Elanco Animal Health announces two new resources aimed at helping the cattle industry make a positive impact on hunger and climate change.

The cash market finally saw some life last week. Packers seemed to be in more need for cattle and finally were in a position to have to raise bids to get cattle bought.

Federal Wildlife Service plan aerial gunning of estray cattle located in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico despite local ranchers concerns.

The Meat Institute called for the U.S. Senate to pass a bipartisan bill to address unreasonable ocean carrier practices that are undermining competitiveness of American exporters including the meat and poultry industry.

NCBA approved interim policy that removes any doubt about the group’s distaste for government to regulate “cattle producers’ freedom of choice to conduct their own business and utilize their own marketing programs.”

While markets are one component of the cattle cycle, the critical factor driving the cattle cycle and the cow-calf sector of the cattle industry is forage.