Rangeland
Former CEO for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Wayne Pacelle, is at odds with his previous employer after HSUS sided with organizations representing farmers and ranchers in the debate on wild horses.
Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split among horse protection advocates.
The White House announced Thursday President Joe Biden would sign three proclamations to restore protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments.
On Friday Interior secretary Deb Haaland announced the BLM will move its headquarters back to Washington, DC, after having relocated to Grand Junction, Colo., during the Trump administration.
The current system of managing wild horses and burros on public lands “has been crippled to the point of catastrophic failure,” said Ethan Lane, NCBA & Public Lands Council to congressional leaders.
Pete and Meagan Lannan, owners of Barney Creek Livestock, are innovative ranchers who found a way to raise beef cattle amid exorbitant land values in Montana’s Paradise Valley.
An appeals court ruled this week agricultural groups can intervene in a lawsuit seeking to keep gray wolves on the Endangered Species list.
American ranchers continue to face challenges to end livestock grazing on federal lands. We must remain vigilant to those challenges in order to contribute to U.S. agriculture, the food industry and the U.S. economy.
Intensive or ‘mob’ grazing allows for higher stocking densities, but does it provide benefits to soil health and biodiversity? UNL researchers share their findings after an eight-year study.
Project will impact working ranches and rural communities, while quantifying the value of soil health and other ecosystem functions.
In just 4 years, targeted grazing has intercepted three wildfires around Elko, NV. Preventing these fires conserved wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and other ecosystem services.
As tender spring forages begin to grow, what happens when a late frost occurs? How should cattle producers manage the impacts?
The ongoing drought continues to squeeze available hay supplies and drought this year is a severe threat to 2022 hay production. May 1 hay stocks in the 17 plains and western states were down 17.7 percent year-over-year.
Bayer Range and Pasture Program helps ranchers restore rangeland with a single herbicide application.
An emergency preparedness plan can assist a cattlemen’s ability to respond to varying threats. Developing a disaster plan is a good idea for both people and all the animals they care for on a farm or ranch.
Could a proposed ‘endangered species’ along the southern Texas border be a deterrent to proceed with border enforcement activities? Texas Attorney General Paxton comments.
The Ranch Rover is an autonomous ranch vehicle with the purpose of providing aid to the ranch operation in the form of feeding, livestock monitoring, and data collection.
Access to adequate, good quality water will continue to be a challenge for ranchers in North Dakota who depend on surface water sources, such as dugouts and stock dams to provide water to livestock.
More than 61% of the contiguous US is in some classification of drought. That’s the largest percentage of drought classification since 2012, the year the continental US saw an all-time record of 65% during September.
Federal protections for gray wolves must be restored under the Endangered Species Act across much of the U.S., according to a federal judge.
Federal Wildlife Service plan aerial gunning of estray cattle located in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico despite local ranchers concerns.
Nitrogen fertilizer prices have reached over $750/ton for urea (over 85¢/pound of N), with expectations that it could reach over $1,000/ton. Consider using legumes in our pastures to replace N fertilizers.
Drought is expanding in the country. There is plenty of time to avoid widespread drought impacts but without significant moisture in the next 2-3 months, the cattle industry could see major impacts.
Beef producers know grazing land is in short supply. With more acres being developed or converted to cropland, cow-calf operations may consider alternatives to traditional pasture management.
A USDA grant will fund the use of crop-insurance data to improve education and extension efforts that help farmers and ranchers assess the ways extreme weather has caused production losses and to project future losses.
The 2022 North Dakota Reclamation Conference, “Investing in Effective Reclamation,” will focus on reclamation practices and technology to improve reclamation success.
In an effort to connect farmers, ranchers, and land managers to current, useful range management resources, the Society for Range Management (SRM) launched Good Grazing Makes Cent$ (GGMC).
Each summer, Ranchland Trust of Kansas invites amateur and professional photographers of all ages to submit photos that showcase the mission of RTK and Kansas’ ranching heritage.
A public-private partnership has purchased the Pipkin Ranch for management by New Mexico’s Department of Game & Fish to expand the habitat of the lesser prairie chicken and other grassland wildlife.
The Public Lands Council (PLC) honored individuals who have demonstrated an exceptional dedication to the industry and partnership with public lands ranchers during PLC’s 53rd Annual Meeting.