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RAPID CITY, SD – This year’s BHSS Hereford Show and Sale was held Wed., Feb. 2. Muller Cattle, Davis, SD, consigned the Grand Champion Herford Female and the high selling […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The Black Hills Stock Show Truck Defender Horse Sale topped a cool two million dollars. The sale average was $15,974 on 166 lots sold. The sale […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The Black Hills Stock Show Charolais Show & Sale was held Tues., February 1. A total of 50 lots lined the show ring prior to the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA semi-annual Cattle Inventory Report revealed that the U.S. beef cow herd is shrinking at the fastest rate since the last widespread drought in 2012. As of […]
DENVER, CO – While the American Lamb Checkoff rate is not changing, how the mandatory assessments are collected for animals sold through “market agencies” is changing. The change applies to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Farm equipment manufacturers would be required to provide all diagnostic equipment to farmers and the Federal Trade Commission would have authority to go after companies that don’t […]
RAPID CITY, SD – When the last gate swung shut, the Black Hills Stock Show Angus Sale recorded a littler over a quarter of a million dollars in registered cattle […]
PIERRE, SD – A legislative committee has advanced a bill that supporters say will fix a “blind spot” in how the state determines whether agricultural land should be taxed as […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – When it comes to the cattle industry, there is a lot producers can agree on. Then, there are some things that bring about differing views and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agricultural producers and landowners can sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program, a cornerstone conservation program offered by the USDA. The General CRP signup will run from […]
INGLEWOOD, CA – In its inaugural Super Bowl Food Report, Wells Fargo & Company reports that the sports event celebrated across U.S. homes may see costs up 14 percent from […]
WASHINGTON, DC – According to Brownfield Ag News, many ag economists expect to see continued contraction in the biannual cattle inventory report. Scott Brown, a livestock economist at the University […]
SACRAMENTO, CA A California court halted the enforcement of Proposition 12, moving back enforcement of the animal-welfare law to six months after rules are finalized. The California Department of Food […]
MANHATTAN, KS – While many are now evaluating their own post-holiday body condition and see the need to make some scale adjustments, this is also the time for cattle producers […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – If you’ve been droughted out or burned out, USDA may be able to help. The agency is reminding ranchers and livestock producers that they may be eligible […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the second time in nine years, an Idaho family will take their battle over a wetlands designation before the high court. The Supreme Court will hear […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2018, six U.S. trading partners-Canada, China, the European Union, India, Mexico, and Turkey-announced retaliatory tariffs affecting agricultural and food products in retaliation to former President Donald […]
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s a matter of food security. That’s the message National Farmers Union President Rob Lawrew delivered to a a subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that […]
PIERRE, SD – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) is pleased to announce $80,000 in funding to help school districts use more local and fresh foods. […]
BILLINGS, MT – From ranching to feedlots, that operational expertise will be brought by the newly elected president and vice president of R-CALF USA. Brett Kenzy, Gregory, SD is the […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The South Dakota FFA is launching “FFA Day” on Monday, January 31st as part of Rodeo Rapid City at the Black Hills Stock Show. High school […]
PIERRE, S.D. — A legislative committee on Tuesday put a major kink in the plan for a large shooting range being proposed by the Game, Fish and Parks in Meade […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) announced its support of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021, with the exception of the bill’s establishment of […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Every year, the Black Hills Stock Show highlights the American sheep industry’s valuable role in providing the world with high-quality food and fiber. North American Sheep […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) Board of Directors recently voted to oppose the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GF&P) proposed shooting range complex. The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The USDA says there were more cattle placed into U.S. feed lots in December 2021 than any other December on record. Increased placements are tied to heavier […]
AMES, IA – Using a boxed beef index as an external reference price could result in higher or lower fed cattle prices versus other ways of discovering prices, according to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – R-CALF USA has asked Congress to implement a stopgap measure to preserve what is left of the U.S. cattle industry. In written testimony submitted in a Wednesday […]
FOREST RIVER, ND (DTN) — A North Dakota farm filed a class-action lawsuit last week, alleging John Deere is violating the Sherman Act in not making diagnostic software available to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.– 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 FRRCC represents […]
LARAMIE, WY – Education. Mentoring. Technical Assistance. Three things beginning ranchers and farmers need to acquire th eknowledge, skills, and tools needed to make informed decisions for their operations and […]
MANHATTAN, KS – During pregnancy, regular checkups are key for mother and baby to maintain good health. The same is true for beef cattle, according to the experts at Kansas […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced up to $225 million in available funding for conservation partners through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The RCPP is a […]
