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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers confiscated feral swine from a farm in El Paso County that later tested positive for pseudorabies.
Ed Czerwien, former general manager for the Saint Joseph Stockyards in St. Joseph, MO, and former Livestock & Grain Market News Reporter for the USDA in Amarillo, TX, passed away Monday.
Critics of the current fed cattle marketing system say increasing negotiated cash sales will lead to higher prices. But that assumption is not supported by data. In fact, 12 years of data suggests the inverse is true.
The Biden Administration’s Action Plan to invest $1 Billion to expand competition in the U.S. meat packing industry and strengthen enforcement of antitrust regulations drew mixed reactions from cattlemen.
Equipment prices soared in 2021. As equipment manufacturers had issues sourcing parts to build new, it placed even higher demand on used. Machinery Pete weighs in on lessons learned during such a dynamic year.
The Biden Administration’s $1 billion Action Plan unveiled Monday to aid farmers, ranchers and consumers would do none of the above, according to the North American Meat Institute.
Several major U.S. supermarket chains and a food distributor filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing pork processors of conspiring to fix pork prices from at least 2009.
Powles Ranch Partnership is the recipient of the 2021 AGA Commercial Producer of the Year award presented during the 2021 AGA National Convention and 50th Anniversary Celebration in Oklahoma City.
China may be on a major buying binge (hoarding) of ‘strategic products’...
This past year is one many of us would sooner forget than remember.
Organizers have cancelled the annual Lawry’s Beef Bowl ahead of Saturday’s Rose Bowl for the second year in a row due to concerns over the rising cases and the emergence of the Omicron COVID variant.
During the past six months, beef consumers have reinforced their preference for product at the top end of the market. Both branded and Prime products have been supported by unprecedented demand.
Concerns over the COVID-19 variant headlined news last week. Bob Utterback of Utterback Marketing and Mark Gold of StoneX Group both say they are friendly on cattle and hog prices, but caution about outside influences.
Critical fire weather is forecast through Dec. 26 for portions of North and West Texas, with Dec. 24 holding the most potential for wildfire activity, particularly in the Panhandle
Canadian officials reported the first case of BSE in six years. South Korea has suspended all beef imports from Canada as a precaution until it can gather more information about the case.
A Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger reports 75 heifers missing west of Hereford, Texas.
A confirmed wolf kill was discovered near Walden, Colo., the home of one of Colorado’s wolf packs. This is the first confirmed wolf kill of livestock in Colorado in over 70 years.
To communicate effective food messages, researchers at Texas A&M are evaluating eye tracking movement, facial expression, heart rate and other indicators to reveal consumers’ responses.
The Kansas Livestock Association reports a total of 396 donations were made to the wildfire and severe storm relief fund through Dec. 21, including two large donations from meat processors Tyson and Cargill.
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) said despite modification to proposed rules for Proposition 12, the proposed rules remain flawed and more time is needed for compliance.
From droughts to hurricanes to wildfires, this year has offered a little of everything when it comes to weather.
Being prepared for a wildfire is something that we can do year-a-round, just a small amount of preparation can make a difference if you are ever faced with an oncoming wildfire.
After 35-year-old Chad Schmit died unexpectedly at the Minn. Beef Expo this year, the Shorthorn Assoc. pulled together a final sale that turned into a fitting tribute for a man who loved show cattle and helping youth.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded Sand County Foundation a three-year grant to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture among private landowners in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan watershed.
Fierce winds across Kansas this week sparked a slew of wildfires, as some ranchers lost their homes, barns and livestock. Around Paradise, Kan., there are some ranch families who say there is nothing left.
Mindset separates abundance thinkers, Tom Field, Paul Engler chair of agribusiness at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, told attendees at the American Hereford Association educational forum in Kansas City.
A mistrial has been declared by a federal judge in Denver overseeing the trial of 10 current and former chicken company executives charged with price-fixing and bid-rigging.
A Colorado rancher was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in a cattle ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 100 investors of nearly $5 million.