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News
Court denies Deere on right-to-repair suit dismissal
The Federal Trade Commission’s right-to-repair antitrust lawsuit against John Deere will continue after a…
Jun 13, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Beef
Analyzing the cow-calf sector of beef production
Cattle production is the most important U.S. agricultural industry, consistently accounting for the largest…
Jun 13, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
News
Alfalfa weevil feeding on regrowth
Since the first cutting of alfalfa has been completed in much of the state,…
Jun 13, 2025 · By Samantha Daniel, Nebraska Extension educator
News
Eggs recalled for possible salmonella
August Egg Co. of Hilmar, CA, is recalling 1.7 million dozen brown cage-free and…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Meat plant opens in IA, closes in IL
JBS announced that it is investing $135 million in a new plant in Perry,…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Processing begins at Sustainable Beef plant
Nebraska’s newest meat processing facility, Sustainable Beef LLC in North Platte, began processing cattle…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
FMD outbreak reported in South Africa
Farmers and agriculture groups are deeply concerned about the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Cargill investing $90M in CO plant
Cargill is investing nearly $90 million in automation and new technologies at its Fort…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Angus releases three maternal EPDs
In May, the American Angus Association introduced three new maternal EPDs to enhance female…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Bill could save farms from ‘death tax’
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers Are Generationally Enduring…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
News
USDA, EPA officials confirmed
In early June, Stephen Vaden was confirmed as deputy secretary of the USDA and…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CO fencing bill mandates local review
In late May, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed House Bill 25-1023 into law,…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CDFW launches wolf conflict pilot program
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife launched a summer strike team on June…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USFWS seeks ESA conservation input
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on its Endangered Species…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Bill would use grazing to reduce wildfires
The Strategic Grazing to Reduce the Risk of Wildfire Act, introduced by Sens. Catherine…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
England to mandate cattle EID
England is mandating the use of electronic identification over the next two years in…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
MO investigates false screwworm claims
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Rural Crimes Investigative Unit and the Livestock and Farm…
Jun 13, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, June 12
Cattle futures traded on both sides of steady in a calm session following recent…
Jun 12, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: June 5-11
The West saw a mix of drought relief and worsening conditions this past week,…
Jun 12, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, June 11
Cattle futures opened quietly today and traded on both sides of steady, following yesterday’s…
Jun 11, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, June 10
Cattle futures traded choppily on Tuesday as traders remained in a cautious wait-and-see mode, awaiting…
Jun 10, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, June 9
Cattle futures closed modestly higher Monday, extending their record-breaking streak as the livestock complex…
Jun 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, June 6
Cattle futures bulls remain firmly in control, with no strong signs of a market…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Court rules in favor of USDA swampbuster rule
A U.S. District Judge in Iowa has upheld the 40-year-old conservation compliance provision known…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Bayer loses Missouri Roundup appeal
A state appeals court in Missouri on May 27 affirmed a trial court’s $661…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Environment
Ag urges Congress to reaffirm EPA pesticide labeling authority
Agricultural groups are asking Congress to reaffirm federal authority over pesticide labeling requirements by…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Beef
Launching meat cutting programs in the Pacific Northwest
Like many agricultural sectors, the meat processing industry in Oregon has struggled to recruit…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Oregon State University Extension
Livestock
USDA releases $1B in emergency livestock relief
USDA announced $1 billion in disaster aid to livestock producers under the Emergency Livestock…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Health/Nutrition
Solutions for managing heat-stressed cattle
Cattle incapable of relieving themselves of high temperatures experience heat stress.
Jun 6, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Nonfamily farms are more likely to be midsize or large-scale
Nonfamily farm operations represent a small share of all U.S. farms, yet they contribute…
Jun 6, 2025 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Health/Nutrition
Cattle stress relief product could increase AI rates
A new product that reduces animal stress could be the key to increasing AI…
Jun 6, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Cattle futures break out on strong cash market strength
Live cattle futures broke out of a sideways pattern to hit new contract highs,…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Declining beef production pushes prices higher
Strong seasonal demand and recent decreases in beef production have pushed beef prices sharply…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Report: Over-pumping may limit CA water supply
A newly released technical report by the California Department of Water Resources determined that…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Supreme Court limits scope of NEPA reviews
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 29 unanimously curtailed the reach of the National…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BLM to remove all wild horses in southwestern WY
The Bureau of Land Management finalized a plan to remove all wild horses from…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Logan’s Comments: Accident or Agriterrorism?
Last week, a flood of headlines surrounding the 2024 agriterrorism arrest of two Chinese…
Jun 6, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
BOR announced water increase for CA’s CVP
The Bureau of Reclamation has increased water supply allocations for Central Valley Project contractors…
Jun 6, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Brazil declared FMD free without vaccination
Brazil has been officially recognized as free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination by the…
Jun 6, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW declines lethal removal of wolves
On May 30, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director Kelly Susewind opted…
Jun 6, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
U.S. may resume cattle imports at year-end
The United States is expected to resume cattle imports from Mexico by the end…
Jun 6, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Three new wolf packs confirmed in CA
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the confirmation of three new wolf…
Jun 6, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW removed wolf in daylight attacks
On May 29, Colorado Parks and Wildlife lethally removed gray wolf 2405 of the…
Jun 6, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, June 5
The biggest news Thursday morning for the livestock complex is the advancement in the…
Jun 5, 2025 · By ShayLe Stewart, DTN livestock analyst
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 29-June 4
Drought coverage and intensity continued its overall decreasing trend this spring across the Great…
Jun 5, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, June 4
Cattle futures edged higher amid choppy trading, as technical support and deep cash market…
Jun 4, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, June 3
Cattle futures traded to their highest since mid-May in the midday and then reversed…
Jun 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, June 2
Monday’s cattle markets opened the week on a stronger note, with futures climbing and…
Jun 2, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, May 30
“The livestock complex is trading mixed as trades are unsettled on how they should…
May 30, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Holiday week slows slaughter, boxed beefs stay higher
A holiday-shortened slaughter schedule and light trade volumes closed out the last week of…
May 30, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
MAHA report singles out processed food, ag chemicals
A sweeping new federal report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission targets ultra-processed…
May 30, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
JBS set to go public; settlement claims open
As JBS secures shareholder approval to dual list on the New York and Brazilian…
May 30, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Corner-crossing case one step closer to SCOTUS review
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has granted a request by Elk Mountain Ranch owner…
May 30, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
WOAH calls for science-based animal health surveillance
The World Organization of Animal Health released its first State of the World’s Animal…
May 30, 2025 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
News
Pete’s Comments: What a market
Cattle markets delivered during the spring grilling season; we should have a couple weeks…
May 30, 2025 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
USMEF focuses on solutions in a challenging trade environment
The U.S. Meat Export Federation concluded its Spring Conference in Fort Worth, TX, on…
May 30, 2025 · By USMEF
News
Kay’s Korner: Demand is top story
Strong beef demand at home and abroad is without doubt the top story of…
May 30, 2025 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
News
Guest Opinion: Healthy farms are grounded in sound science
When the Make America Healthy Again Commission released its report, it raised concerns across…
May 30, 2025 · By Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation president
Health/Nutrition
Upside of a short calving season
There are several benefits to a short calving season including simplifying cow management, gaining…
May 30, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
News
Economists project ‘sizeable increase’ in 2025 KS farm income
A Kansas State University agricultural economist predicts “a sizeable increase” in Kansas farm income…
May 30, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Court orders John Deere exec to testify
John Deere’s Chief Financial Officer Joshua Jepsen will have to testify in an ongoing…
May 30, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Health/Nutrition
Ways to manage cattle on grazing pastures in the summer
Most people would agree there is nothing better than eating produce picked fresh from…
May 30, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Livestock
Feedlot inventory inches lower
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report pegs feedlot inventories on May 1 at…
May 30, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Beef
UK grocers will continue sourcing local beef
United Kingdom grocer Waitrose has confirmed it will not purchase American beef or chicken,…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Relocated wolf dies in northwest CO
On May 15, Colorado Parks and Wildlife received a mortality alert for female gray…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
CDA proposes brand fee, assessment increase
To address a growing budget shortfall, the Colorado Department of Agriculture and the State…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
USDA boosts funding for state meat inspections
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a $14.5 million increase in reimbursements to…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW to evaluate wolf depredations
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind accepted staff recommendations on May…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Interior expedites energy projects permitting
In a landmark decision to accelerate domestic critical mineral production, the Department of the…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
CO ranchers angry over daylight wolf attacks
Over Memorial Day weekend, a series of wolf attacks occurred in daylight in Colorado,…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
NV fish proposed for ESA listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the listing of the Nevada Fish…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
News
ASPCA exec claims firing from whistleblowing
Former Chief Financial Officer Gordon Lavalette is suing the American Society for the Prevention…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USFWS reopens frog comment period
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reopened its public comment period on the proposed…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Polis signs bison protection bill
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed Senate Bill 25-053, Protect Wild Bison, into law…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Court OKs USFS fire retardant use
U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen ruled against the Forest Service Employees for Environmental…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
News
CME to expand cattle futures price limits
In a May 22 notice, the CME Group announced it was resetting price limits…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Nebraska bans lab-grown meat
Nebraska became the sixth state to pass legislation banning lab-grown meat in the state.
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Reports of screwworm in MO are false
The Missouri Department of Agriculture dismissed reports of New World screwworm in the state…
May 30, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, May 29
Cattle futures market bulls are showing renewed resilience, with both live and feeder cattle…
May 29, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 22-28
Widespread precipitation of 2 inches or more improved conditions in the Central and Southern…
May 29, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, May 28
Cattle futures continued their downward trend, but are staying within the 10- and 20-day…
May 28, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, May 27
Despite a neutral Cattle on Feed report, cattle futures closed lower but off the…
May 27, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, May 23
The cattle market traded mostly higher into the holiday weekend, spurred by a bullish…
May 23, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Memorial Day kicks off summer beef demand
With Memorial Day just days away, beef demand was heating up over the week.
May 23, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Newsom seeks to fast-track Delta tunnel project
As part of his revised May budget proposal, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling…
May 23, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
ESA guidance updated for Klamath Project
In mid-May, the Department of the Interior updated its guidance for the application of…
May 23, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Interior moves to roll back prairie chicken protections
The Trump administration is seeking to undo Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser…
May 23, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Logan’s Comments: Groundbreaking or common sense?
Last week during a tour through Nebraska, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signed into effect…
May 23, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Community
United We Stand with Todd Eberle
From rising input costs to labor shortages, producers are navigating a tough landscape. But…
May 23, 2025 · By Todd Eberle
Environment
Resource Science: A new North American Model of Wildlife Management
The Endangered Species Act is the best-known wildlife law because it allows government regulation…
May 23, 2025 · By Dr. Matthew Cronin, WLJ columnist
Community
The Viewpoint with Kelsey Vejraska
With a keen eye for visual storytelling and a strong foundation in production agriculture,…
May 23, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Vegetation’s surprising role in water storage, drought resilience
A newly published study has revealed that ecosystems can store far more water than…
May 23, 2025 · By U of I Extension
News
Tractor safety structures improve safety for farmers
Ten years ago, Andrew Koukol nearly became a statistic. Instead, the father of two…
May 23, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Ag secretary details USDA changes
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins visited Nebraska on May 19, where she laid out the…
May 23, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Slowing down pivots can improve water efficiency, yields
With irrigation systems running across Kansas fields, a simple adjustment could make a big…
May 23, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Prices up for most meat options as grilling season nears
Consumers are likely to see higher prices for beef and chicken at grocery stores…
May 23, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Farmers liquidate assets as banks retreat
Water credits, farm equipment, a piece of the farm itself. These are some of…
May 23, 2025 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Health/Nutrition
Metrics that indicate success in a cow-calf operation
Managing sickness from a cold to a serious illness is something people deal with…
May 23, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension