Beef
April beef exports trend higher
April exports of U.S. beef were the largest in 10 months and valued at…
Jun 14, 2024 · By USMEF
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News
June PRCA world standings
The top five contestants and earnings are listed as provided on the Professional Rodeo…
Jun 14, 2024 · By PRCA
Health/Nutrition
Dairy cattle H5N1 outbreak spreads to 12 states
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread in dairy herds across the country. At…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Suit filed to protect NM mouse, owl
The Center for Biological Diversity filed formal notice that it plans to sue the…
Jun 14, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
PETA sues WY airport over denied ad
PETA is suing the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport in Sweetwater County, WY, after the…
Jun 14, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Nonfed beef production down in 2024
Beef production will be down year over year in 2024 but by less than…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Markets
Cattle prices stable despite decreased global production
Cattle prices are expected to remain stable even as beef production faces an impending…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
NPS releases Yellowstone bison management plan
The National Park Service released its final environmental impact statement for a bison management…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Pete’s Comments: How high?
With what these cattle feeders are paying for replacement feeders, this fed market is…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
Dittmer’s Take: Under the surface
There are definite signs the economic and political winds are shifting around, which sometimes…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
Markets
Market holds steady as summer video sales begin
It was a fairly uneventful week in the cattle markets. Feeder demand is beginning…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Options exist when bulls fail a BSE
Several options exist when a bull fails a BSE.
Jun 14, 2024 · By NDSU Extension
Environment
Klamath Basin leaders call for full water allocation
Due to significant economic impacts to farmers and others in the Klamath Basin, county…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Christine Souza, Ag Alert senior editor, California Farm Bureau
News
Senate GOP farm bill framework unveiled
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) released a farm bill framework on June 11 that is…
Jun 14, 2024 · By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN political correspondent
Environment
USDA modernizes acreage reporting with electronic submissions
This year, every FSA office must accept electronic submissions of acreage data.
Jun 14, 2024 · By Katie Micik Dehlinger, DTN farm business editor
Beef
Ponca Tribe to build processing facility
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska announced a $4.8 million federal grant from the USDA…
Jun 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Weekly Drought Report: June 6-12
A highly variable precipitation pattern was noted across the contiguous 48 states this past…
Jun 13, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Beef
Strong US demand for Australian red meat
Strong demand from the U.S. has led to increased lamb and beef exports from…
Jun 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Study: Ultra-processed food on heart health
A recent study published in The Lancet reveals that higher consumption of plant-based non-ultra-processed…
Jun 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Bezos funds protein hub at NC State
The Bezos Earth Fund announced the Center for Sustainable Protein opening at North Carolina…
Jun 13, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Plague confirmed in SD prairie dogs
The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service confirmed plague as the cause of…
Jun 13, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Superior Livestock Auction Corn Belt Classic
June 10-11, South Sioux City, NE Superior Livestock Auction hosted the Corn Belt Classic…
Jun 10, 2024 · By Superior Livestock Auction
Environment
CO wolf update shows movement, death
A recent update by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) shows wolves are expanding their…
Jun 7, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Monitoring for breeding success
As families transition from the school year to summer schedules, this is also the…
Jun 7, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
The impact of better forage conditions
With the growing season well under way, pasture and range conditions in the U.S.…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
Ensuring water for livestock on pasture
As late spring and summer temperatures begin to heat up and cattle are on…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension educator
News
Greens challenge CAFOs’ discharge permits
A pair of environmental groups is suing a Colorado department for what the groups…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Livestock Marketeers Hall of Fame inductees honored
The Livestock Marketeers recently held their 59th annual Hall of Fame banquet. This year’s…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Livestock Marketeers
Health/Nutrition
BSE reported in Scotland
The Scottish government reported on May 10 that a case of classical bovine spongiform…
Jun 7, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Buckle up
There’s an undertone of apprehension in the marketplace right now as we turn the…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
Water curtailment issued for some ID aquifer users
Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a final curtailment order on…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
Rangeland conditions vary across Texas
Rangeland conditions across Texas vary as producers contend with an abundance of precipitation in…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Guest Opinion: Calling all farm dogs
On the family farm, there’s a job for everyone, including our furry, four-legged friends.…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
Environment
Theileria orientalis Ikeda: An emerging risk in cattle
Cattle producers and veterinarians continue to fight anaplasmosis in herds across the U.S. However,…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Rosslyn Biggs, DVM, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle specialist
Beef
AngusLink releases Maternal Score tool
As the cattle industry gears up for herd rebuilding, a new tool to describe…
Jun 7, 2024 · By WLJ
News
CSU details potential impact of Denver slaughter ban
Colorado State University released a report detailing the potential economic impact of the November…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Guest Opinion: The US needs more China hands
In 1929, the U.S. Navy sent a group of intelligence officers to Japan for…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
Environment
Pasture weed management after drought
Pasture grass root injury caused by drought and/or wildfire can extend into the next…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Todd Whitney, Nebraska Extension
Markets
Market looks to cash trade for direction
It was another week of stalled cash trade and futures were unable to lend…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
CEM detected in FL pony
On May 23, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, IA, confirmed a positive…
Jun 7, 2024 · By WLJ
Environment
SDSU Extension offering livestock water testing across state
South Dakota State University Extension is offering on-site livestock water testing services across the…
Jun 7, 2024 · By SDSU Extension
Markets
USDA makes moves on market transparency
The USDA is moving forward with additional steps to address competition issues in the…
Jun 7, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Grassland CRP sign-up now open
Producers and landowners are now able to sign up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve…
Jun 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
AgriStats’ motion to dismiss lawsuit denied
A district judge in Minnesota denied AgriStats’ motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit against…
Jun 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
FDA approves methane-reducing feed ingredient
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed a review approving a methane-reducing feed…
Jun 6, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 31-June 6
Following a stormy pattern with frequent periods of heavy precipitation and severe weather outbreaks,…
Jun 6, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Beef
Frozen beef from Uruguay recalled
About 20,000 pounds of frozen raw beef products were recalled by a Commerce, CA,…
Jun 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Markets
CME increases daily price limits
The CME Group announced it is once again expanding its daily price limits for…
Jun 6, 2024 · By WLJ
News
USDA launches H5N1 pilot program
USDA is adding an additional $824 million in emergency funding from the Commodity Credit…
Jun 6, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Introducing some stability to an unpredictable industry
Risks are a reality, but financial tools and strategies can help mitigate risk to…
Jun 5, 2024 · By Matt Pagel, First Interstate Bank agribusiness market president, and Matt Arnold, commercial relationship manager
Beef
Net farm income forecast to be lower in 2024
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) published the farm sector income forecast projecting a decline…
Jun 5, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Polis signs bill to allow wolverines in CO
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 24-171 into law on May 20, which gives…
May 31, 2024 · By WLJ
News
How to make the most of grazing summer grasses
After cattle have grazed down cool-season plants, planting warm-season grasses like sorghum-sudangrass, pearl millet…
May 31, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Beef
Latest feedlot inventories below last year
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report pegged May 1 feedlot inventories at 11.554…
May 31, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
BLM seeks input on AZ grazing plan
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal regarding livestock…
May 31, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Proposal to designate NV toad habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to designate 930 acres in Churchill County,…
May 31, 2024 · By WLJ
News
The Viewpoint with Jean Barton
Jean Barton has strong roots in Red Bluff, CA, with a rich family ranch…
May 31, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Livestock Tour attendees two-step across Texas
From the opening banquet to the concluding walk along the Alamo and San Antonio…
May 31, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Markets
Farm bill advances out of House ag committee
The House Agriculture Committee moved forward on a 33-21 vote for the $1.5 trillion…
May 31, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Controlling flies on cattle requires proper timing
While integrated pest management is commonplace for controlling crop pests, similar concepts can apply…
May 31, 2024 · By NDSU Extension
Environment
Navajo Nation signs water rights agreements
The Navajo Nation has signed two historic agreements to secure water rights on the…
May 31, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Time to check livestock’s trace mineral levels
Trace minerals play an important role in livestock health.
May 31, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Relief for CO rancher killed by lightning
In late May, a Colorado rancher was struck and killed by lightning while feeding…
May 31, 2024 · By WLJ
Beef
Judge drops producers from antitrust suit
A federal judge in Minnesota has dropped a group of beef producers from a…
May 31, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Are we on the brink of a new trade war with China?
The Biden administration recently announced large, increased tariff rates for Chinese electric vehicles, solar…
May 31, 2024 · By Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
News
Kay’s Korner: Live cattle prices defy odds
Cash live cattle prices continue to defy the odds that would appear to be…
May 31, 2024 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
Health/Nutrition
Caring for young calves
This is the time of year to begin routine processing for one- to two-month-old…
May 31, 2024 · By K-State Research and Extension
Health/Nutrition
Avian influenza continues affecting dairy herds
Meat from a condemned dairy cow recently tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza as…
May 31, 2024 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
Devin’s Comments: Two-Steppin’ Across Texas
What a week we had in Texas! This year’s Livestock Tour saw 120 attendees…
May 31, 2024 · By Devin
Markets
Market momentum slips after holiday weekend
Futures headed lower following the Memorial Day holiday, jolted by outside market factors.
