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Court declines to hear Easterday appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected Cody Easterday’s petition for…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
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Livestock
Brazil to mandate cattle traceability by 2032
Brazil will mandate cattle traceability beginning in 2027, with full implementation expected by 2032.
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
China to investigate beef imports
China launched an investigation in late December into its beef imports as the country…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW, Tribe come to wolf agreement
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe signed a memorandum of…
Jan 3, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Thursday, Jan. 2
The livestock complex bolted out of the chute to start the 2025 trading year.
Jan 2, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Dec. 26-Jan. 1
Precipitation fell across much of the U.S. this week, with heavier amounts falling across…
Jan 2, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Tuesday, Dec. 31
Cattle futures closed mostly higher to finish another record year for cattle prices.
Dec 31, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Dec. 30
Coming back from a holiday week and into another one, the market saw mixed…
Dec 30, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Friday, Dec. 27
Cattle futures finished the holiday-shortened week closing higher, while boxed beef prices climbed.
Dec 27, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Dec. 26
Feeder cattle futures climbed several dollars higher today after the holiday.
Dec 26, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Livestock
Cattle prices near record levels to finish 2024
Feeder auction trading finished for the year with new record prices in 2024.
Dec 26, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Health/Nutrition
Dealing with cold calves this winter
With frozen ground and newborn calves comes the chance for hypothermia.
Dec 26, 2024 · By Ohio State University Extension
Community
Culver’s raises $1.5M for ag in 2024
Fast food chain Culver’s raised a record $1.5 million in 2024 with its Thank…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Trump taps Vaden as USDA deputy secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 22 announced he will nominate Stephen Alexander Vaden to…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Ag pushes for port agreement
A coalition of business and agriculture organizations is urging the International Longshoremen’s Association and…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Cattle grazing expands habitat diversity on wildlife refuge
Amidst the bird song, a familiar sound to northern Montana cuts through. Was that…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Ranchers Stewardship Alliance
Environment
Central Valley water projects greenlighted
The Bureau of Reclamation approved a new plan for California’s Central Valley Project and…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
News
The cost of letting TCJA expire for farmers
An analysis conducted earlier in 2024 by USDA showed farmers would see their tax…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Mexican wolf surpassing recovery goals
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the Mexican wolf population in the U.S.…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Newsom declares H5N1 emergency
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency on Dec. 18 to…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
Markets
Market winds down for Christmas week
As the holiday-shortened weeks began, cattle markets entered Christmas week with subdued activity.
Dec 26, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Study highlights GHGs from sheep production
The research focused on four primary sheep production systems in the U.S., each characterized…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
USFWS withdraws BIDEH rule
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew its proposed rule to add new regulations…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Biden signs CR amid bipartisan support
President Joe Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law on Dec. 21, securing…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
US wins USMCA dispute on biotech corn
A U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) panel ruled in favor of the U.S. challenging certain Mexico…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Interior finalizes Western Solar Plan
The Department of the Interior in late December announced its updated Western Solar Plan.
Dec 26, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
CPW recommends denying ranchers’ wolf petition
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Director Jeff Davis recommends the commission deny a petition…
Dec 26, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Improving the tax climate and the upcoming death tax sunset
Passing family farms and ranches on to the next generation is challenging, and future…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Monty Lesh, MSGA district director
News
United We Stand with Libby Bigler
Of the various components that contribute to beef demand, ensuring that consumers trust beef…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Libby Bigler, Colorado BQA coordinator
Opinion
Logan’s Comments: The impact of optimism
As the nation rolls into a new calendar year, there’s a renewed sense of…
Dec 26, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Monday, Dec. 23
The cattle complex started the short trading week closing mixed.
Dec 23, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Dec. 20
The market traded into the weekend on a green note, bolstered by steady to…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
California Farm Bureau delegates approve policies
California Farm Bureau approved changes to the organization’s policies recently during a House of…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Environment
BLM sets aside land for solar
The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily withdrawing 4,037 acres near Redmond, OR, from…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Meat packers leaving NYC’s historic district
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled plans to transform 66,000 square feet in…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Livestock
Strong feeder markets encouraging more selling
The red-hot feeder cattle market in December has prompted strong feeder cattle sales to…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Summit Carbon Solutions receives MN, ND permits
Summit Carbon Solutions cleared two more regulatory hurdles as governing boards in Minnesota and…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Health/Nutrition
Should livestock farmers buy a surplus of hay?
Some livestock growers are speculating whether they should purchase hay now to create a…
Dec 20, 2024 · By NDSU Extension
Livestock
Improving beef quality on ID reservation
The University of Idaho Fort Hall Extension, supported by USDA’s Federally Recognized Tribes Extension…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
AZ sues Saudi dairy over groundwater
The state of Arizona sued a Saudi-owned company, alleging it violated state nuisance laws…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Environment
California Rangeland Trust celebrates milestone
The California Rangeland Trust celebrated a milestone in its mission to protect California’s natural…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Markets
Market sees mixed signals ahead of year-end
The market ended the week on a mixed note, with futures slipping from technical…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
CoBank forecasts volatility for rural economy
The U.S. economy remains resilient, benefiting from solid growth, low unemployment and controlled inflation.
Dec 20, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BLM advances Lava Ridge project
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved a scaled-down version of the Lava Ridge…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Cheatgrass found to cost WY ag $32M
A recent study from the University of Wyoming highlights the economic and ecological impact…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
CPW adopts mountain lion plan
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission adopted the East Slope Mountain Lion Management Plan,…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
9th Circuit considers OR horse removals
In early December, horse advocates testified before the 9th Circuit Court to stop the…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
CDC confirms severe H5N1 case
A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Logan’s Comments: Joe, you forgot about Dixon
Dixon, IL, became the victim of the nation’s largest municipality fraud scheme in history.
