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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
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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
Health/Nutrition
Another NWS case found in northern Mexico
Mexico confirmed another case of New World screwworm (NWS) was found in a calf…
Oct 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 9
Feeder cattle futures remain on fire, fueling modest gains in live cattle as the…
Oct 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 2-8
Drier weather this week brought moderate drought to northeast Montana, while recent heavy precipitation…
Oct 9, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Feeder cattle were again the leaders as some contracts continue to reach new highs.
Oct 8, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Oct. 7
Cattle futures extended yesterday’s gains as news of another New World screwworm case in…
Oct 7, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Oct. 6
The market started out the week on an optimistic note, trading higher across the…
Oct 6, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 3
The cattle market moved into the weekend on a mostly steady note.
Oct 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
New carbon dioxide pipeline to begin NE operations
A Kansas pipeline company is about to activate its $1.5 billion pipeline to transport…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner
News
Bank of North Dakota developing loan program to aid farmers
The Bank of North Dakota is working on a new loan assistance program for…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor
Health/Nutrition
Benefits of early culling open breeding heifers
Early culling of open breeding heifers has several benefits to your cow-calf operation’s bottom…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Health/Nutrition
The power of breed diversity
If only breeding cattle were as simple as picking toppings at a burger bar—add…
Oct 3, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Triumph Foods sues California over Prop 12
California’s Proposition 12 unlawfully interferes with the federally regulated pork industry and unfairly discriminates…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Environment
Delegation wants NM exempt from proposed Roadless Rule rollback
All five members of New Mexico’s all-Democratic Congressional delegation signed on to a letter…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Leah Romero, Source New Mexico
Beef
Cargill report highlights customer steak expectations
Cargill released its first-ever “State of Steak—Foodservice Edition” report, offering insights into how consumer…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Court denies USDA motion to dismiss lawsuit over EID
A legal challenge to a USDA mandate requiring electronic identification tags for certain beef…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Beef
Omaha Steaks breaks ground on safety facility
Omaha Steaks held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 22 for its new 40,000-square-foot product…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Texas A&M joins New World screwworm fight
Texas A&M AgriLife and the Office of Radiological Security, part of the National Nuclear…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
News
Hillshire recalls corn dogs for wood fragments
The Hillshire Brands Company is recalling about 58 million pounds of corn dogs and…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Federal shutdown will delay expected payments to farmers
The federal shutdown will delay payments expected to farmers under several commodity, conservation and…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
SD program offers aspiring farmers a rare path into agriculture
Cody Kafka had dreamed of farming his own land since he began working on…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight
Livestock
Montana Stockgrowers launches 2025 Cattle Drive
The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation is accepting donations for its 2025 Cattle Drive, the state’s…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Markets
Market retreats amid speculation, supply uncertainty
Futures closed lowered over the week, presumably pressured by speculation about the conditional approval…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Second case of anthrax reported in ND
North Dakota’s state veterinarian confirmed the state’s second anthrax case of 2025 in a…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Hunters urge SCOTUS to reject corner-crossing appeal
Lawyers for four hunters are urging the Supreme Court of the U.S. to reject…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
USDA shifts health export rules to APHIS
Starting in early fiscal year 2026, animal health restrictions affecting U.S. exports of meat,…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
FDA approves doramectin for screwworm treatment
The Food and Drug Administration has conditionally approved the use of Dectomax-CA1 (a doramectin…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Livestock
IRS extends drought tax relief timeline
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance granting tax relief to farmers and ranchers…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Rollins shares plans to support farm economy
USDA recently announced plans to strengthen the farm economy and provide new support for…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Pete’s Comments: Market slowdown
The post-Labor Day market lull should be about over in the next few weeks.…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
Kay’s Korner: Producers reap huge rewards
Now the picture has flipped, with packers losing historic amounts of money and cattle…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
News
Guest Opinion: Tariffs and the storm gathering over farm country
Farmers are facing a tough fall, and, unfortunately, it could get tougher if we…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Community
The Viewpoint with Andrew Coppin
Growing up on one of the most remote stretches of Western Australia shaped Andrew…
Oct 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
USFWS proposes removing look-alike protections
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed in a Sept. 26 Federal Register…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Horned lark could receive stronger ESA protections
Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Bird Alliance of…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens seek protections for western spadefoot
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission on Sept.…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Trump administration expands coal industry
The Trump administration recently announced actions to expand the U.S. coal industry.