May 31, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
China bans JBS beef from US plant
China has banned beef imports from JBS’s Swift Beef Company in Greeley, CO, after…
May 31, 2024 · By WLJ
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 24-30
A front over the Northwest to the Great Basin brought rain and higher-elevation snow…
May 30, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
News
Superior Livestock Auction
May 30, Hudson Oaks, TX Superior Livestock Auction hosted their video auction live on…
May 30, 2024 · By Superior Livestock Auction
Community
MT7 Ranch receives TX Leopold Conservation Award
MT7 Ranch is the recipient of the 2024 Texas Leopold Conservation Award. The award…
May 24, 2024 · By Sand County Foundation
News
Resource Science: The US population and immigration
It is obvious to an unbiased observer that the root cause of environmental impacts…
May 24, 2024 · By Dr. Matthew Cronin, WLJ columnist
Environment
PEER analysis asserts rangelands are in poor ecological health
A recent analysis by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility reveals rangelands managed by the…
May 24, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Beef Checkoff calls for funding requests
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board invites all eligible beef industry organizations to submit funding requests…
May 24, 2024 · By Cattlemen's Beef Board
Beef
North American producers raise trade oversight concerns
Beef producers in the U.S., Mexico and Canada have signed an agreement to advocate…
May 24, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Harvesting grass hay
When do you typically cut your grass hay? Ideally, cutting your grass hay so…
May 24, 2024 · By Jerry Volesky, Nebraska Extension educator
Beef
CBC welcomes foodservice professionals on its beef tour
The California Beef Council recently hosted its Pasture to Plate Beef Tour, an immersive…
May 24, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Markets
Market continues upward momentum ahead of Memorial Day
The cattle complex continued the upward momentum from the prior week on the strength…
May 24, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
Better pasture, hay conditions recorded in 2024
As forage production moves into full swing, conditions for pasture and beginning hay stocks…
May 24, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
House releases farm bill text details
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee released a comprehensive farm bill text that…
May 24, 2024 · By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN political correspondent
News
Logan’s Comments: More than a measure
The Bill of Rights is one of the most respected and revered documents in…
May 23, 2024 · By Logan Ipsen
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 17-23
This U.S. Drought Monitor week saw widespread improvement in drought-related conditions on the map…
May 23, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Health/Nutrition
Should I trich test my mature bulls?
We are nearing spring turnout and breeding season, and with that, many producers may…
May 17, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln
News
Agridime receiver: Bankruptcy not in the best interest
The court-appointed receiver for Agridime LLC recommended that bankruptcy proceedings would not be in…
May 17, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
News
Boxed beef prices propel cattle futures higher
Boxed beef prices soared ahead of Memorial Day demand propelling cattle futures triple digits…
May 17, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Insights on future beef, pork, chicken prices
A new report from the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department…
May 17, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
Rainfall setting up favorable Texas hay prospects
Despite record low hay inventories in Texas in 2023, prospects for higher yields this…
May 17, 2024 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Health/Nutrition
American, Australian cattle producers ink partnership pact
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Cattle Australia solidified their collaboration with the signing…
May 17, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Tribes gain foothold in CO River water rights
The Upper Basin Tribes and the Colorado River Indian Tribes communities announced agreements, giving…
May 17, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Two sides of the heifer coin
There are numerous unique factors that make the beef cattle industry complex. Chief among…
May 17, 2024 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
Feed industry disputes poultry litter and HPAI link
The Association of American Feed Control Officials is disputing media reports linking the connection…
May 17, 2024 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Study shows FerAppease improves carcass characteristics
In a new study published in the journal Translational Animal Science, Texas A&M University…
May 17, 2024 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Guest Opinion: The more expensive world boomers are passing on
The end of World War II sparked a demographic revolution whose consequences remain with…
May 17, 2024 · By Urban Lehner, DTN editor emeritus
News
Guest Opinion: Togetherall offers mental health support to ag
The chronic, sometimes daily struggles of farmers and ranchers, whether financial, family, weather, economic,…
May 17, 2024 · By Sarah Covington, American Farm Bureau Federation
News
Pete’s Comments: Fewer cattle, More pounds
It’s been a quiet week in the cattle markets so far this week.
May 17, 2024 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
News
Weekly Drought Report: May 10-16
Heavy precipitation fell across the Rocky Mountains of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, as well…
May 16, 2024 · By University of Nebraska-Lincoln