Dec 20, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
Health/Nutrition
Guest Opinion: Protecting the herd from New World screwworm
Flies and their burrowing larvae cause extensive damage to cattle and infestations can spread…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Kim Brackett, NCBA policy division chair
News
AR foreign ownership law halted
Arkansas officials have been temporarily halted from enforcing two laws that target businesses and…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Input sought on public lands access
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on federal lands people…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: Choose farmers over politics
Here we are again, caught in a political freeze, waiting on Congress to pass…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Russell Boening, Texas Farm Bureau president
News
Boar’s Head settles first wrongful death suit
Boar’s Head settled the first wrongful death lawsuit that resulted from a listeria outbreak…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Enviros push to proceed with wolf releases
Environmental groups are pushing back against a petition filed by ranching groups in Colorado…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
USDA, Mexico working to resume imports
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Mexico are working to resume live…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Livestock
USDA to supply more EID tags
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced they will order an additional 3…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Suckley’s bumblebee up for protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee…
Dec 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
The Viewpoint with Kirk Wilbur
Kirk Wilbur’s path to becoming vice president of government affairs at the California Cattlemen’s…
Dec 20, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Thursday, Dec. 19
The cattle complex continued its decline due to a lack of fundamental support.
Dec 19, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Dec. 12-18
Most of the southern and southwest portions of the Western region were dry for…
Dec 19, 2024 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Wednesday, Dec. 18
Cattle futures were lower as the equities market sold off following news from Federal…
Dec 18, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Tuesday, Dec. 17
Cattle futures were mostly higher as the market sat tight to see what developed.
Dec 17, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Dec. 16
The market began the week with a correction after last week’s rallies.
Dec 16, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Dec. 13
“By Friday's end, the livestock complex closed mixed as traders felt it safest to…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Livestock
A summary of beef exports and imports
The latest trade data for October continued recent trends in international beef trade.
Dec 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Canada Beef highlights beef in diet
A recent factsheet by Canada Beef highlights the moderate red meat consumption in the…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Using sexed semen to navigate the genetic fork in the road
Rather than focusing our breeding goals on being heavily terminal or primarily maternal, sexed…
Dec 13, 2024 · By BIF
News
Funding given for western water projects
The Department of the Interior announced $849 million to revitalize water delivery systems across…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
How to create a dietary plan for steers
“With home-raised steers, we have to be a little more cautious than with feedlot…
Dec 13, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Funding awarded for antimicrobial dashboard
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has awarded nearly $5 million across eight…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Markets
Higher cash trade boosts cattle market
Cattle prices climbed higher this week, with cash trade reaching as high as $195…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Guest Opinion: Sharing your story from inside your fencerows
Sometimes, getting “outside your fencerows” actually means staying on your farm and inviting the…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation president
News
Feds seek comment on food labeling
The USDA and Food and Drug Administration issued a joint Request for Information on…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Dittmer’s Take: Trade, tariffs and taxes
Trade and tariffs are important to the beef industry for two reasons: trade affects…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
News
Devin’s Comments: Half a million acres gone
In a short matter of 23 years, the American Prairie just surpassed a half…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Devin
Beef
Report recommends more legumes, less red meat
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommends the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans prioritize plant-based…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
PETA seeks to lease Tyson KS facility
After Tyson Foods announced plans to close its Emporia, KS, processing plant, People for…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
CCA sues to stop elk fence removal
Following a lawsuit by the California Cattlemen’s Association, the NPS halted its plan to…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Stone-Manning to lead Wilderness Society
Tracy Stone-Manning, the current director of the Bureau of Land Management, will assume the…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Farm income declines for the second year
Farm income is projected to decline for the second consecutive year, with 2024 net…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Livestock
Cattle reported missing in western CO
Authorities are investigating the disappearance of 180 cattle reported missing by ranchers along Colorado’s…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW prepares for next wolf release season
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said it is preparing for the upcoming wolf capture and…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Enviros call for new grizzly plan in Rockies
A coalition of animal welfare and environmental groups sent a petition to the U.S.…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
The Viewpoint with Daryl Meyer
It’s a familiar sight across the West: Dr. Daryl Meyer pulling into a ranch…
Dec 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Western Caucus slams sage grouse plan
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-WA-04) and Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
BLM seeks pastures for horses
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking off-range pastures for horses removed from western…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
USFWS seeks input on monarch listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the monarch butterfly under…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA to implement national milk testing strategy
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rolled out its National Milk Testing…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Judge blocks Kroger-Albertsons merger
A district court judge blocked a merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons after…
Dec 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
October red meat exports above 2023
Exports of U.S. beef posted year-over-year increases in October, according to data released by…
Dec 13, 2024 · By USMEF
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Thursday, Dec. 12
Live cattle futures started trading higher but finished slightly lower.
Dec 12, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Dec. 5-11
This week, most of the Great Plains and West were dry, except for high-elevation…
Dec 12, 2024 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Wednesday, Dec. 11
Cattle futures continued to climb due to higher cash trade.
Dec 11, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Tuesday, Dec. 10
Cattle futures showed continued gains for the second day.
Dec 10, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Monday, Dec. 9
Futures rallied through the morning with strong gains but scaled back over the day…
Dec 9, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-up: Friday, Dec. 6
The cattle market headed into the weekend on a mostly higher note, supported by…
Dec 6, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Flying M Ranch receives UT Leopold Conservation Award
Flying M Ranch of Hansel Valley, UT, has been selected as the recipient of…
Dec 6, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Feds release final lynx recovery plan
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a final recovery plan for Canada lynx,…
Dec 6, 2024 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press