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UW’s meat processing class promotes hands-on education
Have you ever wondered how a package of deli meat was made?
Nov 7, 2025 · By UW Extension
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Health/Nutrition
Building a productive cow herd for the future
Thoughtful replacement heifer selection is essential to shaping the future of a cow herd.
Nov 7, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Health/Nutrition
The value of hay as fertilizer
Have you ever stopped to think about what the dollar value of the nutrients…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension beef educator
Community
Signs of stress you should watch for
When a rancher or ranch family needs help, signs of stress are often slow…
Nov 7, 2025 · By University of Missouri Extension
News
Hansen-Mueller pays farmers $2.1M to keep dealer license
Omaha-based Hansen-Mueller Co. has paid 38 Nebraska farmers about $2.1 million, under an agreement…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Health/Nutrition
Successfully weaned calves are a hot commodity
Whether calves are being retained after weaning, or they are arriving by the truckloads,…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Karla H. Wilke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln cow/calf systems and stocker management
News
WSGA knocks bill recognizing corner crossing’s legality
Stock growers won’t support a bill that would clarify Wyoming law following a court…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile
Environment
UW researchers find wild horse diets are adaptable
The findings could have implications for federal management of those free-roaming horses in connection…
Nov 7, 2025 · By UW Extension
News
Cost of Thanksgiving turkey spikes
Prices for centerpiece turkeys are up, but overall consumers are likely to see a…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
Environment
Deadline closing in for states hammering out a new water plan
Utah and six other states along the Colorado River are pushing up against a…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Annie Knox, Utah News Dispatch
News
Farm groups seek new autonomous tractor regulation
California farm advocates feel they may be closer than ever to achieving regulatory changes…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Beef
Southern California a focus in screwworm preparedness
With detection of New World screwworm less than 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border,…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Ching Lee, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Markets
Cattle markets struggle to find recovery
The cattle market failed to find stronger footing this past week, as rumors swirled…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Global beef trade strengthens amid volatility, rising demand
According to a new RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness report, global beef trade is poised…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
What’s next for cattle and beef markets?
Cattle futures and cash markets were pummeled by a barrage of politics over the…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
Appeals court overturns GE labeling rule
A federal court of appeals recently overturned a USDA rule governing the use of…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Does bale grazing make sense?
With rising input costs, many cow-calf producers are looking for ways to reduce expenses…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Brock Ortner, Nebraska Extension educator
Beef
Industry scrutinizes rising lamb, beef imports
The American Sheep Industry Association formally petitioned the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Logan’s Comments: Someone vs. things
Anyone who aims to harm the livelihoods and businesses that deal with agricultural products…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Beef
NM delegation opposes increasing Argentine beef imports
President Donald Trump’s plan to greatly increase the nation’s importation of beef from Argentina…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico
News
Guest Opinion: A battlefield report from the US-China trade war
Neither side has won the trade war; the war hasn’t ended. What Trump and…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
News
Guest Opinion: The promise and peril of family financial help
While such financial assistance is a blessing for many in agriculture, mixing money and…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Lance Woodbury, DTN farm business adviser
Health/Nutrition
Study reveals sheep dewormer ineffective
Eleanor L. Kharasch, a student research fellow at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Newsom expands use of prescribed fire
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an executive order on Oct. 29 to cut…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: A new chapter in taking care of our own
I’m so proud that AFBF is joining forces with Farm Foundation’s Farm Family Wellness…
Nov 7, 2025 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Environment
Groups announce Endless Prairie Buffalo Project
The Defenders of Wildlife announced a conservation program, the Endless Prairie Buffalo Project, that…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Judge denies injunction on wolf removal
A King County Superior Court judge denied on Oct. 31 a request to halt…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Community
Farm Bureau expands rural mental health effort
The American Farm Bureau Federation is expanding its Farm State of Mind initiative by…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Meatpackers reach $2.5M wage settlement
A federal judge in Colorado granted preliminary approval to class settlements with Agri Beef…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
JBS settles for $1.1M over greenwashing
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $1.1 million settlement with JBS USA…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens sue USFWS over butterfly
A coalition of environmental groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Court rules CA can enforce SGMA
On Oct. 29, the 5th Appellate District Court of Appeal affirmed the state of…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
US not lifting southern border closure yet
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has indicated the USDA does not plan to re-open the…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Progress made on ag trade measures with China
Following a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Sonoma County jury finds activist guilty
A Berkeley, CA, woman was convicted by a Sonoma County jury on Oct. 29…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Voluntary grazing retirement bill reintroduced
In mid-October, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA-09) reintroduced the Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act to…
Nov 7, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Nov. 6
Both live and feeder cattle contracts plunged lower under continued selling pressure.
Nov 6, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 29- Nov. 5
Heavy precipitation drenched the Pacific Northwest—particularly the northern Cascades and coastal areas of Washington…
Nov 6, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Nov. 5
Cattle futures are experiencing a downturn, plunging limit lower as shattered confidence drives the…
Nov 5, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Community
The Viewpoint with Joe Clarot
Feeding more than a thousand bulls a year, Joe Clarot has earned a reputation as a…
Nov 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Nov. 4
Cattle futures fell on rumors of a possible reopening of the Mexican border to…
Nov 4, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Nov. 3
Cattle futures started the week off higher, encouraged by trader optimism and expectations of higher holiday…
Nov 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 31
Friday markets Cattle markets wrapped up the week under a shadow of uncertainty, as…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
KS ag leaders tell Congress to get back to work
Kansas farm leaders are pushing Congress to get back to work and solve problems…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector
Environment
Land Board approves MT conservation easement valued at $58M
The Montana Land Board approved a 53,000-acre conservation easement in the Cabinet Mountains of…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press
Beef
Promotions work to grow American BBQ in Korea
American barbecue is catching on in Korea.
Oct 31, 2025 · By USMEF
Beef
SD cattle ranchers call for MCOOL
Raising cattle is tough work. And the cattle ranchers who have the grit to…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union
Environment
Pork from feral swine bound for MT food banks
After the state intervened to trap about 100 swine demonstrating feral behaviors, Montana food…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press
Environment
Managing feral hogs in national parks
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have developed the first integrated framework to help the U.S.…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Environment
Federal migrant worker program proves fickle
Blueberries unpicked and dropping from plants in New Jersey, crops left to dry up…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector
Beef
The source of high cattle and beef prices
High cattle and beef prices are suddenly receiving intense scrutiny from politicians, consumers and…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Livestock
ND dairy approval challenged in court
An environmental group argues in a lawsuit that the state of North Dakota erred…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Health/Nutrition
Drones, satellites and AI can help make smarter, faster decisions in the field
By using light reflected from crops, remote sensing can reveal signs of stress, nutrient…
Oct 31, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
Fewer acres burned in Oregon’s 2025 wildfire season
Oregon’s statewide 2025 fire season officially wrapped in mid-October with significantly fewer acres burned…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
Environment
UW institute releases film on managing invasive annual grasses
The University of Wyoming’s (UW) Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems has…
Oct 31, 2025 · By UW Extension
Beef
Value-added US red meat now available in Peru
Three new U.S. red meat products—each made with U.S. beef liver and pork Boston…
Oct 31, 2025 · By USMEF
Environment
SD farmers seek damages from Summit Carbon pipeline
Brown County, SD, farmers Jared and Tara Bossly asked a state court to award…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
News
Grain dealer fails to pay $2M to Nebraska farmers
The Nebraska Public Service Commission suspended the grain dealer license of a Nebraska firm…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Health/Nutrition
Fall-calving cows and creep feeding calves
Most of Oklahoma has received much-needed rain recently. This moisture will pay dividends for…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Livestock
Relative prices of steers, heifers and bulls
Whenever light calves and/or bulls are worth more today than top-quality, heavier steers from…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Josh Maples
Environment
CA wolves removed after unprecedented depredations
Following months of escalating livestock losses across the Sierra Valley, the California Department of…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Common Ground Coalition travels to DC to advance beef industry priorities
In late October, a dozen founding members of the Common Ground Coalition, representing U.S.…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Common Ground Coalition
Markets
Cattle markets remain unsteady after downturn
Cattle markets struggled to find direction over the week as uncertainty lingered following sharp…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
9th Circuit upholds decision in USFS post-wildfire project
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that the U.S.…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
US secures trade deals in Southeast Asia
President Donald Trump finalized trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia and advanced new trade…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Beginning farmer, rancher program connects new producers with experience
Burnout and failure rates run high. Financial stability challenges often hit within the first…
Oct 31, 2025 · By OSU Extension
News
USDA unveils plan to strengthen the beef industry
In mid-October, USDA released a 13-page plan aimed at tackling challenges within the beef…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Metal fragments prompt pork jerky recall
LSI Inc. is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds of fire-grilled Korean barbecue pork…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Who wins?
