Livestock News

WASHINGTON (January 14, 2022) – Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced support for a report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC). “The…

Meat processing companies and union officials tell Reuters that rising COVID-19 infections among workers are once again forcing meat plants to slow production and the government to replace slaughter inspectors.…

Canada recently reported a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy in an eight-year-old beef cow on a farm in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notified the World Organization for…

October was another strong month for U.S. red meat exports as beef export value continued to soar, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export…

On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed four bills, previously approved by the House Ag Committee, including overwhelming support for an extension of the Livestock Mandatory (Price) Reporting Act and the…

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) submitted comments to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) related to the labeling of meat or poultry products…

(U.S. Senate) – United States Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont) and John Thune (R-S.D.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm…

On Friday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the beginning of a scoping process on Greater Sage-Grouse management, a part of the agency’s process to revise west-wide management plans…

Dr. Jeff Mosley, MSU Extension, talked to a packed room in the Grazing Management; Decisions After Sever Drought workshop at the Montana Farm Bureau Convention in Billings last week. In…

Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on Secretary Vilsack to immediately suspend all imports of fresh beef from Brazil to the United States. In the letter to USDA,…