Rancher
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.
Federal wildlife officials removed the gray wolf from the U.S. Endangered Species Act list on Thursday, saying the wolf population has recovered and the animal no longer needs federal protection.
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.
Profitability for both cow-calf and feedyards is projected to improve in 2021, Sterling Marketing president John Nalivka told AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
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.
Cattle-Fax CEO Randy Blach shared his vision for beef industry growth during the Certified Angus Beef Feeding Quality Forum held virtually last month.
This week’s higher cash and futures prices have traders looking for additional gains next week. Packers gave up some leverage but their margins remain excellent.
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.
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.
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest approximately $39,380,000 into programs for beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications during fiscal 2021.
Several working dogs have been “rescued” by well-meaning hikers or campers in Idaho, recently, who believe the dogs to be lost or abandoned. The “rescues” have become a nuisance for ranchers.
No one really expects a 21st Century governor or ag commissioner to know how to milk a cow or castrate a calf. But is it too much to ask that they understand food doesn’t just come from the grocery store?
Declines in dairy cow slaughter have more than offset an increase in drought-driven beef cow slaughter from two of the nation’s largest beef cow regions.
America’s lamb industry lost 20% of its processing with the bankruptcy of a Greeley facility purchased by JBS. Lamb ranchers claim the closure puts them in crisis and lawmakers are asking the DOJ to investigate.
Agri Beef, a cattle feeding, farming and beef processing company in business since 1968, announced it plans to open a new beef packing facility in Jerome, Idaho.
Meet the Great American Outdoors Act, a funding package passed by Congress three times the amount needed - in the middle of a pandemic with the national debt already past $26 trillion.
A Texas man faces a lengthy prison stay after pleading guilty to five felony charges related to hundreds of cattle thefts in Hill and Limestone Counties.
This spring’s cattle market disruptions were a disaster for everyone, Mark Dopp, general counsel for the Meat Institute told AgriTalk host Chip Flory. But he believes USDA’s report on markets was accurate.
All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2020 totaled 103 million head, slightly above the 103 million head on July 1, 2019.
A petition calling on the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a referendum on the Beef Checkoff was filed with USDA in early July, and USDA has responded along with a guidance document on its website.
Here are some ways to help manage stress in cattle during the summer and how to help their caregivers manage their own stress to enable them to be successful.
An Idaho sheep ranching company announced it will permanently retire grazing on 88,000 acres of public land in the Sawtooth and Salmon-Challis national forests, a decision not universally popular with other ranchers.
One impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the beef industry has been an increase in the number of carcasses grading Prime, but the shuttering of high-end restaurants that sell Prime beef, however, softened demand.
Insects responsible for pollinating human food crops are declining due to modern farming, activists say. Such claims are wrong, says the Genetic Literacy Project, and any insect declines are likely due to urbanization.
Montana Senator John Tester and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley claim American farmers and ranchers face “a grave crisis, and it could hurt every family who buys meat at the grocery store.”
A massive threat to the US food supply could be hiding beneath the fur of an imported dog. Heartwater is a rickettsial disease that threatens protein food supplies by infecting and killing cattle and other ruminants.
This first full-week following the Memorial Day holiday delivers signals cattle markets may see a second wave of downward pressure, the after-shocks of the COVID-19 earthquake.
Missouri lawmakers told a hearing in Jefferson City last week they hope to form a working group to explore the idea of helping secure a beef harvest and processing facility in the state.
Uncle Sam wasted some of your money on a boutique Serbian cheese, which is better than throwing good money after bad in a bungled, years-long attempt to lock up a handful of disgruntled Nevada ranchers.