There are two sides to every story, but in this case, there are several.…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Health/Nutrition
FDA authorizes drug for NWS in dogs
The Food and Drug Administration granted its first-ever Emergency Use Authorization approving Credelio (lotilaner)…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Depredation confirmed by WDFW officials
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed an Oct. 23 calf injury in…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Kay’s Korner: Tariffs squeeze US farmers
President Donald Trump’s so-called tariff war with other countries was supposed to bring in…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
Environment
Resource Science: Impacts of forest and range fires
The effects of fires are not always negative, and controlled prescribed fires can prevent…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Dr. Matthew Cronin, WLJ columnist
Beef
Guide highlights why meat matters
The Animal Agriculture Alliance introduced its science-based “Meat Matters” guide, reinforcing the essential role…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Shutdown delays new diet guidelines
The Trump administration has delayed finalizing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans due to the…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Has the beef market failed?
Consider the domestic beef market. The only ingredient in beef is cattle, so you…
Oct 31, 2025 · By Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA
News
Fed launches Center for Agriculture
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City launched the Center for Agriculture and the…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
CAB has record year despite challenges
Certified Angus Beef achieved impressive momentum this year despite tighter supplies. Producers delivered 5.77…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Canada ranchers call for end of UK agreement
The Canadian Cattle Association is urging the government of Canada to terminate the Canada-United…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
MCOOL legislation reintroduced
Reps. Harriet Hageman and Ro Khanna reintroduced the Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act,…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Mexico seeks a deal to reopen the border
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins met with Mexico Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegué through a video…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
News
USTR to investigate China’s Phase One deal
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is initiating a Section 301 investigation into…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USFWS tells CO no more Canadian wolves
In a letter to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife dated Oct. 10, U.S. Fish…
Oct 31, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 30
Cattle futures closed mixed amid record trading volumes in both live and feeder contracts,…
Oct 30, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 23-29
Heavy precipitation across the northern tier of the West brought drought improvements in parts…
Oct 30, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 29
Cattle futures climbed after confirmation that no date has been set for reopening the…
Oct 29, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Oct. 28
The livestock complex ended the day lower as traders remained cautious, with cash cattle…
Oct 28, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Oct. 27
Friday’s full futures limit down triggered expanded limits for both live and feeder cattle…
Oct 27, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 24
Cattle markets continued their descent lower, discouraged by the ongoing discussion of expanding Argentina…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Fall grazing of alfalfa
Every fall, there can be some situations where there can be the potential to…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension educator
Health/Nutrition
Mature cow size and calf revenue generated for 2025
This article will review the relationship of high-growth, high mature-weight cows to calf weaning…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
News
Renewed legal battle ramps up over Columbia Basin dams
A long-running court battle over how to balance protections for endangered fish with hydropower…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard
News
Interior’s plan to lay off staff put on hold
The Interior Department announced Oct. 20 it will pause efforts to lay off 2,050…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Jennifer Shutt, Utah News Dispatch
Environment
Corner crossing remains legal across much of the West
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Carbon County ranch owner Fred Eshelman’s appeal…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile
News
Ag reality TV star McBee sentenced to two years in prison
Ag reality television star and Missouri farmer Steve A. McBee was sentenced to 24…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
News
MT FWP is in the wolf management hot seat
Two weeks after the Outdoor Heritage Coalition and a pair of Republican lawmakers sued…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press
Environment
CO asks SCOTUS to reject NE lawsuit over South Platte River
Colorado officials told the U.S. Supreme Court that any assertions it is violating the…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner
Health/Nutrition
Managing stocker calves for the long run
The stocker phase sits at the crossroads of beef production—linking the cow-calf sector to…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Health/Nutrition
Determining the best time to wean calves
For beef producers, the timing of weaning calves can make all the difference between…
Oct 24, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension