Cattle

WASHINGTON – The American Farm Bureau Federation announced its support of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021, with the exception of the bill’s establishment of mandatory minimums …

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, …

Helena, Mont. – Bovine tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed in a Montana beef herd for the first time in decades. The Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) confirmed TB in a …

This week, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), will formally introduce the American Beef Labeling Act, legislation that would reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) …

Regardless of when and how many calves you will wean, methods of reducing stress on fresh weaned calves is of great interest to cattlemen and of benefit to cow-calf operations.  …

A new bill aims to restore the integrity of the “Product of USA’ label for beef. This week, South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, along with several collegues from western states …

The petition that attempts to bring about the end of the National Beef Checkoff will have more time to gather signatures from ranchers. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week granted …

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) today introduced the Butcher Block Act, a bipartisan bill to rebalance the cattle market by easing regulatory barriers and …

The same day that cattle producer organizations released a joint statement on cattle market transparency, outlining their action plans to begin correcting the imbalance that exists between cattle and beef …