Livestock News

There’s a new number one on the list of the nation’s largest landowners in the United States. If you don’t recognize the name Stan Kroenke, you’re likely familiar with at …

All cattle and calves in the United States as of Jan. 1, 2026, totaled 86.2 million head, slightly below the 86.5 million head on Jan. 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported …

Helena, Mont. –  On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Carbon County.  The affected flock is a backyard flock, …

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.5 million head on Jan. 1, 2026. …

R-CALF USA applauded the House Committee on Natural Resources yesterday for voting to advance H.R. 4255, the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act, out of Committee. If passed, the bill, led …

Routine annual surveillance testing identified a brucellosis affected herd in Sublette County. Laboratory testing was conducted at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, Laramie, and results were confirmed at the National …

Governor Greg Gianforte today praised the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed decision to cancel grazing permits authorizing bison grazing previously issued to the American Prairie Reserve (APR). “Today’s decision …

Agriculture groups sound an alarm about the economic crisis in rural America in a letter sent today to Congress. 56 organizations representing a cross-section of agriculture signed the letter, sending …

As the cattle industry heads into 2026 facing tight supplies, volatile markets and heightened scrutiny of labeling and trade policy, leaders with the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association say the timing of …

Grain markets were sharply lower this week after USDA released its January Crop Production Annual Summary, quarterly Grain Stocks, WASDE, and Winter Wheat Seedings reports, delivering far more bearish numbers …