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Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 5-11
On Sept. 11, Francine became the third and strongest hurricane of the season to…
Sep 19, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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80 animals killed in CA shooting spree
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect after an early morning shooting in…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Community
Lanford Livestock to receive NM Leopold Conservation Award
Lanford Livestock of Truth or Consequences, NM, has been selected as the New Mexico…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Sand County Foundation
Beef
Early preparation equals a successful breeding season
Breeding season will be here before we know it. Is your herd prepped for…
Sep 13, 2024 · By MU Extension
Environment
CO’s Copper Creek wolves relocated
On Sept. 9, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, with federal support, completed the capture of…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Momentum continues for US beef exports
Exports of U.S. beef continued to build momentum in July, according to data released…
Sep 13, 2024 · By USMEF
Beef
The evolution of US-Mexican cattle and beef trade
The U.S. and Mexican cattle industries have a long and somewhat colorful trade history…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
USDA, NFU sign agreement on FSA staffing
The National Farmers Union and USDA signed a memorandum of understanding to address staffing…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
ID ranchers faced with tough decisions after wildfires
The Paddock Fire, sparked by lightning on Aug. 18, burned nearly 190,000 acres north…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun
Environment
Montana FWP wins final claim in elk management lawsuit
A state district court judge has issued a final order in a dispute over…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press
Beef
More packers settle in wage-fixing case
A trio of meatpacking companies has agreed to settle a wage-fixing lawsuit for more…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Environmental influences on herd health
If producers notice cattle developing skin lesions including redness and swelling, the animal may…
Sep 13, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
Bluetongue outbreak in Europe
Bluetongue virus outbreaks in the United Kingdom (UK) and Norway have led to extended…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Utilizing effective cattle euthanasia measures
Most cattle producers at some time will be required to end the life of…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Barry Whitworth, DVM, Oklahoma State University Department of Animal & Food Sciences
Environment
Input sought on CO canyon grazing
The National Park Service is seeking public input on grazing plans for the Black…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
BPOC approves fiscal year 2025 Checkoff plan
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest approximately $38 million into programs of beef promotion,…
Sep 13, 2024 · By CBB
Environment
Interior funds drought, water storage and wetlands projects
The Department of the Interior has announced funding for projects related to drought, water…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Fall-calving benefits add up
About one-quarter of U.S. cow-calf operators have fall-calving herds in place because of its…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Dr. Scott Westlake, Solvet Technical Services veterinarian
News
Groups ask USTR to help restore MCOOL
A coalition of industry, manufacturing and consumer groups penned a letter to U.S. Trade…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Almost half of US has foreign land ownership laws in place
Rising concerns over foreign ownership of U.S. land have driven more states to enact…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Groups call for farm bill passage
More than 300 ag groups penned a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to pass…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Wagyu breeders announce first dual-inheritance hornless heifer
Wagyu cattle breeders at Washington State University reached a milestone this summer, confirming their…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WSU Extension
News
The Viewpoint with Rowdy Benson
Rowdy Benson’s roots run deep at Lemmon Livestock. Growing up on a ranch just…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Logan’s Comments: Fix the fixing
The problem we see is there is always a headline for these meatpacking companies…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
News
CA livestock inspection fees to increase
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law Assembly Bill 2436, which increases livestock…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
CA water stakeholders discuss regulatory woes at hearing
California’s role in U.S. food security took center stage recently at a congressional field…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Christine Souza, Ag Alert senior editor, California Farm Bureau
News
CA wolf numbers, depredations rise
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released its quarterly wolf management update for…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Judge backs feds in WY ferret reintroduction dispute
A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s plans for managing…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile
Environment
Asian longhorned tick identified in Oklahoma
The Asian longhorned tick parasitizes multiple species including humans, pets, livestock and wildlife, including…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Rosslyn Biggs, DVM, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle specialist
Environment
Suit seeks CA salamander protections
The Center for Biological Diversity will sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Wildfire assistance available in CO, MT
The USDA is offering technical and financial assistance to help Colorado and Montana farmers…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Machine learning’s role in predicting BRD case outcomes
Other areas of agriculture—like crop production—have been using machine learning for things such as…
Sep 13, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
PETA calls out animal groups
PETA is calling out three major animal welfare organizations for endorsing what PETA calls…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Dittmer’s Take: Fall during election season 2024
Congress is back at “work” and the big focus is on the usual game…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
News
SD farmers, ranchers fly to DC to advocate for ag policy
Many South Dakota farmers and ranchers took time away from their crops and livestock…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Lura Roti for South Dakota Farmers Union
News
190,000-acre burn challenges eastern MT ranchers
The wildfire had burned tens of thousands of acres across Powder River, Big Horn…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Zeke Lloyd, Montana Free Press
Markets
Markets higher on optimism of steady-to-higher cash trade
The cattle complex was higher, buoyed by the prospect of steady-to-higher cash trade following…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
CME will decrease cattle futures’ limits
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group plans to decrease daily limits for live and feeder…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Pipeline won’t capture all carbon emitted by ethanol plants
A company proposing an $8 billion carbon dioxide pipeline says the project would be…
Sep 13, 2024 · By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight
Environment
Bill introduced to reform the ESA Act
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse and House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman…
Sep 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
2025 ESAP nominations now open
Nominations are now being accepted for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Environmental Stewardship Award.