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Newsom signs bill to protect Klamath salmon
On Sept. 26, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law to…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
EU deforestation rule delayed another year
The European Union (EU) is again proposing to delay its anti-deforestation rule by one…
Oct 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 2
Cattle futures stumbled today as profit-taking and sharp drops in boxed beef prices sent…
Oct 2, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 25-Oct. 1
Recent precipitation improved conditions across the northern Colorado Front Range, southeast Wyoming, and parts…
Oct 2, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 1
Live and feeder cattle futures lost some of yesterday’s gains as traders were leery…
Oct 1, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 30
Cattle futures surged, with feeders the leaders and steadier gains in live cattle.
Sep 30, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 29
It was a lower day for the cattle market as prices were down on…
Sep 29, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 26
Live and feeder cattle futures fought to steady after midweek losses, with live cattle…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Judge temporarily halts irrigation near MT ranch over fish endangerment
A federal judge has directed the U.S. Department of the Interior and an irrigation…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan
Livestock
Feedlot production continues to decline
The Sept.1 feedlot total was 11.08 million head, down 1.1% year over year and…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
State coalition urges Supreme Court to take up property rights case
North Dakota and 11 other states are advocating for the U.S. Supreme Court to…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
Environment
Negotiations stall as Colorado River crisis looms again
Time is running out for the seven states in the Colorado River Basin, as…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Community
PLC honors awardees as annual meeting closes
During their 57th Annual Meeting, the Public Lands Council honored two individuals who have…
Sep 26, 2025 · By PLC
Beef
US beef, pork featured in Trinidad and Tobago
U.S. beef and pork took center stage during a recent trade promotional event in…
Sep 26, 2025 · By USMEF
Community
National Western Stock Show announces 2026 Citizen of the West
The National Western Stock Show (NWSS) proudly announces George Eidsness as the 2026 Citizen…
Sep 26, 2025 · By NWSS
Markets
Cattle markets volatile over shifting dynamics
The market opened the week on a higher note following a bullish Cattle on…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
New reports highlight animal activists’ tactics, trends
The Animal Agriculture Alliance released two updated reports exposing the tactics and vast funding…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Better beef for your budget
Taking a bite of tender, juicy beef is all part of the dining experience.
Sep 26, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Beef trade recalibrates as Brazil, US shape market
Global beef markets are tightening as Brazil’s record-setting exports collide with rising U.S. tariffs…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Screwworm cases move closer to US border
A new case of New World screwworm was detected south of the U.S./Mexico border…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Preventing anaplasmosis in cattle
With cattle at record values, it is more important than ever to eliminate risk…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
News
Logan’s Comments: Too early to tell
On the herd expansion front, there are two major factors that we don’t truly…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
Court: CA ag drains may operate without permit
In what has been described as a resounding legal victory for agriculture, a federal…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Ching Lee, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Beef
Indonesia restores US Halal beef certification
The Indonesian Halal Authority (BPJPH) has reaccredited the only U.S. halal certifier approved for…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
News
United We Stand with John Austel
We don’t all need to have a Ph.D. in math to figure out that…
Sep 26, 2025 · By John M. Austel, 4J Horse & Livestock Co.
