Health/Nutrition
How protein supplementation supports rumen health
When forage quality declines in the fall, beef producers turn to protein supplements for…
Oct 11, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
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Environment
Input sought on CA solar project plan
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking input on a draft environmental assessment…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Soil moisture conditions expected to worsen across TX
While many areas of Texas received badly needed rains weeks ago, most of the…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
Beef
Beef exports trend lower from a year ago
U.S. beef exports were below year-ago levels in August while lamb exports trended higher.
Oct 11, 2024 · By USMEF
Livestock
Vet science program makes job-ready high school graduates
When taken through their high school, students achieve certification for nothing more than the…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Environment
Greens intervene in public lands rule suit
Environmental groups and Tribes have intervened in another lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Guest Opinion: Solar energy expansion in rural communities
Solar energy can provide numerous benefits but, like most things, also has its share…
Oct 11, 2024 · By American Farm Bureau Federation
News
Dockworkers reach deal, end strike
Dockworkers and port operators came to a tentative agreement to end a three-day strike…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM proposes Sonoran Desert monument grazing update
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing a plan amendment for livestock grazing…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Deal reached on sale of Agridime
A North Dakota company plans to pay about $15.7 million for the beef marketing…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Pressure all around
Throughout this year, ranchers have continually dealt with natural disasters. The frequency of these…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
USDA to spend $7.7B on climate programs
USDA is allocating a record $7.7 billion in fiscal year 2025 on climate-smart and…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
McDonald’s sues packers for alleged price-fixing
McDonald’s Corporation has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. meat industry’s biggest meatpackers, accusing…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
$250M assistance for distressed farm borrowers
USDA has announced an additional $250 million in automatic payments for distressed farm loan…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Anthrax reported in ND cattle
North Dakota’s state veterinarian is urging livestock producers to protect their animals from anthrax…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
News
NDSF, NDFA to offer disaster aid
The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA) and North Dakota Stockmen’s Foundation (NDSF) have launched…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
News
How the expired farm bill will affect producers
Congress adjourned without reauthorizing the 2018 Farm Bill, leaving critical agricultural programs in limbo…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
New human avian flu cases reported
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed three new human cases of…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Superior Livestock Video Auction
Superior Livestock Auction hosted their video auction live Oct. 3 from the Superior Livestock…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Superior Livestock Auction
Beef
Listeria outbreaks cause recalls
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Oklahoma-based BrucePac is recalling approximately…
Oct 11, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Dittmer’s Take: No. 1 on November action list
You might expect me this month to emphasize the importance of 1) voting (early),…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
Markets
Futures rally amid higher boxed beef prices
A rally in futures over the week was fueled by steady cash trade, strong…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
USDA outlines actions aimed at market fairness
USDA is taking more steps in its quest to promote fair and competitive markets,…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
The Viewpoint with Joey Cozzi
Dos Palos Y Auction Yard has been a cornerstone of California’s Central Valley for…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Fall cattle market update
Drought conditions continue to advance in Oklahoma, following the La Niña forecast that meteorologists…
Oct 11, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Greens claim livestock grazing damaged species’ habitat
Environmental groups continue to assert that livestock grazing on public lands in Arizona and…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Pete’s Comments: Markets will improve
Now that they are experiencing losses, they will more than likely lower production speeds…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
Livestock
Sonoma livestock farms face threat in ballot measure
As voters cast their ballots in the coming weeks, farmers in Sonoma County, CA,…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
News
Port strike costs agriculture producers billions
The ongoing East Coast and Gulf Coast ports strike could cost agriculture producers $1.1…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Livestock groups concerned about old-growth forest plan
Livestock groups have raised “grave” concerns over the U.S. Forest Service’s draft plan for…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Markets
Cattle futures higher after cash trade rally
Cattle futures climbed higher after higher cash trade from the weekly Central Stockyards Fed…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
EPA amends CWA complaint against ID ranch
The Environmental Protection Agency filed an amended complaint in the Clean Water Act case…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Livestock
An update on herd rebuilding
The biggest question in the cattle industry continues to be that of herd rebuilding.…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Beef