HETTINGER, ND – A commercial beekeeping supply business has opened in far southwestern North Dakota that will serve people in three of the top five honey-producing states in the country. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a report from Brownsfield Ag News, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa says lawmakers continue to flesh out the best path for the bipartisan compromise bill […]
UNDATED – South Dakota corn stocks in all positions on December 1, 2021 totaled 624 million bushels, down slightly from 2020, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Of […]
LEMMON, SD – Turning the bales of summer into winter pasture grazing helps South Dakota ranchers save time, money, and reduce personal stress while improving rangeland soil health and hay […]
VALE, SD – There’s nothing more enjoyable than getting together with folks you haven’t seen in awhile. The Vale Ag Fair set for Wed., Jan. 12 provides just that kind […]
BILLINGS, MT. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting […]
WOLF POINT, MT – The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center (MCHF & WHC) announces their 14th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. […]
LARAMIE, WY – Wyoming ranchers and other agricultural sectors have developed a new ranch management and leadership program being launched this winter in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources […]
CHICAGO, ILL – The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose for only the second time since May, up 9 points to a reading of 125 in December. The Index […]
DALLAS, TX Now in its 11th year, the Farmer/Rancher Veteran Fellowship Fund has granted more than $3.5 million in support of 800+ military veterans pursuing careers in agriculture. As one […]
BROOKINGS, SD – The South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and College of Education and Human Sciences will recognize three individuals as the Eminent Leaders […]
HELENA, MT – A brucellosis affected herd has been quarantined in Montana, the 11th since 2010. The Montana Department of Livestock received notice that an animal from a Madison County […]
MOLINE, ILL – Deere and Company helped mechanize agriculture with the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837. They recently went in a different direction by unveiling another transformative machine: […]
DEAWOOD, SD – From the vast expanse of American rangelands comes an offering of bison in a sale that is an annual industry benchmark. That’s according to auctioneer Jud Seaman […]
BROOKINGS, SD – The SDSU Department of Animal Science, alongside the South Dakota Sheep Growers Association and the SDSU Athletics Department, will be hosting the 30th Annual SDSU Lamb Bonanza […]
FORT PIERRE, SD – Women in agriculture across South Dakota are invited to attend a Women on the Range Mini Winter Workshop in Fort Pierre and Pierre Jan. 14. Participants […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week will be an important one for several agriculture interests as the Supreme Court is expected to consider whether to hear a number of high-stakes petitions […]
BILLINGS, Mont. – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced an “Action Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, and More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain.” The plan includes massive amounts of […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Following empty meat cases early on in the pandemic and supply chain issues that continue yet today, it didn’t take long for the Biden administration to turn […]
NORTH PLATTE, NE – While precision agriculture has become commonplace on the farm, ranchers have been slower to adopt new tools. Efforts to change that could make ranching more productive. […]
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — There’s an old weather adage that’s been passed over cups of coffee and glasses of beer for nearly a century: “It’s not a drought ’til […]
PIEDMONT, SD – In the mid 1870’s, there were two ways to enter the Black Hills of South Dakota, on foot or on the back of a horse. By 1887, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The USDA says red meat and beef production for November were record large. Commercial red meat productionfor the United States totaled 4.80 billion pounds in November, up […]
WASHINGTON, DC – South Korea has suspended quarantine inspections of Canadian beef following the discovery of an atypical BSE case in the North American country. The agriculture ministry said the […]
HELENA, MT. – The 2022 Montana’s Next Generation Conference will provide six powerful evening sessions covering recordkeeping, markets, marketing, crop production, succession planning, and business topics. Sessions will be on […]
DENVIER, CO – The sheep and lamb industry is shaping up to have a record setting year for prices. Feeder lamb prices (Three-Market Average; Colo., Texas and S.D.) have tracked […]
HURON, SD – During his keynote address, South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, challenged family farmers and ranchers to take a moment to reflect and ask themselves: “What am […]
WICHITA, KS – Thanks to an effort led by the United States Cattlemen’s Association’s (USCA) Independent Beef Processing Committee, over 800 pounds of U.S. beef is on its way to […]
DENTON, MT – The late-season wildfire that whipped through the Central Montana farming community of Denton on December 1st, nearly wiped the town off the map. 25 homes and four […]
WASHINGTON, DC – How should cattle and sheep grazing on public lands be best maintained during a foreign animal disease outbreak? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health […]
WASHINGTON, DC – EPA has not yet responded to a 2017 petition by environmental groups, demanding the agency fully regulate pesticide-treated seed. Now, in a lawsuit filed Dec. 15, those […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by the pandemic to school lunch programs is being felt across the country. USDA has just announced an influx […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate has confirmed Rostin Behnam as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He will officially take helm of an agency that regulates a wide […]
RAPID CITY, SD – The Center of Excellence for Bison Studies at the West River Research and Extension facility located in Rapid City is hosting “BISON: A traveling exhibit exploring […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Bigger. Hotter. More destructive. That’s how officials are describing wildland fires across the country. “The effects of a changing climate are all around us,” said USDA Secretary […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A handful of companies dominate the cattle, hog, and poultry sectors, “and these middlemen are using their market power to increase prices and underpay farmers while taking […]
WASHINGTON, DC – China will raise import tariffs on most pork products next year, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, after the world’s top producer rapidly expanded domestic production and […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Starting in January, approximately 15,000 agricultural producers across the nation and the various segments of U.S. agriculture will receive an invitation to assist in the online 2022 […]
OMAHA, NE (AP) — A new monthly survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states shows the economy remains strong in the region, but some bankers […]
HOLABIRD, S.D. — If you’ve been to the supermarket lately, chances are you have noticed meat prices are higher. Family-farm advocates say profits are not making their way to smaller […]
BILLINGS, MT – Analyzing market data for the second half of 2021 generated under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act (LMR), R-CALF USA says the recent increase in fed cattle prices […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $15 million to conservation partners across the country for 19 new projects under the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 […]
RAPID CITY, SD – Opting for a place at the policy-making table, the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) Board of Directors voted of 15–10, to sign on in support of […]
PIERRE, SD – The South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) and Sanford Health are pleased to announce that three Build Your Base Team USA Olympians are traveling through South Dakota. […]
ROY, MT – Like almost every other ranch in Eastern Montana, Buck and JoAnn Mosby, and Buck’s mother Sharon Davis of Roy, Montana suffered from drought, grasshoppers, and hay shortages […]
KANSAS CITY, MO – Farmland values surged in the third quarter according to Federal Reserve Surveys of Agricultural Credit Conditions. The value of nonirrigated cropland increased by 12% or more […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and other organizations have been lobbying heavily ahead of the World Trade Organization (WTO) first ministerial meeting in four years. AFBF […]
DES MOINES, IA – American farmers are doing what they can to help members of the U.S. military celebrate the holiday season. According to Farms.com, Christmas tree farmers from multiple […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In general, cattle prices are higher now compared to last year and are expected to continue improving in 2022. Live and Feeder futures have priced in a […]
HELENA, MT – Chronic Wasting Disease is a 100% fatal disease that infects members of the deer family, including elk, moose, mule, and white-tailed deer. CWD is not a virus, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Navigable Waters Protection Rule would be repealed and replaced with pre-2015 definitions of waters of the U.S. in a proposal released by EPA and the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Recently released USDA projections reveal expectations for U.S. crop prices to decrease over the next 10 years while prices for major animal products, except hogs, are forecast […]
HURON, SD – When asked about growing industrial hemp the first year it was legal in South Dakota, Wessington farmer, BJ McNeil doesn’t sugar-coat his experience. “You could not have […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Unintended consequences. That’s what will happen if a cattle market reform compromise reached last week is passed by the U.S. Senate Ag Committee, according to a letter […]
HELENA, MT – The first woman president in Montana Farm Bureau Federation history was elected during the organization’s 102nd meeting. Members representing 30 county Farm Bureau statewide gathered in Billings […]
WASHINGTON, SD – Citing food safety concerns, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on Secretary Vilsack to immediately suspend all imports of fresh beef from Brazil to the United […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Cattlemen’s Association is all in. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says, maybe. For R-CALF USA, it’s not looking good. It points to the challenge […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four U.S. senators have struck a deal on a livestock price discovery bill to expand negotiated cash trade for cattle and a contract library to provide producers […]
BISMARCK, ND – A virtual tax management program will be offered to ranchers and farmers and tax preparers from 1 to 4 p.m. CST on Nov. 30. The program, sponsored […]
UNDATED – A virtual tax management program will be offered to farmers and ranchers and tax preparers from 1 to 4 p.m. CST on Nov. 30. The program, sponsored by […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Nearing the end of the year, the November 9th World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report paints a good picture of how the 2021/2022 outlook is […]
The pandemic and other market shocks (i.e. packing plant fire, unprecedented winter storm, cyber-attack, etc.) since 2019 have resulted in impacts and residual effects that affect cattle and beef markets […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Industry organizations are largely pleased with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. U.S. House of Representatives passed (H.R. 3684) which is a key part […]
BRANDON, SD – Cattle feeders from South Dakota, Minnesota and northwest Iowa are invited to attend an Interstate Cattle Feeders Day Dec. 7 at the Holiday Inn Express Event Center […]
Susan (Ostrander) Eagleton passed away peacefully following a courageous battle with cancer on November 18, 2024, in her […]
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