Environment
USDA offers aid to Idaho producers
Fourteen contiguous Idaho counties are eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency emergency loans after…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Utah signs Strawberry Valley water agreement
In a landmark step for Utah County’s future, federal, state and local leaders signed…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Processing plant opens in Fort Worth Stockyards
Four generations of the Rosenthal family have guided Standard Meat Company through 90 years…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Colorado raises brand inspection fees
Starting Oct. 1, the Colorado State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners will increase brand…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
FSIS supports faster meat exports to Mexico
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) endorsed a new agreement to speed rail…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
AGA announces new indexes and EPDs
The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) announced three new economic indexes and four new EPDs…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Protections sought for CA songbirds
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission in mid-September…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens call for release of Mexican gray wolves
A coalition of 30 environmental groups called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Plan released for NM checkerspot butterfly
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft recovery plan for the endangered…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens file to open Columbia Basin suit
A coalition of environmental groups filed a motion in mid-September in a district court…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CO wild horse management bill in effect
Colorado House Bill 25-1283 went into effect in early August, which guides wild horse…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
News
USDA ends food insecurity survey
USDA announced it is terminating the Household Food Security Reports, also know as the…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
DOI funds $54M for waterfowl habitat
The Department of the Interior (DOI) allocated more than $54 million from the Migratory…
Sep 26, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: One Big Beautiful Bill transforms farm planning
One of the most impactful changes to farms is the return of bonus depreciation…
Sep 26, 2025 · By Rod Mauszycki, DTN tax columnist
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 25
Cattle contracts closed mostly lower under heavy pressure today from jittery traders.
Sep 25, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 18-24
It was a challenging period for drought monitoring, with a broad mix of improvement…
Sep 25, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 24
Cattle futures retreated today as live and feeder bulls faced corrective selling after Monday’s…
Sep 24, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 23
Cattle futures ended mixed today, with live cattle easing on corrective selling while feeder…
Sep 23, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 22
The markets sailed higher today following Friday’s bullish Cattle on Feed report, and the…
Sep 22, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 19
The cattle market headed higher into the weekend following the release of USDA’s latest…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
More than half of Northwest in severe, extreme drought
Nearly 80% of the Northwest is in a drought this summer, with more than…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
Livestock
New livestock disaster aid released
Livestock producers who suffered feed losses from floods or wildfires in 2023 or 2024…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Health/Nutrition
Some forage farmers exempt from CA ag order program
In a major regulatory shift years in the making, the Central Valley Regional Water…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Christine Souza, Ag Alert senior editor, California Farm Bureau
News
Farmer leaders rebuke USDA over FSA county staffing levels
The organization county committees nationally is pushing back on claims by top USDA officials…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Health/Nutrition
Management strategies for calves
Producers are encouraged to focus on proactive management strategies to support calf health and…
Sep 19, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Discussions increasing around another economic aid package
Talk about an economic aid package for farmers is accelerating quickly by key members…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Beef
High beef prices continue into fall
Across 40 wholesale cuts reported by USDA, 20 products are up more than 20%…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Health/Nutrition
Making informed decisions based on pregnancy status
If summer-bred cows have not already been evaluated for pregnancy, now may be a…
Sep 19, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Taking the reins on responsible horse breeding
For many horse owners, breeding is an opportunity to shape the next generation—whether by…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Environment
BLM announces 2025 award winners
At the Public Lands Council (PLC) Annual Meeting recently, the Bureau of Land Management…
Sep 19, 2025 · By PLC
Health/Nutrition
Comparing the cost of buying bred heifers to the cost of developing them
As we roll through fall, spring-born calves will be weaned and many of those…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Dr. Kenny Burdine, University of Kentucky Extension livestock marketing professor
Health/Nutrition
Fatigue, unusual behavior may signal anemia in adult cows
When cattle start showing signs of fatigue, unusual behavior or pale coloring, it can…
Sep 19, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Comments sought, hearing set for USMCA review
The Trump administration is opening up a public review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement before…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Health/Nutrition
Estimating winter hay needs
There are some basic rules of thumb to follow when determining the hay supplies…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Environment
Summit announces carbon pipeline plan
Summit Carbon Solutions said it is ready to put its money where its mouth…
Sep 19, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor