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USDA extends the comment period for the proposed rule titled, “Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act.”

Capturing Value panelists discuss opportunities to differentiate, niche down and stand out at Angus Convention.

Michael Thompson of Almena has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Kansas Leopold Conservation Award®.

Unions and railroads are back at the negotiating table. By law, Congress can intervene to impose an agreement if the two sides remain deadlocked. However, one union is now on schedule to strike Dec. 5.

With some of the highest feed costs in over a decade, producers must consider those costs and the price of calves when determining whether backgrounding might be beneficial this year.

Cargill has named Brian Sikes as the company’s president and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2023. Current CEO Dave MacLennan will assume the role of Executive Chair of Cargill’s Board of Directors.

The combination of effects from the pandemic in 2020 and drought since 2020 has pushed the peak in feedlot numbers and cattle slaughter into 2022, well past the cyclical peak in the calf crop in 2018.

Bullish trends in CME futures last week gave cattle feeders leverage to seek higher bids as last week progressed. Packers continue to lose leverage as the fall rally progresses.

BQA Transportation is a comprehensive management program that incorporates responsible practices in all phases of transporting cattle.