Environment
CA Fish and Game ditches proposal to limit coyote take
California farmers and ranchers declared victory after the California Fish and Game Commission decided…
May 23, 2025 · By Ching Lee, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
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Environment
Rollins, Burgum sign wildfire joint memo
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum signed a joint…
May 23, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CDFW releases new wolf tracking system
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released a new mapping tool designed…
May 23, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
DOI to rescind BLM solar development rule
The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a proposal to rescind the Bureau of…
May 23, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Draft CO ballot measure proposes contingency plan for wildlife oversight
A draft Colorado ballot proposal called the Colorado Wildlife & Biodiversity Protection Act, submitted…
May 23, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
DOI seeks input on regulatory burdens
The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a public comment period to support efforts…
May 23, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Shasta County declares wolf emergency
In mid-May, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors in California declared a local state…
May 23, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, May 22
Cattle futures appear far from finished in their record-setting run, with strong fed cash…
May 22, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 15-21
Cooler temperatures dominated the West this week, with departures ranging between 1-10 F below…
May 22, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, May 21
It was a quiet trading day as cattle futures closed mixed while anticipating movement…
May 21, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, May 20
Despite higher boxed beef prices, cattle futures closed on both sides of steady.
May 20, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, May 19
The cattle market opened the week on a green note.
May 19, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, May 16
Cattle futures regained their earlier losses and closed higher into the weekend.
May 16, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Beef export value highest in nine months
Exports of U.S. beef, pork and lamb trended higher year-over-year in March, according to…
May 16, 2025 · By USMEF
Markets
Futures make sharp correction amid steady cash trade
It appears the anticipated adjustment in futures prices has arrived, bringing expected volatility as…
May 16, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
USCA brings producer voices on 2025 DC Fly-In
The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) brought cattle producers from across the country to…
May 16, 2025 · By USCA
Environment
Appeals court overturns sheep grazing in southwest Colorado
A federal appeals court has sided with environmental groups in a long-running dispute over…
May 16, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BLM withdraws grazing priority memo
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has withdrawn a permanent instructional memorandum that would…
May 16, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Hormone-treated beef likely remains a complication in UK deal
Hormone-treated beef will remain a sticking point as the United Kingdom (UK) and U.S.…
May 16, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Idaho ranchers sue Simplot for pipeline spill
An Idaho ranching family is seeking approximately $280 million in damages from J.R. Simplot…
May 16, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Camera technology helps packing plants grade beef
New technology could help beef packers achieve more consistent quality grading and deal with…
May 16, 2025 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
News
Jared’s Comments: NIL and livestock lessons
What I'm seeing in the NIL era isn’t just a shift in policy, it’s…
May 16, 2025 · By jared@wlj.net
Health/Nutrition
Vaccine product handling and administration
“Some animal products will cause human health problems if they are absorbed through the…
May 16, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Dittmer’s Take: May flood
The industry’s biggest short-term problems are renewal of packing plant registrations to export beef…
May 16, 2025 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
News
Guest Opinion: Fake meat and the free market
We don’t want the federal government to tell us what we can buy, eat…
May 16, 2025 · By NCBA
Health/Nutrition
Feeder imports from Mexico down 60% as border closes again
Continued detection of New World screwworm in southern Mexico, farther north than initially, has…
May 16, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Seaweed cuts cow methane emissions, but is it cost-effective?
As they digest grass and hay, cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas. In the…
May 16, 2025 · By University of Florida
Health/Nutrition
Grassland quality can impact rebreeding success in beef cattle
Cattle producers often eagerly anticipate this time of year with pasture turnout and a…
May 16, 2025 · By NDSU Extension
Health/Nutrition
Foot rot in grazing cattle on wet pastures
The rainfall received across Oklahoma the last few weeks was very much needed in…
May 16, 2025 · By Marty New, Oklahoma State University Extension
News
Farm bill laid out for reconciliation
Farmers would see an expanded safety net under a package of provisions released late…
May 16, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Livestock
Cattle theft: Not just a thing of the Wild West
In 2025, cattle producers continue receiving record prices for their livestock at local sale…
May 16, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
USDA closes Mexico border to protect US cattle herd
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins closed the U.S. border to Mexican cattle, bison…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Beyond reports disappointing quarterly results
Beyond Meat’s financial performance continued to decline in the first quarter of fiscal 2025,…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
JBS reports record profit on pork, poultry sales
JBS S.A. reported a 50.5% increase in net profit for the first quarter in…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
US, Panama partner to combat screwworm
he USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s International Services program operates in Panama…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
General, continuous CRP enrollment open
The USDA has opened new enrollment opportunities for the Conservation Reserve Program, with the…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
DOI secures short-term agreements for CO River
The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation announced progress in protecting…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW tracking four possible wolf dens
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is monitoring up to four possible wolf dens, though…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CO’s range rider program is fully staffed
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, in partnership with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, has launched…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
News
USDA launches page to track disaster aid payments
USDA launched a web page to track the status of its disaster assistance payments.
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM approves protocol for grazing on NV lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Finding of No Significant Impact of…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
NCBA calls for tougher fake meat rules
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recently submitted comments to the Food and Drug…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Congress establishes Wild Horse Caucus
A group of lawmakers has announced the establishment of a Congressional Wild Horse Caucus,…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens appeal plan to clear sagebrush
Western Watersheds Project and the Center for Biological Diversity filed an appeal in early…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Lawmakers establish bipartisan Public Lands Caucus
Reps. Gabe Vasquez and Ryan Zinke announced the launch of the bipartisan Public Lands…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
News
MacGregor confirmed as DOI deputy secretary
On May 14, the Senate confirmed Katharine MacGregor as the Department of Interior deputy…
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
News
US, China agree to temporarily cut tariffs
The U.S. and China have agreed to reduce tariffs for 90 days.
May 16, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, May 15
Today continued yesterday’s losses, leaving traders wondering if cattle futures are toppy.
May 15, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 8-14
Much of the Southeast, from eastern Texas to North Carolina 2 to 10 inches…
May 15, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, May 14
Cattle futures reversed course after trading higher, taking back some of Monday’s gains.
May 14, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, May 13
After yesterday’s record-setting rally, cattle futures came to a halt, mainly closing on both…
May 13, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, May 12
Following USDA’s Sunday announcement that live cattle, horse and bison imports through the southern…
May 12, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Cattle Marketing
Ranchers explore opportunities in carbon markets
As cattle producers face growing pressure to balance profitability with sustainability, carbon markets are…
May 12, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Cattle Marketing
CattleProof Verified: Modern Verification for Today’s Rancher
In a field rooted in tradition, CattleProof Verified is helping ranchers move forward with…
May 12, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Cattle Marketing
Ensuring success for a producer’s calves after they leave the ranch
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the old adage…
May 12, 2025 · By Megan Silveira, WLJ correspondent
Cattle Marketing
The progression of value-based marketing
Over the past 30 years, the beef industry has made tremendous strides in value-based…
May 12, 2025 · By Bob Hough, WLJ correspondent
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, May 9
Nearby cattle contracts closed higher, while deferred contracts were lower to finish the week.
May 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Aggies, enviros divided on WOTUS rule in listening sessions
If the Trump administration was hoping to find common ground between agriculture, industry and…
May 9, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
News
Texas A&M opens animal biotechnology center
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University System opened the Animal Reproductive…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Tyson’s revenue flat, warehouses sold
Tyson Foods Inc. reported mixed second-quarter results as its beef segment continues to struggle…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
AR rancher offers a reward for calf killing
Stevie Kee, a rancher in Prairie County, AR, is offering a $5,000 reward for…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Grizzly bear relocated in WY
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
News
170 pregnant ewes die in WY barn fire
Wyoming sheep rancher Guy Edwards faced devastating loss early the morning of May 5…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
BOR announces Yakima Basin water forecast
The Bureau of Reclamation’s May 2025 forecast for the Yakima Basin shows water supplies…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Wolf kills calf in Deschutes County, OR
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed Deschutes County’s first wolf-related livestock kill…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
News
USDA approves insurance plan revisions
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved revisions to the Livestock Risk…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CA commission to discuss coyote take
On May 15, the Wildlife Resources Committee of the California Fish and Game Commission…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
News
USDA launches portal for lawfare complaints
USDA announced the launch of a new web portal for farmers and ranchers with…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
McDonald’s drops Cargill price-fixing suit
Cargill settled a lawsuit with McDonald’s alleging price-fixing claims against the beef supplier.
