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Environment
As of early April, when snowpack-monitoring stations in Montana are typically peaking, one-third of…

Beef
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of fed cattle in…

Environment
A decades-long environmental lawsuit over poultry litter pollution in eastern Oklahoma remains unresolved after…

Beef
More than 300 supporters gathered April 10 to help dedicate a new University of…

Health/Nutrition
Fresh spring growth is a welcome sight for producers looking for animal forage.

Beef
An environmental advocacy group filed a lawsuit in Weld County District Court alleging Colorado…

Beef
U.S. and Mexican authorities reported a new case of New World screwworm in a…

Beef
The latest USDA report “Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade” shows global beef…

News
Cargill and JBS are in the midst of a storm of issues, and ironically,…

News
Politicians, consumers and Wall Street denizens are all focused on the economy for many…

Health/Nutrition
The beef industry is currently experiencing a tug-of-war between biological efficiency and market signals…

Beef
Beef demand is strong, even as prices remain high and supplies are tight. And…

Daily Market Wrap Up
“Yesterday’s pull-back has developed into a full-scale technical correction in CME cattle futures today.”

News
Much of the country continued to experience above-normal temperatures in April.

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures paused midweek, as traders are looking for fundamental support.

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures rallied, pushing live and feeder contracts higher on stronger equities as prices…

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures traded mixed on the board, while some cash trade took place this…

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures traded higher into the weekend while cash trade volume remained light.

Health/Nutrition
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service updated its New World Screwworm Response Playbook, a guide…

News
USDA announced the launch of a guidance portal that contains guidance documents issued by…

Beef
Workers at a Greeley, CO, JBS beef plant returned to work on April 7…

News
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on the scoping notice for updated wild horse herd…

Environment
The Bureau of Land Management recently launched a new web-mased map tool intended to…

Beef
The Idaho Falls, ID, beef processing plant American Farmers Network, formerly known as Intermountain…

Beef
While beef exports trended lower, due in large part to continued lack of access…

Markets
While the cattle market built some strength over the week from stronger cash trade…

Environment
New Mexico forestry officials announced sweeping statewide fire restrictions to prevent wildfires during the…

Environment
In early April, Western Watersheds Project filed a lawsuit against the USDA and U.S.…

Environment
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on how gray wolf…

Beef
Prior to the border closing in November 2024, U.S. imports of Mexican cattle had…

News
The White House’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget outlines a broad restructuring of federal…

News
Spend just a few hours around those students in blue corduroy jackets and you’ll…

News
Agricultural credits have become a hot topic, so I thought we would dive into…

News
The U.S. beef complex relies on the grilling season as May and June are…

Environment
Groundwater levels throughout Nebraska continued to decline in 2025 following several years of persistent…

News
John Deere announced a $99 million settlement agreement to resolve numerous farmer-initiated lawsuits filed in 2022…

Health/Nutrition
For ranchers balancing forage production, herd performance and rising input costs, the challenge is…

News
A federal lawsuit accuses the leaders of the Washington State Department of Fish and…

Beef
The percentages of USDA Select and Prime grade beef carcasses continue to shift in…

Daily Market Wrap Up
Despite trading mixed throughout the day, cattle futures rallied before the close.

News
This U.S. Drought Monitor week saw degradations across the areas of the West, Southeast,…

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures closed higher after mixed trade, building on a strong rally supported by equities.

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures closed mostly lower on caution tied to Strait of Hormuz uncertainty and…

Daily Market Wrap Up
There was optimism in the cattle markets coming back from the Easter holiday.

Daily Market Wrap Up
The CME futures markets were closed today in observance of Good Friday.

Markets
Cattle futures posted strong gains over the week before heading into the Easter holiday…

News
A Texas Hill Country easement dispute reached a Texas appellate court, where judges upheld…

Environment
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…

News
Law firm DiCello Levitt filed an antitrust class action lawsuit against the country’s largest fertilizer producers,…

Beef
As the White House celebrated National Agriculture Day last month, the Department of Interior…

Beef
Saudi Arabia notified the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service earlier in March that the Saudi Food & Drug…

Community
For National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Gene Copenhaver, the cattle industry is more than…

Health/Nutrition
On March 18, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced the launch of the Agricultural Defense Program.

