Health/Nutrition
Protecting livestock from the New World screwworm
Livestock owners work hard to keep their animals healthy, but even small wounds or…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
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Beef
Beyond Meat shares surge in meme revival
Beyond Meat shares have skyrocketed since Oct. 16, jumping more than 146% on Oct.…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Markets
Cattle markets react to Argentina import talk
The cattle markets were alit over the past week as political speculation collided with…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Alberta beef debuts at Costco Mexico
Alberta beef has officially hit Costco meat cases in Mexico, CBC News reports.
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Beef sector thrives amid economic uncertainty
Despite a backdrop of economic uncertainty, the U.S. animal protein sector, particularly beef, continues…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
AFBF reports grain storage is tight
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, U.S. farmers are entering harvest with record…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens sue over grazing in Colville National Forest
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the U.S. Forest Service over livestock grazing…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Texas Tech vet school earns accreditation
Texas Tech University’s School of Veterinary Medicine has achieved full accreditation from the American…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Ranchers rebuke plan to import more Argentina beef
Speculation that the Trump administration plans to expand beef imports from Argentina sparked sharp…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
UC Davis launches upgraded Disease BioPortal
The University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine unveiled an enhanced Disease BioPortal,…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA releases screwworm response playbook
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released the New World screwworm Response Playbook,…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Community
Ruehle named Red Angus executive VP
The Red Angus Association of America has appointed Greg Ruehle as executive vice president,…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Et tu, Trump?
This is how many cow-calf producers were feeling after President Donald Trump met with…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
Senate committee advances forest wildfire bill
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Oct. 21 advanced the bipartisan and…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Rollins gives update on New World screwworm
In an X social media post dated Oct. 19, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins gave…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Community
United We Stand with Dan Keppen
Through it all, one truth has remained clear: water connects everything in the West.…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Dan Keppen
Environment
Klamath Drainage District calls for fish screens
The Klamath Drainage District is urging for fish screens to be installed on the…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: America needs farms of all sizes
We all rely on farms near and far to keep our pantries full, and…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Environment
CO county plans to prohibit wolf introductions
Colorado’s Montrose County on Oct. 15 introduced an ordinance to prohibit the introduction of…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
Community
The Viewpoint with Samantha Cunningham
Raised in western Nebraska, Samantha Cunningham grew up with cattle in her blood. As…
Oct 24, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
FSA offices set to reopen; $3B in aid released
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a series of social media posts that Farm…
Oct 24, 2025 · By WLJ
News
October PRCA world standings
The top five contestants and earnings as of Oct. 21.
Oct 24, 2025 · By PRCA
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 23
It’s a mixed day in the livestock complex, with live cattle trading higher and…
Oct 23, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 16-22
This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor showed modest improvement nationwide, with abnormally dry or worse…
Oct 23, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 22
Cattle futures fell sharply after President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that ranchers…
Oct 22, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Oct. 21
Cattle futures are rebounding this week, clawing back ground after last Friday’s steep market…
Oct 21, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Oct. 20
Futures were able to regain some of Friday’s losses that occurred following the news…
Oct 20, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 17
“It's been a rough morning for the cattle complex as traders have ripped nearly…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
NWS is affecting both sides of border
The movement of New World screwworm northward in Mexico shut down the U.S.-Mexico border…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
Environment
Insights on the invasive pasture mealybug
This pest is associated with a syndrome termed “pasture dieback,” a condition that kills…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Beef
EU Parliament votes to ban protein products labeled as meats
In a move that could make American livestock producers envious, the European Union Parliament…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Study identifies the gene marker for hill-climbing cattle
In a new research study, University of Idaho Beef Specialist Jim Sprinkle and his…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Steve Stuebner, writer and producer of Life on the Range
Health/Nutrition
Dry spell weighs on Texas’ cool-season forage planting
Weather trends toward drought have Texas cattle producers considering their options as cool-season forage…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
Livestock