Sep 13, 2024 · By NCBA
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 5-11
There was a sharp difference in temperatures across the U.S. this week (Sep. 3…
Sep 12, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
News
How offspring performance influences culling decision
The decision to sell a cow from the herd is often influenced by a…
Sep 6, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Largest cattle feedlot in NE to begin taking feeders
Construction workers are hurrying to put the final touches on what is planned to…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner
Beef
Easing red meat trade obstacles in Colombia
A need for in-person discussions between U.S. and Colombian officials about longstanding technical trade…
Sep 6, 2024 · By USMEF
Environment
ID governor commits $10M to aquifer
Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced in late August that the state will commit another…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
The impact of beef x dairy calves
The most common question asked at market outlook presentations is “What is the market…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
IL, NE propose lab meat bans
Illinois and Nebraska are joining the list of states with proposals to ban lab-grown…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens defend SEC final rule
A coalition of groups represented by Earthjustice filed an amicus brief in the U.S.…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Equine owners advised to act against EEE
A Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory expert advises horse owners to take proactive…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Beef
Alternative forage options when the rain finally comes
When the rain comes, it may be too late to grow more pasture forage…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Jason Hartschuh, Ohio State University Extension
News
Court declares Agridime a Ponzi scheme
In mid-August, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared Agridime…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Records show repeated violations at Boar’s Head
A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia linked to a deadly listeria outbreak…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Farm sector profits forecast to fall in 2024
USDA’s Economic Research Service forecasts inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income, defined as gross…
Sep 6, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
News
Jerky recalled for lack of inspection
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Hickory Hollow Jerky, an Alabama establishment, is…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Anthrax confirmed in WY herds
Anthrax has been confirmed in several beef herds in Carbon County, WY, marking the…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Western Governors support outdoor rec bills
The 22 governors represented by the Western Governors’ Association wrote a letter to the…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Depredating grizzlies in WY relocated
After consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
UDSA tests no-antibiotics meat claims
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released new guidelines recently aimed at strengthening documentation…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Finance chores to tackle this fall
As we transition from running hay equipment to preparing for the winter-feeding season it…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Scott Clawson, OSU Extension agricultural economics specialist
Health/Nutrition
Make a plan for late-season alfalfa management
Fall is an important time to consider what to do with regrowth for alfalfa…
Sep 6, 2024 · By North Dakota State University Extension
Beef
Beef masterclasses focus on alternative cuts in Eastern Europe
The U.S. Meat Export Federation partnered with a major European distributor to introduce and…
Sep 6, 2024 · By USMEF
Health/Nutrition
H5N1 confirmed in CA dairy herds
California officials have confirmed H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in three dairy herds.
