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Today’s livestock headlines and expert perspectives serving cattle producers, processors, nutritionists and the greater livestock industry.
Offered for sale in the fall of 2021, the 80,000-acre ranch owned by the Whittenburg and Coble families for 120 years, boasts a rare combination of history, heritage and natural resources.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued guidance on critical industry workforce that should continue as the country addresses and responds to the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. food and agriculture was included.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for agriculture secretary, according to two sources familiar with the decision.
As agriculture awaits confirmation Joe Biden will tap Tom Vilsack as the next Secretary of Agriculture, Washington insiders say Vilsack is a known entity, which would be a positive for U.S. farmers and ranchers.
Lawmakers may have left town, but centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) left no doubt that he cannot support President Biden’s $1.75 trillion social and climate spending plan, imperiling the president’s agenda.
Welcome to a nightmare—the Yazoo Backwater Project—a bureaucratic taffy pull of dysfunctional government, politics, science, farming, and the backdoor dealings of a federal agency.
COVID-19-related legislation continues to run the gavel, while rural America urges Congress to deliver on its economic relief promises. Here are three issues to watch.
The AFBF suggests EPA halt their plan to rewrite WOTUS until it has more guidance in deciding which waters are categorized under the federal jurisdiction.
The Senate Commerce Committee passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA), helping agricultural exporters level the playing field for American exports.
The House Ag Committee is seeking feedback on the 2018 Farm Bill in preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill draft.
In an ongoing pork price-fixing lawsuit, JBS USA receives approval of $20 million settlement, reaching over $57 million in total for the case.
As much as 11 percent of Oklahoma’s winter wheat has been planted despite soil moisture profiles that are bleak at best. Wheat grazing prospects look dim and risky this fall.
With the industry becoming increasingly more digital, is your farm’s electronic data protected and computer systems secure?
The combination of tightening supplies and packers seeking higher-grading inventory helped push cash prices a little higher last week.
The Talon internship program provides college-aged students the unique opportunity to spend their summer on an Angus operation gaining valuable, hands-on experience.
In a year like this, taking time to evaluate your herd and its present genetics may be valuable to set your operation up for success in the coming years.
Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) and partners will use funding in a five-year pilot project to demonstrate a climate-smart future for corn, soybean, livestock and renewable natural gas production.
Zoetis presented its second donation to Folds of Honor in August, bringing the company’s total first-half contribution to $292,000 to help support the work of the nonprofit honoring America’s heroes.
Vytelle announces the opening of a laboratory in New Zealand, part of a five-year plan to double the laboratory capacity to produce bovine embryos through in vitro fertilization.
Livestock producers are in a constant battle of record-setting dry conditions throughout the U.S. Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance could mean the difference between culling and making it to spring.
Jeff Pybus is farming’s invisible grim reaper, slaying rats in the dark as he shoots and films for an addicting, no-frills YouTube channel.
Ongoing research at Oklahoma State University shows that the process of patch burning has the potential to save cattle producers $20 per cow per year in supplemental feed costs.
Winter is coming and though simply finding hay for your cattle may be a relief, it’s important to remember that not all hay is created equal.
Cleaning and maintaining animal health equipment are important considerations when implementing BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) on your cattle operation.
“Protein alternatives” manufactured by Beyond Meat, Inc. have been found to contain less protein than the company claims. The company now faces a lawsuit under five action causes.
Marketing calves through a value-added program shows real results for a Missouri family farm.
Once operational in late 2024, American Foods Group’s new beef facility in Warren County, Missouri, will process 2,400 head of cattle per day.
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest $38.5 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications during fiscal 2023.
Texas Tech professor is working with groups from Australia and Ireland to identify the genetic qualities of high-grade beef.
Trust In Beef is pleased to introduce a series of collaborative value chain program partners in a new video series. In this video, meet rancher and USRSB 2021/22 Chair Steve Wooten of Kim, Colo.