News
In what is shaping up to be one of the most interesting springs in…

News
The American Sheep Industry Association announced the appointment of Mike Michener as its new executive…

News
Montana agriculture depends on a reliable workforce to remain productive, competitive and sustainable. Yet,…

News
It’s still possible the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates again this year—but don’t…

Environment
The Western advocacy group Western Justice announced the expansion of its multi-state Wildlife Oversight & Land Use…

News
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) on March 24 introduced legislation to research the…

News
USDA announced March 31 that it would be relocating the U.S. Forest Service headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Salt…

Beef
As people’s use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications continues to rise, Kansas State University experts say the…

Environment
With the beginning of spring, Kansas State University Extension small ruminant specialist Kelsey Bentley warns…

Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes on March 27, setting biofuel volumes higher…

News
Leaders who associate themselves with the Make America Healthy Again movement want USDA to…

Health/Nutrition
The segmented nature of the beef industry naturally leads to production and economic inefficiencies.

Environment
Farmers frustrated with diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) shutdowns may see fewer breakdowns under new Environmental…

Environment
The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Bird Alliance announced in late March that they intended to sue the Bureau…

Health/Nutrition
It is time for bull turnout for herds that calve in January.

Beef
Total beef imports have increased sharply due to declining U.S. beef production and high prices as…

Beef
For more than two decades, following the first detected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in…

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures closed with continued buyer support, with traders remaining optimistic but less aggressive heading into…

News
This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor showed widespread deterioration across the West, Plains and South,…

Daily Market Wrap Up
It’s no April Fools’ joke—cattle futures have now strung together four consecutive days of higher…

Daily Market Wrap Up
Cattle futures surged triple digits, extending yesterday’s rally.

Daily Market Wrap Up
The market opened up the week on a higher note, encouraged by support on both the…

Daily Market Wrap Up
“The livestock complex is trading higher into Friday's noon hour as the market finally…

Markets
Boxed beef prices dropped sharply over the week, just two weeks away from Easter.

Beef
On National Agriculture Day, USDA announced it was promoting a public awareness campaign about…

News
Even as the sector accounts for roughly 20% of all economic activity, the share…

Environment
The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife recently discussed…

News
USDA is delaying implementation of the Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems…

Community
Nebraska Athletics announced in mid-March that it planned to donate all ticket proceeds from University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Spring Football Game to…

News
A coalition of Colorado’s wildlife conservation, hunting, agricultural and county organizations is uniting to…

Beef
Settlements have been reached in a lawsuit that claims some beef and pork companies…

Health/Nutrition
Rural communities across the U.S. face a growing shortage of veterinary professionals, creating challenges…

News
The Bureau of Land Management is delaying the gather of more than 3,000 feral…

Beef
A federal appeals court ruled on March 23 that Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat…

Health/Nutrition
Selection and mating decisions in cow-calf herds need to be made with a clear objective in mind.

News
This label puts me more on the fence than before when it comes to…

Health/Nutrition
While Nebraska state lawmakers are trying to balance the budget, Niobrara State Sen. Barry…

News
It is not uncommon for a transporter to drive hundreds or even thousands of…

Beef
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) efforts to increase consumer awareness and grow U.S. beef…

News
Even the best preparation can’t always help when dealing with bad weather or other…

News
Agriculture has an enormous impact on Idaho’s economy, responsible for a record $44.5 billion in annual…

Community
Shelby Shaw’s connection to the NILE began long before her current role as the…

Beef
Observations on the increase in cow mature body weight and in relation to increasing…

Environment
As winter slowly turns to spring, many ranchers are looking ahead to the grazing…

Beef
The U.S. Meat Export Federation hosted two U.S. beef tastings at the well-regarded Nguni…

Health/Nutrition
Cattle producers will have an opportunity to see how Angus‐sired cattle from their operation…