Long-term effects of management during weaning, post-weaning
How we manage calves at weaning and during backgrounding doesn’t just affect gain in…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Environment
Major solar farm in eastern WA on cusp of approval
A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard
Markets
Cattle futures continue strong rally
Cattle futures posted strong gains again this past week, fueled by expectations of stronger…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Immediate cuts urged for Colorado River ahead of talks
As the seven Colorado River Basin States prepare for November’s high-stakes negotiations with the…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Report: Dairy-beef could transform global supply chains
The use of beef-on-dairy crossbreeding has been climbing in recent years, with many dairy…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
EAT-Lancet report reaffirms call to cut red meat
A new international report is once again questioning the role of red meat in…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Logan’s Comments: Oh, the irony
News broke earlier in the month on a $10 million grant from the state…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
News
Guest Opinion: Consequences of lending and borrowing
With high land prices, the astronomical cost of equipment and the ever-increasing cost of…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Rod Mauszycki, DTN tax columnist
Health/Nutrition
Factors influencing herd expansion decisions
As cattle producers across the country evaluate opportunities for herd expansion, Kansas State University…
Oct 17, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Researchers aim to reduce gluten allergenicity in wheat
Kansas State University researchers and the state’s farmers are putting their collective support behind…
Oct 17, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
Corner-crossing petition employs successful past strategies
As Supreme Court justices were set to meet Oct. 17 to consider hearing the…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile
Environment
WY delegation wants to override BLM coal lease ban
The Trump administration has issued sweeping orders to federal agencies to remove regulatory hurdles…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile
News
China hits back with special port fees on US ships
As the Oct. 14 date to begin U.S.-imposed port fees on Chinese-owned or Chinese-built…
Oct 17, 2025 · By Mary Kennedy, DTN basis analyst
Health/Nutrition
Have you scheduled your bull breeding soundness exam?
Have you scheduled your bull breeding soundness exam?
Oct 17, 2025 · By MU Extension
Health/Nutrition
NCBA 2026 Redbook now available
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has released its 2026 Redbook, a pocket-sized tool…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Arby’s introduces steak nuggets on menu
Arby’s is expanding its lineup with the limited-time launch of steak nuggets, available nationwide.
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
News
ASI Executive Director Peter Orwick to retire
After more than 25 years of leadership, American Sheep Industry (ASI) Association Executive Director…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CDFA opens Climate Resilience Strategy comments
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has released its draft Climate Resilience…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
RAAA launches GridMaster Challenge program
The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) launched the GridMaster Challenge, an educational contest…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Asian longhorned tick found in KS
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Agriculture have…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
WDFW authorizes wolf removal; order paused
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Deputy Director Amy Windrope on Oct. 9…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
CO expands wolf attack reimbursements
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission voted unanimously to expand reimbursements for livestock…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
News
CA passes law to ban ultra-processed foods in schools
On Oct. 8, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1264 into law, which…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
R-CALF calls for strong antitrust enforcement
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, USA (R-CALF) signed onto the Main Street Competition Coalition’s letter…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Bayer to pay $600M in Roundup case
The Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 30 declined to hear an appeal regarding a…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
The Nature Conservancy to receive $10M grant for Point Reyes
The Nature Conservancy will receive a $10 million grant from the state of California…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Tyson to pay $85M in pork price-fixing suit
Tyson Foods agreed to pay $85 million in a pork price-fixing settlement reached with…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CA passes livestock composting bill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Oct. 11 signed into law Assembly Bill (AB)…
Oct 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 16
Cattle futures are on a winning streak, with December live cattle logging ten straight…
Oct 16, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 9-15
A late-season surge of tropical moisture brought heavy precipitation and areas of flooding to…
Oct 16, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 15
“The livestock complex rounded out the day mixed, as traders weren't confident about which…
Oct 15, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Oct. 14
Cattle market bulls are charging full speed ahead, driving futures to life-of-contract highs.
Oct 14, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Oct. 13
The livestock complex is off to a strong start this week, with cattle futures…
Oct 13, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 10
Trading was volatile over the day, but futures ultimately closed higher.
