Livestock News

There are numerous unique factors that make the beef cattle industry complex.  Chief among those are the heifer dynamics that are central to cattle cycles.  Two biological facts are critical: …

Leaders of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Cattle Australia (CA) signed a joint statement last week at the Beef 2024 convention in Rockhampton, Australia to further the two …

The U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, has announced the formation of a new collaborative effort called The U.S. Sheep Station Rangeland Collaboratory, which aims to develop a new …

USDA on Friday forecast farmers this spring are planting what will become a 14.86-billion-bushel corn crop and a 4.45-billion-bushel soybean crop. The department released the World Agricultural Supply and Demand …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation that would prevent federal government overreach on the operations of farmers and ranchers. The bill would prevent the Secretary of Agriculture …

Helena, Mont. –  On Wednesday April 24, 2024, Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) received confirmation of a rabid cow in Powder River County. The rabies-infected cow was tested after displaying …

The first bill banning lab-grown meat was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on May 1. The bill prohibits the manufacture for sale, sale, holding or offering …

Ranchers depend on grass as a primary source of forage, whether it be rangeland, pasture or hay. While they carefully select species to plant as cover crops or plan a …

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its final rule that will require certain cattle and bison to have electronic identification (EID) eartags if they are moving from one state …

According to a Reuters report and citing the USDA as a source, Colombia has restricted the import of beef and beef products coming from U.S. states where dairy cows have …