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
MT, IN join states banning lab meat
Montana and Indiana have become the fourth and fifth states to ban lab-grown meat…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Trade agreement secured with UK
The Trump administration announced a trade agreement-in-principle with the United Kingdom (UK), which includes…
May 9, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
TX hay, forage conditions improve with rainfall
Hay and forage conditions improved across the state with recent rainfall, setting the stage…
May 8, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Markets
Futures climb higher on stronger cash trade
Futures surged higher over the week, encouraged by strong cash markets and renewed boxed…
May 8, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
CEQ to further modernize environmental reviews
The Trump administration is taking further steps to accelerate environmental reviews for infrastructure projects.
May 8, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Mexico set to become No. 1 export spot
Mexico is expected to become the top spot for U.S. agricultural exports, surpassing Canada…
May 8, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Judge blocks grazing in OR amid sage grouse suit
A federal judge has temporarily blocked livestock grazing across 22,000 acres of public land…
May 8, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
Supplementing DDGS cubes and tubs to grazing stocker calves
Growing calves grazing rangeland pasture during the summer often lack sufficient nutrition to achieve…
May 8, 2025 · By Paul Vining and Paul Beck, OSU Cooperative Extension Service
News
Logan’s Comments: Bless the broken
Behind the scenes of each horse running in the Kentucky Derby is a group…
May 8, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Livestock
Heifer retention prospects improve
Much of the southern Plains received significant precipitation in April, providing a much-improved pasture,…
May 8, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Community
The Viewpoint with Juan Reyes
Juan Reyes was just 11 years old when his life was forever altered. Born…
May 8, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, May 8
It was a trifecta of green today: cattle futures, cash trade and Choice boxed…
May 8, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Guest Opinion: Common Ground Summit seeks to unite livestock industry
In my opinion, the Common Ground Summit was nothing short of historic for the…
May 8, 2025 · By Joe Goggins
News
Guest Opinion: The most important battle in the trade war
The battle in the trade war that matters most is the one between the…
May 8, 2025 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
News
Guest Opinion: We’re in the transition phase
Saying we’re facing uncertainty in rural America is an understatement. We’re in the midst…
May 8, 2025 · By Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA
Health/Nutrition
Late calvers and the upcoming breeding season
Producers can take several steps to encourage cows to return to estrus faster after…
May 8, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Lab-grown meat company can challenge FL ban
A California cultivated chicken meat company will be allowed to continue its legal challenge…
May 8, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Health/Nutrition
Assessing herd performance
When an athlete is aiming to improve their performance, they begin with a starting…
May 8, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
Helping first responders train for crashes involving livestock
The first time Brandon Wingert responded to a vehicle accident involving livestock was in…
May 8, 2025 · By SDSU Extension
News
Bankruptcies show stress in farm economy
After a four-year downward trend, U.S. farm bankruptcies are on the rise again, and…
May 8, 2025 · By Ching Lee, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Health/Nutrition
Clearing up confusion on CAFOs
Since their implementation many decades ago, concentrated animal feeding operations have continued to sustain…
May 8, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 1-7
Drought expanded and intensified across portions of the Central to Northern Great Plains. For…
May 8, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, May 7
Cattle futures pulled back after hitting record highs Tuesday, a move analysts say reflects…
May 7, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, May 6
Cattle futures closed mixed as traders await direction from the cash market.
May 6, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, May 5
It was a green start to the week in the cattle market.
May 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, May 2
“It was especially a big-hitting week for the cattle complex as traders pushed the…
May 2, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Estrous synch with natural service offers benefits
Cattle producers often associate estrous synchronization with AI. Many do not associate the practices…
May 2, 2025 · By NDSU Extension
Livestock
How to reduce expenses on a cow-calf operation
Like their fellow business owners, many cattle ranchers are seeing an increase in their…
May 2, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Tying the farm bill to the budget reconciliation bill
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee is planning to update the farm safety…
May 2, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Livestock
Regional feeder cattle prices across the country
According to the Cattle report for Jan. 1, the five largest beef cow states…
May 2, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist