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The federal government is racing to complete testing, using a variety of methods that include lab tests and sampling milk and other dairy products at various stages of processing and on store shelves. Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP.

Mandatory testing, tracing of all dairy cattle required

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new federal order requiring all dairy cattle to be tested for bovine influenza A, also called H5N1, (also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry and birds) before being moved across state lines. It also requires tracing the previous movements […]
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NorthWestern Energy CEO Brian Bird turns the valve at the company’s new renewable natural gas injection site on April 22, 2024, in Brookings. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)

Utility Using Natural Gas Made From Cattle Manure

BROOKINGS — A new facility sending renewable natural gas made from dairy cattle manure to local energy customers could be the first of several such plants, a utility company said Monday while celebrating Earth Day. Natural gas is mostly methane. It’s typically extracted by fracking and drilling into shale formations, and used to heat homes or to […]
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On the same day the USDA issued a Federal Rule to limit the movement of dairy cattle across state lines, it announced it’s Final Rule on electronic identification of cattle and bison will be published in the Federal Register.

Electronic I.D. Rule Pushed In Wake Of Dairy Virus

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Service issued a Final Rule on traceability of sexually intact cattle and bison 18 months of age or older, all dairy cattle, in addition to cattle and bison of any age used for rodeo or recreation events, and cattle or bison of any age used […]
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Avian Flu detected in South Dakota dairy herd
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Avian Flu detected in South Dakota dairy herd

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (DANR) and the Animal Industry Board (AIB) have received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in South Dakota. This is the first confirmed case of […]
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Dairy cows, goats test positive for deadly avian flu

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Livestock at multiple dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for bird flu — also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI — in an outbreak that’s likely spread to at least five states. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed Friday that cows in Texas, Kansas […]
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Administrators say there wasn’t enough financial support to renovate the existing facility.

SDSU Dairy Research & Training Facility To Close

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Dairy Research and Training Facility at South Dakota State University will close by the end of June. Administrators at South Dakota State University (SDSU) have decided to shut down its Dairy Research and Training Facility by the end of June, citing a lack of funding to upgrade the aging facility. Milk […]
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Cattle Producers Commend Biden Administration For Competition Initiative

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a package of rules and orders that seek to increase competition in the livestock industry. The package establishes a Chief Competition Officer at USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This position – which will be hired as a career, rather than a political, appointee – will help […]
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Latest USDA supply/demand reports continue to support cattle market

Note: This September report marks the 50th anniversary of WASDE reports. The WASDE report was created after the Great Grain Robbery of 1972 with the first WASDE report coming out in September of 1973, when the Soviet Union was able to buy an immense amount of U.S. wheat at subsidized prices.  The wheat was sold […]
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Cattle and corn prices raised in August 2023 USDA WASDE Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA released its updated WASDE report on August 11, 2023. The August WASDE is the first WASDE report that incorporates farmer surveys and satellite imagery into its yield projections. Previous reports use weather adjusted trendlines. Crop yields were the biggest numbers to watch heading into the report. The market was expecting […]

4,000 feeder cattle killed in weekend flooding

HEREFORD, TX –  Major flooding in North Texas near Amarillo resulted in thousands of cattle dying at the Circle Three Feed Yard in Castro County, according to the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. Texas officials have confirmed 4,000 head of cattle were killed at a feedyard in Hereford after 100-year floods hit the Panhandle of Texas […]

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