Kay’s Korner: Strike threatens meat trade
The U.S. and most countries around the world rely on trade with each other…
Oct 4, 2024 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
Environment
CPW investigating mountain lion killing
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating the death of a mountain lion that was…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Lawmakers address Boar’s Head outbreak
Several members of Congress sent separate letters to Boar’s Head and USDA’s Food Safety…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
DOI announces Colorado River agreements
The Department of the Interior announced significant progress in ensuring the long-term health of…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
Livestock
CO ranchers urge CPW to halt wolf releases
A total of 26 organizations representing Colorado’s agricultural and livestock producers submitted a petition…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Beef price-fixing lawsuit amended
A federal court granted plaintiffs in a beef price-fixing case the ability to amend…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
News
More opposition against Denver slaughter ban
A ballot measure that would ban slaughter in the city and county of Denver…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
Livestock
USCA adopts anti-mRNA vaccine policy
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association adopted an interim policy in August regarding the use of…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Farm bill extension deadline expires
The 2018 Farm Bill extension expired on Sept. 30 after lawmakers failed to come…
Oct 4, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
HPAI cases continue to climb at CA dairies
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the number of dairies infected…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Colombia fully reopens to US beef
The Colombian government removed its ban on U.S. beef originating from states with detections…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM considers three AZ solar projects
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is temporarily setting aside about 11,500 acres of…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Grizzly killed in MT; new dashboard live
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced an adult male grizzly bear was euthanized recently…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
The Viewpoint with Jayson Jackson
Jayson Jackson built his career on a foundation of integrity, knowledge and a deep…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
Considerations for fall-calving herds
Speaking on a recent “Cattle Chat” podcast, Kansas State University beef cattle nutritionist Phillip…
Sep 27, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
Groups intervene in public lands rule suit
Community, Tribal and environmental groups filed a motion on Sept. 19 to intervene in…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
An update on cattle on feed, cattle slaughter and beef production
As of Sept. 15, USDA reported that 6% of Oklahoma winter wheat was planted,…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
WDFW removes wolves
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that it lethally removed two wolves from…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
CA producers to face higher water violation fines
Under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), California farmers and ranchers will…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
JBS alleged to mistreat CO plant employees
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union issued a public call for…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Same clock, different time
In an ever-evolving world, those that fear change are often left behind. I came…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
News
Guest Opinion: Interest rates are coming down—how fast?
With its dramatic half-point interest rate cut, the Federal Reserve has acknowledged something farmers…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
Environment
CWA case dismissed against Idaho ranch
A federal court in Idaho has dismissed a Clean Water Act (CWA) case against…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
New EID rule to go in effect on Nov. 5
USDA’s updated Animal Disease Traceability rule mandating electronic identification (EID) for cattle is set…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
New meat, poultry processing grants awarded
After two years of incentivizing more independent meat and poultry processing capacity around the…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
When is an hour of operator labor not just that?
Some cow-calf operations hire a significant amount of labor, but for a lot of…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Dr. Kenny Burdine, University of Kentucky Extension livestock marketing professor
News
Tyson sued over ‘climate-smart’ claims
The Environmental Working Group filed suit against Tyson Foods, claiming the company has made…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Revised NM monument plan could affect grazing
Some grazing allotments could be affected by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) revised…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Markets
Financial opportunities of cull cow marketing
We, as cow-calf producers, typically focus most of our marketing efforts on calves. Accordingly,…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
News
United We Stand: Dan McCarty
I have been fortunate in my career in the cattle and beef industry to…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Dan McCarty, Rifle, CO
Environment
Forest, pasture accounts for more than half of land use
The U.S. has a total land area of 2.26 billion acres. In 2017, the…
Sep 27, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Community
NWSS announces 2025 Citizen of the West
The National Western Stock Show, presented by CommonSpirit Health, proudly announces Sharon Magness Blake…
Sep 27, 2024 · By National Western Stock Show
Health/Nutrition
CDC testing people for H5N1 exposure