Oct 10, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
The 5% factor for improving profitability for cow-calf producers
The late Dr. Danny Klinefelter was an agricultural economist from Texas A&M University who…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension beef educator
News
Prosecutors seek 41 months in prison for McBee
The U.S. government asked a federal judge to sentence ag reality television star and…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
News
NM opens program to pay for school debts for livestock vets
A shortage in rural veterinary care for big animals across New Mexico raises the…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico
Environment
MT DEQ seeks public input on GHG emissions guidelines
Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public input on how state agencies…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan
Community
Maddocks to receive ND Leopold Conservation Award
The Brian and Vicki Maddock family has been selected as the recipients of the…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Sand County Foundation
Health/Nutrition
Higher cow prices, input expenses are impacting annual cow costs
As the 2025 calf crop is weaned and the calendar year begins to wind…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension beef educator
Environment
How would winter temperatures affect NWS?
One detail that will be closely tracked as we move closer to the end…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Bryce Anderson, DTN ag meteorologist emeritus
Environment
Ecology restricts surface water use in the Yakima River Basin
In a rare move, all surface water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Questen Inghram, Yakima Herald-Republic
Environment
BLM warns about potential for fall fires in NV
In Nevada, the majority of wildfires happen in the summer—but not all. And this…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Jeniffer Solis
Beef
The slow cattle cycle timeline
Increasingly, cattle producers, consumers and policymakers are asking how high cattle prices will go,…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Beef
Carcass weights, quality grades and consumer demand
The cattle feeding industry has maximized the number of days on feed in order…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Markets
Futures rally on boxed beef rebound, tight trade
Cattle futures climbed to contract highs this past week as boxed beef prices turned…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
CA adopts long-term water strategy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 72 into law, enacting one of the…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Farmers say current conditions on US farms are weakening
Farmer sentiment held steady in September, as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Purdue University Extension
Environment
Groups weigh in on BLM’s sage grouse plan revisions
The Public Lands Council and several environmental organizations have submitted comments to the Bureau…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BLM to amend Rock Springs management plan
The Bureau of Land Management will revise its Rock Springs, WY, Resource Management Plan…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Ag groups await details of aid package
As farmers wait for an announcement of another aid package, critics of current tariff…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Jared’s Comments: Relationships drive the market more than we admit
Economists will tell you that markets are shaped by supply, demand and outside pressures,…
Oct 10, 2025 · By jared@wlj.net
News
Guest Opinion: Government shutdown puts US farms at risk
It’s time for both sides of the aisle to come together, find a solution…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Environment
California completes first solar-over-canal project
California’s first solar-over-canal project, built over Turlock Irrigation District canals, is now complete, according…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Beef’s future depends on demand
In the beef business, demand means everything, And I see why that’s true, firsthand,…
Oct 10, 2025 · By Wendy Bingham, Bingham Beef
Beef
Foster Farms recalls corn dogs for wood fragments
Foster Poultry Farms LLC is recalling about 3.8 million pounds of chicken corn dog…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Producer Owned Beef construction resumes
Construction once again resumed at the Producer Owned Beef plant site in Amarillo, TX,…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA accepts 1.78 million acres into CRP
The USDA announced acceptance of 1.78 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW weighs more Sherman Pack removals
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) staff are considering the incremental lethal removal…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Jack Daniel’s ends Cow Feeder Program
The Jack Daniel’s distillery in Moore County, TN, provided its corn byproduct to local…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Cargill schedules CO plant downtime
Cargill Protein confirmed with Meat+Poultry that it will pause operations for 10 days beginning…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM conducts burro gather in Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) began in early October an emergency wild burro…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Klamath Drainage District prepares for salmon
The Klamath Drainage District (KDD) board said it has been preparing for salmon making…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
News
DOL finalizes H-2A ag labor interim rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its new interim rule for H-2A guestworker Adverse…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Tyson, Cargill to settle for $88M in beef suit
Tyson and Cargill have agreed to pay $87.5 million in a consumer class action…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Ag groups call to end government shutdown
A coalition of agriculture groups penned a letter to Congress leaders, asking for a…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