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CARB releases fact sheet on truck regulations
The California Air Resources Board has released a fact sheet detailing requirements for agricultural…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
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News
Feds to appeal grizzly plan decision
The U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced their intent to…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
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
Beef
Feedlot inventories unchanged from last year
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report pegged Aug. 1 feedlot inventories at 11.1…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
Suit against Corporate Transparency Act
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund USA joined a lawsuit challenging the Corporate Transparency Act.
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
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
Livestock
Cattle producers advised to manage risk
The question on the minds of many beef producers is, “How soon will the…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Jennifer Carrico, DTN senior livestock editor
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
News
Guest Opinion: Will supporting factories hurt farms?
Whoever wins the presidency this November will bestow upon the country an industrial policy…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
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
Environment
Hearing process could boost Sites Reservoir project
The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Christine Souza, Ag Alert senior editor, California Farm Bureau
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
News
Second person charged in cattle theft scheme
A federal jury returned a criminal indictment charging Clint Clifford Sicking of Muenster, TX,…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Plan finalized to kill thousands of barred owls around Northwest
The federal government will move ahead with plans to kill tens of thousands of…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard
News
Bill prohibits Chinese land ownership
The No American Land for Communist China Act, introduced by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID)…
Aug 30, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
Texas hunting season outlook positive based on timely rains
Timely rainfall benefited Texas wildlife and set the stage for a positive fall hunting…
Aug 30, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
The Viewpoint with Landon Gates
Growing up in northeastern Colorado, Landon Gates dreamed of becoming a large animal veterinarian.…
Aug 29, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 22-28
Most of the West region was cooler than normal, with temperatures more than 10…
Aug 29, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
News
Shippers lose STB rate review option
Grain elevators and others with smaller shipping volumes likely won’t get a more streamlined…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Larger farms received highest energy payments
Energy payments to farm operations increased with the number of acres owned. These payments…
Aug 23, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
News
Minerva approved for plant purchase
Minerva S.A. received approval from the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense for an…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
CoBank: Herd rebuilding could take years
Rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd could take years, as current market dynamics are pushing…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Birdshot in beef: The hidden defect
Birdshot or shotgun shell pellets have been found and reported in the beef supply…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Environment
Grasshoppers gobble crops, farm profits
That buzzing noise in Northern California is the sound of grasshoppers chewing a path…
Aug 23, 2024 · By UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Environment
Money allocated for OR grazing lands
An investment through the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, made available by the Inflation Reduction…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
News
USFS to increase use of prescribed fire
The U.S. is facing an increasingly intense wildfire season and to combat the threat,…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
More cuts expected for Colorado River despite supply improvement
After Lake Mead hit an all-time low two years ago, the Colorado River’s water…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Jeniffer Solis
Environment
Solar projects expected to incorporate more ag land
A significant portion of this growth is taking place on farmland and in rural…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
EPA releases final herbicide strategy
On Aug. 20, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final Herbicide Strategy, the first…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Jason Jenkins, DTN crops editor
Environment
MT Commission sets wolf hunting regulations
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission unanimously adopted an amendment to the wolf and…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Blair Miller, Daily Montanan
Environment
BLM wins right to gather WY feral horses
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Bureau of Land Management in…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Less severe forest fires can reduce intensity of future blazes
Low- and moderate-severity forest wildfires can reduce the intensity of future conflagrations for as…
Aug 23, 2024 · By UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Science
Environment
Greens sue to protect wildlife species
Two new lawsuits are on the table to protect wildlife species, and headway has…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
News
UT suit to take control of 18.5M acres of federal lands
Utah is suing the federal government over how it manages public land in the…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Kyle Dunphey, Utah News Dispatch
Health/Nutrition
Consider options for pregnancy diagnosis
Ranchers should compare several pregnancy detection options to determine the best fit for their…
Aug 23, 2024 · By NDSU Extension
Beef
CA cattle council launches statewide campaign
The California Cattle Council recently launched a statewide media campaign to promote the industry’s…
Aug 23, 2024 · By California Cattle Council
News
Logan’s Comments: Derailed
Canadian railways are transporting nearly $1 billion worth of goods every single day along…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
News
Cow-calf producers weigh options for herd replacements
Ranchers should expect volatility in the markets and weather as they make plans to…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Livestock
Animal fat imports surge to meet diesel production demand
U.S. imports of animal fats, greases, and processed oils—including used cooking oil—skyrocketed to nearly…
Aug 23, 2024 · By USDA Economic Research Service
News
CPW confirms birth of three wolf pups
After months of speculation, a new video confirms that at least three wolf pups…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Farmers say proposed drinking water reqs would drive up costs
The Washington Department of Health is considering an update to how it exempts small…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard
News
To feed or not to feed rye grain
Cereal rye grain possesses many uses within crop and livestock production.
Aug 23, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
ASI, NCBA release guidance for FMD outbreak
The American Sheep Industry Association worked with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and other…
Aug 23, 2024 · By NCBA
Livestock
When should ranchers start tax planning?
Does it seem too early to start planning for taxes?
Aug 23, 2024 · By Bethany Johnston and Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension
Beef
Nilgai antelope are not carriers of bovine babesiosis
Nilgai, a non-native antelope species that freely ranges southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, do…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Lower Basin states in Level 1 status
The Bureau of Reclamation’s August 2024 24-Month Study of the Colorado River Basin reveals…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
FL sued over lab meat ban
Upside Foods, a cultivated meat company, is challenging a Florida law that bans the…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Managing late summer pasture weeds
August always seems to be a time when certain weeds can become quite noticeable…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension educator
Environment
Yellowstone plan sets the stage for bison expansion in MT
A highly anticipated update to how Yellowstone National Park manages bison is setting the…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Isabel Hicks, MTFP
News
Beyond reports second quarter revenue drop
Beyond Meat Inc. reported an 8.8% decline in net revenues to $93.2 million in…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
Markets
Markets face pressure ahead of COF report
The cattle markets saw declines over the week on the board and with cash…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
FSIS to start H5N1 beef sampling
Starting Sept. 16, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will begin monitoring dairy cows…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
News
USDA investigating Tyson Foods
USDA’s Packers and Stockyard Division is investigating Tyson Foods for violations of the Packers…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Meat industry pushes back on Harris’ price gouging plan
The meat industry is pushing back on Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to call…
Aug 23, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Pilgrim’s Pride to pay $100M settlement
Pilgrim’s Pride has agreed to pay a $100 million settlement to settle claims that…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
CO ag groups send letter about wolves
A coalition of Colorado ag groups penned a letter to the Colorado Parks and…
Aug 23, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 15-21
A high-pressure ridge continued across the southern Plains during this U.S. Drought Monitor week,…
Aug 22, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Commercial Cattle Issue
A unified voice: Amplifying advocacy in agriculture
A few quiet statements don’t feel like much, but when everyone in the industry…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Megan Silveira, WLJ correspondent
News
Ranching resilience: Dave Daley
Among those deeply affected by California's Bear Fire was California rancher Dave Daley, whose…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Ranching resilience: Roger Jacobs
Roger Jacobs, a name well-recognized in the auctioneering world, has devoted nearly 50 years…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Commercial Cattle Issue
Ranching resilience: The Bentz family
In the rugged and expansive high desert of eastern Oregon lies the small town…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Commercial Cattle Issue
Tradition meets innovation: Colorado Craft Beef
Jeff and Kara Smith lead Colorado Craft Beef, a direct-to-consumer beef company that integrates…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Commercial Cattle Issue
Tradition meets innovation: The Ranch at Wild Rose
Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon in southern…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Commercial Cattle Issue
Tradition meets innovation: Yolo Land and Cattle Co.
Yolo Land and Cattle Co., straddling Yolo and Solano counties in California’s Sacramento Valley,…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Commercial Cattle Issue
Successful succession: Living the legacy
Legacy. Passion. Stewardship. Communication. Intentionality. Innovation. Six common threads woven through the tapestry of…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Emily Pendergrass, WLJ correspondent
Commercial Cattle Issue
Market outlook: Record prices and equal uncertainty
Low inventory is driving record prices for feeder cattle—prices that are well past what…
Aug 19, 2024 · By Dr. Bob Hough, WLJ correspondent
News
LA releases new rodeo ban draft
The city of Los Angeles submitted on July 17 a new draft of a…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
Livestock
USDA pays $2.2B in discrimination aid
The Biden administration released payments to more than 43,000 eligible applicants under the Inflation…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Early thoughts on winter wheat grazing
Although it is only August, some forage-only and dual-purpose wheat producers in Oklahoma are…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Health/Nutrition
Got hay? A guide to purchasing forage
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, approximately 20% of Kansas presently faces drought conditions,…
Aug 16, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Environment
BLM begins UT horse removal
The Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office in Utah was set to…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
News
BLM moves forward with Public Lands Rule
The agency intends to develop a federal advisory committee and has also released a…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Green sues over NM mouse habitat
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Program expands outreach to direct beef sales industry
The program continues to expand, now offering videos, as the creators strive to help…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Using verbal pasture lease agreements
There are a couple of leasing options for producers and landowners. Verbal leases are…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Shannon Sand, Nebraska Extension
News
Ag groups stand behind SD ranchers facing charges
A U.S. senator and cattle industry groups are rallying behind South Dakota ranchers Charles…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BOR approves Colorado River conservation
The Bureau of Reclamation has issued a finding of no significant impact following the…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Grizzly bear review delayed
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying a decision on petitions filed by…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
Livestock
NC man admits role in $1M cattle theft conspiracy
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. for his role in…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
News
The Viewpoint with Ty Kliewer
In the heart of the Klamath River Basin, Ty Kliewer and his family stand…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Guest Opinion: Criteria clarified if farm is a business or hobby
It’s been awhile since we discussed a farming business versus a hobby, so I…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Rod Mauszycki, DTN tax columnist
Beef
What makes a dummy calf?
With most of the nation’s fall-calving cowherd entering late gestation, Kansas State (K-State) University…
Aug 16, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Study on beef consumption and brain health
A new study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, led by neuroscientist Dr. Aron Barbey…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Audit confirms Agridime operated as a Ponzi scheme
An audit by a forensic accounting firm revealed the extent to which the co-founders…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Denver to vote on anti-ag measures
Two anti-agriculture measures will be on the Denver ballot this fall, which could have…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: The odds of an interest rate cut increase
Within days of the Federal Reserve’s broad hint on July 31 that an interest-rate…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
Environment
Rio Grande Valley agriculture faces water uncertainty
Recent rains in South Texas helped agricultural production in the short term but did…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Beef
Understand the price adjustment factor for heifers on LRP insurance
Livestock Risk Protection insurance is a good tool to manage price risk and has…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Dr. Kenny Burdine, University of Kentucky Extension livestock marketing professor
News
Different takes on modernizing foreign land ownership reports
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to know what USDA is doing to…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Pete’s Comments: Market swings
The interesting thing is the futures markets seem to have little influence on the…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
Four more wolf depredations in CA
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released an August depredation report showing five…
Aug 16, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA finds strategic grazing boosts sagebrush health
Rangeland scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) found in a study that strategically…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
Selecting inoculants for corn silage
Corn silage harvest success rests on proper harvest, packing and storage practices.
Aug 16, 2024 · By Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension educator
Markets
Futures show modest gains amid uncertainty
The cattle market was able to find some support following a tumultuous week in…
Aug 16, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo