA announced the launch of a unified New World screwworm website, screwworm.gov.
News
American lamb showed exceptional strength in the third quarter of 2025, outperforming imports even…
Beef
The White House announced on Nov. 20 that the additional 40% tariff applied to Brazilian beef…
Environment
The Trump administration is considering reinstating Trump-era Endangered Species Act regulations that were largely…
News
The last month has been a roller coaster of emotions for those in the…
Beef
The U.S. beef processing sector will continue to suffer from overcapacity even after Tyson…
Daily Market Wrap Up
The livestock complex is trading mixed with some corrective selling, as dressed trade in…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Markets plummeted today following the news of Tyson closing its Lexington, NE, beef plant…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement to reduce tariffs on Brazilian beef imports, markets headed…
News
Nevada and six other Colorado River states failed to reach a broad agreement Nov.…
Health/Nutrition
Cattle markets have been nervously reacting to rumors and speculation that the Mexican border…
News
On Nov. 14, 99.5% of votes cast by Union Pacific shareholders and nearly 99%…
News
U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden on Nov. 17 announced Stage 2 of the…
Health/Nutrition
Genetic selection has driven improved growth, carcass weight and milk production in beef cattle.
News
The 40th annual American Farm Bureau Federation Thanksgiving dinner survey finds that a table…
News
A state commission chaired by Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) once again voted to…
Environment
With the third winter “release season” in Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction plan just weeks…
News
A series of failed business ventures and the Trump administration’s implementation of tariffs this…
Health/Nutrition
A breeding objective is the general goal of a breeding program—the notion of what…
Environment
American Prairie says it has no other option than to sue the Gianforte administration…
Community
The U.S. Meat Export Federation concluded its Strategic Planning Conference Nov. 14 with election…
Environment
Lawyers for multiple conservation organizations argued during a hearing in Helena on Nov. 14…
Markets
Another wave of pressure hit cattle futures over the past week, with analysts pointing…
Beef
America’s beef prices are headed sharply higher, according to Omaha Steaks President and CEO…
Health/Nutrition
University of Virginia scientists identified the first known death linked to alpha-gal syndrome, the…
Environment
The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Service said La Niña conditions strengthened over the…
Health/Nutrition
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife issued its Quarterly Wolf News Update, providing…
News
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Nov. 13 rolling back tariffs…
Beef
JBS reported a sharp third-quarter profit decline despite stronger global net sales, reflecting ongoing…
Beef
The Save Mart Companies is launching a new private label line of minimally processed…
Environment
More than two years after the high court ruled to limit the scope of…
Beef
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved construction of the Meat Science…
Beef
The Olathe, KS, city council approved a $257-million financial incentive package to support Walmart’s…
News
Now that the government shutdown is over, reports are trickling back in with new…
Beef
The Red Angus Association of America expanded its American Red program, strengthening genetic qualifications…
Health/Nutrition
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Pesticide Consultation & Analysis awarded…
Health/Nutrition
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, USA recently submitted a letter to the Food and Drug…
News
In times of change, a unified commitment to excellent range management continues to be…
Community
For Dave Hyde, the path to leading one of the nation’s producer-led cattle organizations…
Beef
Tyson Foods will no longer use claims about reaching “net-zero by 2050” or producing…
Environment
A coalition of industry groups submitted a letter to the Bureau of Land Management…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures are trading lower amid increased technical selling pressure, as traders react to…
News
Heavy rain and snow swept across much of the West, while the South saw…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Cash trade at mostly lower prices sent futures chiefly lower.
Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures closed mixed, as traders remain cautious amid wait-and-see sentiment.
Daily Market Wrap Up
Markets found some movement higher following Friday’s news of President Donald Trump planning to…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures rebounded from early lows, with the livestock complex turning higher in today’s…
Livestock
In spite of market volatility over the past three weeks, the strong market fundamentals…
Beef
Although the U.S. red meat industry faces significant obstacles in the international marketplace, demand…
News
A controversial proposal that could help Wyoming landowners make money from elk, deer and…
Environment
Colorado Democrats in Congress asked the U.S. Department of the Interior to keep in…
Health/Nutrition
Cattle producers should watch for signs of disease associated with Theileria orientalis (ikeda), a…
Environment
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe argues in new court documents that a federal judge…
Markets
Futures found their footing earlier in the week before tumbling lower by Thursday, as…
News
For the first time in years, cattle ranchers, backgrounders, stockers and cow-calf producers are…
Environment
President Donald Trump nominated Steve Pearce, a Republican former member of Congress from New…
Environment
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that a recovery plan for gray wolves…
Beef
The country’s top meatpacking companies are under presidential scrutiny for alleged price fixing and…
Livestock
In early November, USDA conducted a trade mission to Mexico to further trade ties…
News
Now, maybe some of the current trends in the show ring don’t exactly line…
Beef
Americans love ground beef. It’s been our budget, versatile and convenient cut—our secret weapon.
Environment
The number of livestock killed by wolves in Idaho is on the decline, Idaho…
News
Although Omaha-based Hansen-Mueller Co. has paid farmers in Nebraska for grain deliveries, producers and…
Environment
A new University of California, Davis, economic study finds that drought in California pushes…
Environment
A bipartisan piece of legislation that could have big impacts on the nation’s forest…
Health/Nutrition
A successful breeding season doesn’t happen by chance.
Beef
Cargill has introduced Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot, Spot, at its Amsterdam Multiseed crush and…
Beef
Canadian pork producer duBreton is alerting consumers to a regulatory change that will allow…
News
Believer Meats has received the USDA’s first-ever inspection grant for a large-scale cultivated meat…
Beef
Tyson Foods projected its annual revenue above analysts’ estimates, relying on steady chicken demand…
Environment
Male Mexican wolf 3065 was captured Nov. 7 north of Interstate 40 near Gallina,…
Beef
44 Farms announced that its All-Natural Angus Beef Franks are now available in more…
Beef
West Texas A&M University broke ground Nov. 10 on a $15 million research feedlot…
Beef
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association continues to support efforts to reinstate mandatory country-of-origin- labeling.
Beef
Environmental groups criticized the USDA’s recent release of its plan to “fortify the beef…
Environment
A coalition of Montana organizations representing municipalities, farmers and ranchers, landowners and conservation groups…
News
A coalition of more than 120 ag industry groups penned a letter to the…
Beef
In early November, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) reintroduced the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for…
Beef
Upside Foods, a California-based company producing cultivated chicken, was back in court to challenge…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Live and feeder cattle futures closed triple digits lower amid lower cash trade and…
News
Parts of the northwest U.S. saw moderate to heavy precipitation amounts this week, while…
Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures closed mixed on weaker cash trade in a light test.
Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures have settled into mixed trade as traders are uncertain about what comes…
Daily Market Wrap Up
There was green on the board to start the week, with most cattle futures…
Daily Market Wrap Up
“After another downward waning week, where the market traded lower and lacked enough support…
Community
William H. Rishel of North Platte, NE will become the 380th member of the historic, prestigious…
Health/Nutrition
Nutritional management of beef cows during the winter months has lasting impacts on reproductive…
Environment
A federal judge has halted a logging project in Montana’s Kootenai National Forest, saying…
News
Collaboration across state lines is helping strengthen the U.S. beef industry as organizations navigate…
News
Glen Smith, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Agriculture undersecretary for rural development, made…