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
News
H5N1 vaccine tested for dairy cows
Following Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s announcement of USDA’s approval of vaccine testing for…
Sep 6, 2024 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
News
USDA announces funds for sheep industry
USDA announced $300,000 in grant funding available through the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
OR governor endorses national monument
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek penned a letter to President Joe Biden and Oregon Democratic…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
News
USDA launches online debt tool
USDA has launched the Debt Consolidation Tool, an online resource available on farmers.gov that…
Sep 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Mizzou working to create vaccine for anaplasmosis
Mizzou researchers are working to develop the first-ever vaccine proven to protect cattle from…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Mizzou Extension
Markets
Slaughter numbers dip due to holiday
The cattle markets remained mostly steady over Labor Day week, although feedlots continue to…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
BLM proposes expanding solar development
Citing an increased demand for more solar development on public lands, the Bureau of…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Investigating heat-tolerant wheat stripe rust
Researchers have received a grant from the USDA to evaluate and develop predictive models…
Sep 5, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Logan’s Comments: Alexa, are you kidding me?
Last week, the Amazon service was discovered to blatantly support Vice President Kamala Harris…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
Water infrastructure, economic development in the rural US
More than 2 million people living in the U.S. lack sufficient access to running…
Sep 5, 2024 · By MSU Extension
News
Guest Opinion: Ag trade needs a boost
America’s farmers and ranchers are getting hit hard this year with low commodity prices…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation president
Health/Nutrition
Angus releases research udder score EPDs
To facilitate the production of the new EPD, AGI designed a new teat and…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Dr. Bob Hough, WLJ correspondent
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
The West was a mixture of improvements in the northwest and Four Corners areas,…
Sep 5, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Markets
Apply now to OQBN for certified sales this fall
Producers who enroll in the OQBN program receive educational support from Extension professionals to…
Sep 5, 2024 · By OSU Extension
News
Food companies appeal animal welfare ruling
A group of farms and food companies led by Triumph Foods LLC has asked…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
September PRCA world standings
The top five contestants and earnings are listed as provided on the Professional Rodeo…
Sep 5, 2024 · By PRCA
Environment
Plan released for Grand Staircase-Escalante monument
The Bureau of Land Management unveiled its proposed management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante…
Sep 5, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
An ounce of prevention: Protecting infrastructure from wildfires
After two years of relatively few wildfires, the western U.S. is now facing increasing…
Sep 3, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Farmland values are settling, but not falling
Farmland values have steadily risen for years. While there’s no indication of a decline,…
Sep 3, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
ICA announces wildfire relief fund
The Idaho Cattle Association is now accepting donations for their Wildfire Relief Fund, which…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Idaho AG will appeal Lava Ridge decision
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced his office will appeal a decision to approve…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
MSF accepting wildfire relief donations
The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation is accepting donations for its Wildfire Relief Fund, which aims…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
USMEF sees potential for US red meat in Indonesia
Per capita beef consumption is low, as much of the population has not experienced…
Aug 30, 2024 · By USMEF
Markets
Limited market movement ahead of Labor Day
Just ahead of Labor Day weekend, the cattle markets saw modest fluctuations over the…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Quarter of farms participated in USDA aid programs
One-quarter of all U.S. farm operations participated in USDA direct payment programs in 2022,…
Aug 30, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
News
Variable KS wheat performance prompted by adverse weather
The Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station annually examines the performance of different types of wheat…
Aug 30, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Study highlights pre-slaughter handling challenges
A study conducted by Colorado State University provides insights into the impact of pre-slaughter…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Kay’s Korner: Look for a slow rebuild
The U.S. beef cattle industry is smaller than needed and signals for rebuilding will…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
News
Rodeo stock horses dead from tainted feed
Rodeo stock company Beutler & Son Rodeo Company in Canute, OK, recently suffered a…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Final Rock Springs management plan released
The Bureau of Land Management has released the final impact statement on the proposed…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Livestock
North American cattle leaders meet to discuss challenges
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) hosted the third 2024 triannual trilateral meeting with its…
Aug 30, 2024 · By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
News
Guest Opinion: What UT’s public lands suit means for the future of public lands
The state of Utah sent shockwaves through the world of environmental policy recently when…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Andrew Sandstrom, consultant for environmental advocacy campaigns, Utah News Dispatch
Environment
Wolf removed in OR due to depredation
On Aug. 23, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife authorized the lethal removal…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
NV lawmakers seek bills to end ‘use it or lose it’ water law
Nevada’s limited water resources and wide-open public lands will continue to be the source…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Jeniffer Solis
News
Pete’s Comments: Markets will strengthen
We hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend, which is one of the…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
SD high court sides with landowners in pipeline challenge
Lower courts in South Dakota erred in ruling Summit Carbon Solutions is a common…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