Environment
Settlement reached to end ranching in Point Reyes
A dozen livestock producers in California’s Point Reyes National Seashore have agreed to a…
Jan 17, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
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Environment
Bay longfin smelt habitat proposed
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat for the…
Jan 17, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Second port strike averted as deal reached
A tentative deal between dock workers and their employers was reached on Jan. 8,…
Jan 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Germany reports first FMD outbreak in decades
In mid-January, Germany reported its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in close to 40…
Jan 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM finalizes Rock Springs management plan
The Bureau of Land Management finalized the resource management plan for the Rock Springs…
Jan 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Mexican live cattle trade still halted
Imports of Mexican live cattle are not yet set to resume, according to Animal…
Jan 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
USDA finalizes P&S rule, withdraws another
The USDA finalized a third rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act but announced…
Jan 17, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Jan. 16
The cattle complex closed lower, meeting some resistance and profit-taking from speculators.
Jan 16, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Jan. 9-15
More than 1 to 1.5 inches of precipitation supported improvements for portions of eastern…
Jan 16, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Jan. 15
The cattle complex closed higher as traders are cautiously optimistic cash trade will be…
Jan 15, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Jan. 14
It was a volatile trading day for live cattle futures.
Jan 14, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Jan. 13
The cattle markets closed mostly lower today, with traders holding out to see how…
Jan 13, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Jan. 10
The cattle market wrapped up the week on a high note. Futures were boosted…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Feeding cracked versus whole corn
Beef producers make decisions about what to feed their animals daily and the answer…
Jan 10, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
House ag leaders vow to pass farm bill in new Congress
Reporting from Harrisburg, PA, Kim de Bourbon, editor for the Hagstrom Report, detailed a…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Report highlights need for groundwater protection
A new report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology warns…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
States struggle to curb food waste despite policies
Since 2016, per capita food waste has increased instead of decreasing.
Jan 10, 2025 · By UC Davis
Beef
Red meat featured at consumer testing event in Korea
Inspired by the standardized tests used in the college admissions process in the U.S.,…
Jan 10, 2025 · By USMEF
Health/Nutrition
Grazing cornstalks during late gestation
Cornstalk residue is a good source of nutrition for the beef cow.
Jan 10, 2025 · By Randy Saner, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educator
Beef
Soon-to-open processing plant set to boost NE cattle industry
The plant is expected to have a $1.5 billion impact on North Platte. Current…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
News
USMEF explores market potential in Morocco
Risk mitigation and an underdeveloped supply chain are among the market development challenges in…
Jan 10, 2025 · By USMEF
News
Precision ag use increases with farm size
Over the past 20 years, U.S. farms have substantially increased their adoption of precision…
Jan 10, 2025 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Environment
NV butterfly proposed for ESA protections
A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of northern Nevada will…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Jeniffer Solis
Health/Nutrition
Mineral pre-made mixes versus single ingredients
Supplementation method is important to examine, as mineral supplementation is another cost in maintaining…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Madison Kovarna, South Dakota State University Extension beef nutrition field specialist
News
More than one-quarter of US food dollar paid to retail
In 2023, 26.1 cents of a typical dollar spent on domestically produced food went…
Jan 10, 2025 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Livestock
Cattle markets 2025: To retain or not to retain
Cow-calf returns vary significantly across producers, but there are strong market signals for cow-calf…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Protection for Owyhee Canyonlands dies in Congress
A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
News
Majority of US counties generate agritourism income
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) defines agritourism as on-farm services for recreation (such as…
Jan 10, 2025 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Beef
Robust red meat exports reported in November
November exports of U.S. red meat posted year-over-year gains across all categories.
Jan 10, 2025 · By USMEF
News
New year marks start of new CA laws, regulations
The start of another year has brought with it new laws and regulations that…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Health/Nutrition
Adapting to nutritional needs for older cows
Here are management tips for caring for older cows and factors that should be…
Jan 10, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
NV Energy seeks to hike rates to fund self-insurance policies
NV Energy is asking the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Nevada to allow it…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current
Livestock
A New Year’s resolution for bull buyers: Know your herd
Spring bull buying season is here. The question that all potential bull (and semen)…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor and beef genetics Extension specialist
Environment
Feds investigate ‘illegal killing’ of reintroduced CO wolf
Federal wildlife officials announced they are seeking information related to what they called the…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline
Environment
Managing cattle through winter weather
Up until now we have had some fairly temperate weather this winter.
