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At Walmart’s Sustainability Milestone Summit, World Wildlife Fund, the Walmart Foundation, McDonald’s and Cargill announced they will join forces to make improvements to the grasslands of the Northern Great Plains.

Large volumes of cattle traded in all regions at $2 higher prices ahead of Friday’s cattle on feed report which counted 4% more inventory than last September.

Packers aggressively sought inventory last week and cash fed cattle prices surged $2 per cwt., to instances of $3 higher for the week. Large trade volumes were reported in the North at $107 to $108 per cwt.

A fall rally in cash fed cattle markets has added $5 to $6 per cwt. over the past three weeks. Feeder cattle remain in moderate demand, but drought conditions across much of the Great Plains is affecting cattle markets.

Profitability for both cow-calf and feedyards is projected to improve in 2021, Sterling Marketing president John Nalivka told AgriTalk host Chip Flory.

Pasture, Rangeland and Forage, or PRF, insurance is a risk policy designed to provide annual protection for farmers and ranchers through USDA. Policies covering 2021 have a signup date of Nov. 21, 2020.

A beef company that fought for years to clear its name in court has broken ground on a state-of-the-art ground beef production facility in Garden City, Kansas.

A large winter storm is advancing across the central U.S. bringing cold temperatures and some much-needed moisture. Feedlots continued to build inventory during September leading to a record inventory for Oct. 1.

Criticism of beef production is rampant worldwide, and a new international report will only further fuel activists who want your business shut down.

California’s Proposition 15 was failing with 72% of the votes in, while Colorado’s Proposition 114 appeared as though it would pass by a narrow margin.