At an American Association of Bovine Practitioners conference, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
Community
NWSS president to retire
Paul Andrews, president and CEO of the National Western Stock Show, announced he will…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Survey on wolf depredation compensation
Oregon State University’s (OSU) Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences is seeking input…
Sep 27, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Futures see gains amid tighter supplies
Live cattle futures posted gains over the week, while cash trade held steady as…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
K-State implementing program to increase food animal vets
Kansas State University is joining a new pilot program from Farm Journal Foundation to…
Sep 27, 2024 · By Farm Journal Foundation
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 12-25
Nationally, nearly one-half (45%) of the rangeland and pastures were rated in very poor…
Sep 26, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
News
CO to receive more wolves from Canada
Colorado Parks and Wildlife secured a deal with the B.C. Ministry of Water, Lands…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Lawmakers explore temporary fix as farm bill stalls
The state of the farm economy is pushing key members of Congress to look…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
BLM announces public lands stewardship award winners
At the Public Lands Council Annual Meeting in mid-September, the Bureau of Land Management…
Sep 20, 2024 · By PLC
Health/Nutrition
Preparing calves for the auction
When preparing young calves for sale day, moving them in a hurry and not…
Sep 20, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
BLM grants for drought resilience
The Foundation for America’s Public Lands, the congressionally chartered charitable partner of the Bureau…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
USFWS asks court to remove gray wolf protections
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service submitted an appeal to a federal appeals court…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Greens ask banks to stop financing livestock production
More than 100 environmental organizations penned an open letter to JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Most ag output growth is productivity improvement
From 1948 to 2021, U.S. agricultural output grew at an average annual rate of…
Sep 20, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
News
Ag groups comment on P&S Act rule
The comment period for USDA’s latest proposed rule for the Packers and Stockyards Act…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Greens oppose ESA Amendments Act
More than 80 environmental groups called on Congress to oppose the Endangered Species Act…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Boar’s Head closing plant over outbreak
Boar’s Head announced the indefinite closure of its Jarratt, VA, plant, which was linked…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Ag made up 6% of total US import value
The bulk of U.S. imports fall into categories of consumer goods, capital goods and…
Sep 20, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Environment
Brazilian processors to pay for reforestation
A judge in Brazil has ordered two beef processors and three cattle ranchers to…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Brucellosis detected in WY herd
Routine brucellosis surveillance has identified an affected cattle herd in Park County, WY.
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
CA judge rules against water board on pumping
Kings County, CA, farmers have received temporary relief from potential state-mandated water restrictions after…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weak La Niña expected to emerge soon
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts a 71% chance that La Niña could form between…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Jared’s Comments: New names, faces in our rural arena
For the seedstock and purebred business, we all expected this fall bull sale season…
Sep 20, 2024 · By jared@wlj.net
News
Guest Opinion: Checkoff ROI study proves value, sets benchmark
One thing I’ve learned over my years in this industry is that there is…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Ryan Moorhouse, Amarillo, TX, vice chair of CBB
News
Feds lose Idaho water rights case
A U.S. judge ruled against the Department of Justice, blocking its attempt to prevent…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Study shows benefits of mitigating castration pain in calves
Results of a consequential study about managing pain in calves at castration were presented…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Solvet Technical Services
News
Pacific Legal Foundation calls out EPA for mandating EVs
The Pacific Legal Foundation said in a new court filing the Environmental Protection Agency…
Sep 20, 2024 · By
News
Cattle die in TX truck accident
A trailer carrying 83 head of cattle overturned Sept. 16 on the Baird Farm…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Cattle futures move above the 40-day average
Cattle futures traded above their 40-day moving average, buoyed by outside economic factors and…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
First human bird flu case found in MO
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Missouri’s first human case of…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: What’s EPA hiding in its clean water regulations?
In my family, as I’m sure for many of you, fall means harvest season…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Environment
Sage grouse to receive $7M in funding
A settlement between environmental groups and mining company P4 will dedicate millions of dollars…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Superior Livestock Video Auction
Sept. 19, Hudson Oaks, TX Superior Livestock Auction hosted their video auction live Sept.…
Sep 20, 2024 · By Superior Livestock Auction
Health/Nutrition
USDA invests $17M into animal health
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced a $17.6 million investment into research…
Sep 20, 2024 · By WLJ