Jan 10, 2025 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Livestock
Updated BQA manual released
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a Beef Checkoff contractor, released an updated Beef Quality…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
WY Colorado River water rights in jeopardy, official warns
Wyoming’s water chief wants emergency funds for hydrologists to measure flows in the state’s…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile
Health/Nutrition
The benefits of winter forage snow cover
The most significant roles snow cover has in protecting winter forages are to provide…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Samantha Daniel, Nebraska Extension educator
Livestock
Livestock disaster aid deadline is Jan. 30
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers, including those impacted by H5N1, that the…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Wildfire takes toll on mental, physical health of food producers
The people who produce our food need support—especially in the areas of mental and…
Jan 10, 2025 · By UC Davis
News
Funding for nonlethal measures in CO
USDA’s Colorado Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Western Landowners Alliance are offering $2.5…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
First H5N1-related human death reported
The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first U.S. human death related to highly…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Possible link found between depression, fake meat
A recent study published in Food Frontiers explored the health effects of plant-based meat…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Two arrested in CO cattle shooting
Two men were arrested for allegedly shooting cattle on Dec. 29, 2024, near 25…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM approves Cascade-Siskiyou plan
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved its resource management plan and record of…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Enviros sue UT over public lands case
In a lawsuit filed in mid-December, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) said Utah’s…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Comments sought on Snake River water study
The Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington State Department of Ecology are seeking comment…
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Biden designates two CA national monuments
President Joe Biden established two new national monuments in California, totaling nearly 850,000 acres.
Jan 10, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Farmer sentiment drifts lower, producers remain optimistic
Farmer sentiment drifted lower in December as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer…
Jan 10, 2025 · By Purdue University Extension
Health/Nutrition
Selecting alfalfa varieties this winter
Are you considering establishing a new alfalfa stand this coming spring?
Jan 10, 2025 · By Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension educator
News
Smithfield Foods files for public offering of stock
Smithfield Foods on Jan. 6 filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission to…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
USFS withdraws old-growth forests plan
U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore on Jan. 7 issued a memo detailing his…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Belize animal imports restricted due to screwworm
On Jan. 3, the USDA restricted imports of animals originating from or passing through…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Logan’s Comments: Let the dust settle
The new year has started out with a strong rally amid tighter supplies and…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
News
Guest Opinion: Dollars don’t kill screwworms
The federal government has a bad habit of spending money on problems before even…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Sid Miller, Texas Agriculture commissioner
Markets
Cattle market gains ground amid higher trade
Futures contracts posted strong gains, supported by rising boxed beef prices and expectations of…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Biden signs law to protect Klamath Basin irrigators
President Joe Biden signed into a law on Jan. 4 a bill that will…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Groups threaten suit over ESA blanket rule
A pair of conservation groups has issued a formal notice of intent to sue…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
USFWS to keep ESA protections for grizzly bears
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled a plan to advance grizzly bear recovery…
Jan 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Jan. 9
Traders put it into high gear and propelled cattle futures $3+ higher.
Jan 9, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Jan. 2-8
On Jan. 4 and 5, a low-pressure system developed across the Central Great Plains…
Jan 9, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Jan. 8
Traders threw cattle futures into reverse while they awaited direction in cash trade.
Jan 8, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Jan. 7
The cattle complex continued climbing, with feeder cattle futures over $2 higher.
Jan 7, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Jan. 6
Bolstered by higher cash trade to end last week, the market sailed into Monday…
Jan 6, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Jan. 3
The day began with promise in the market, and while futures ultimately faded into…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Using butchery to bridge the gap between producers and consumers
Launched in December 2022, Butcher Solutions is a traveling butcher school that’s creating a…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Megan Silveira, WLJ correspondent
Community
Amplifying the West
Kyle Shobe has made a career using his voice. In short, he talks to…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Emily Pendergrass, WLJ correspondent
Community
A Legacy of Excellence
If leaving a positive influence on others is the true measure of a legacy,…
Jan 3, 2025 · By B. Lynn Gordon, WLJ correspondent
Community
Shaping the future of livestock judging
Clay Carlson’s journey to becoming a respected figure in the agricultural and academic communities…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Breaking Barriers
Kassandra Shoemaker grew up like many ranch kids, chasing cattle and living the dream…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Tressa Lawrence, WLJ correspondent
Livestock
Rebuilding the beef cow herd
With a tight supply, the market for commercial cow-calf producers’ cattle can be summed…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Dr. Bob Hough, WLJ correspondent
Health/Nutrition
Developing a model to predict invasive weed hot spots
As many Wyoming residents know firsthand, the introduction of invasive weed species like cheatgrass,…
Jan 3, 2025 · By University of Wyoming Extension
Livestock
Cattle and beef markets: 2024 in review
Looking back, 2024 was mostly a continuation of the story that has been developing…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Beef
Training aims to grow US red meat in Indonesia
A new promotional program is expanding in Indonesia that helps importer partners grow their…
Jan 3, 2025 · By USMEF
News
Early winter snowpack promising in NV
As Nevada heads into the winter months, the state’s water reserves will largely depend…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Jeniffer Solis
News
Vilsack: Ag places too much emphasis on farm bill
Outgoing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said there is too much focus on the farm…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Health/Nutrition
Preventing strangles in horses through diagnostic testing
With colder weather upon us and as more people travel with horses this time…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Environment
MT sues Yellowstone over bison management plan
Montana is suing Yellowstone National Park over a plan to increase the number of…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press
Markets
Cattle market starts new year on a high note
Cattle markets charged into the new year with bullish momentum, setting an optimistic tone…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
ID processor accused of not paying for cattle
A meat processor in eastern Idaho is alleged to have failed to pay clients…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
CTA rule again delayed by court
Just three days after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reinstated…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Grazing set to be expanded in central NM
The BLM issued a record of decision on the Rio Puerco Resource Management Plan…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Feds to revise EIS for Columbia River Basin dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation said they will…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun
News
CA water system deliveries finalized
California and federal water officials signed new rules for operating the state’s system of…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Pete’s Comments: 2025 starts with a big bang
Everyone is expecting another banner year for beef producers. Seems like a no-brainer, but…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
Kay’s Korner: Another good year ahead
U.S. cattle producers have enjoyed several profitable years in large part due to declining…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
Health/Nutrition
Calving problems: When to intervene
Calving season can be both exciting and challenging.
Jan 3, 2025 · By Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM, Nebraska Extension beef educator
Health/Nutrition
Testing begins on milk to eliminate H5N1 from dairy herd
Since the beginning of the H5N1 influenza outbreak in dairy cows in March, more…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
Health/Nutrition
Feeding alfalfa as a supplemental protein
Choosing the right protein may help bring the cost of feed down and more…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension educator
Environment
Protections proposed for NV’s Ruby Mountains
The Biden administration announced plans to protect Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, the ancestral homelands of…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
The Viewpoint with MSGA
The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation’s Cattle Drive Program is growing rapidly in scope and participation,…
Jan 3, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Beyond Meat CEO sells shares
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown sold 313,000 shares of the company’s stock on Dec.…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Explosion at Tyson plant leaves one dead
An explosion at a Tyson Foods plant in southwest Georgia on Dec. 26, 2024,…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA announces HPAI indemnity program
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced an interim final rule to…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Cat food recalled due to H5N1 concerns
An Oregon pet food company has voluntarily recalled its raw and frozen products after…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Wildfire disaster aid given to ND
President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in North Dakota due to wildfires that…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Cattle shot in western CO
Law enforcement agencies in Delta and Montrose counties in western Colorado are investigating the…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA launches swine health program
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to establish a voluntary livestock…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Costco egg recall escalated over salmonella concerns
The Food and Drug Administration escalated its recall of organic pasture-raised eggs from Costco…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