…state-inspected plants, but excludes farm slaughter. In February 2017, the average live weight of cattle slaughtered in California was 1,307 pounds, calves averaged 91 pounds, sheep and lambs averaged 148…
Meat Groups Want Disease Protection in Farm Bill
…Cattlemen’s Beef Association NCBA President Testifies on Cattlemen’s Priorities for 2018 Farm Bill $150M for FMD Vaccine Bank, Regulatory Relief, Trade Top Group’s Agenda In testimony on Capitol Hill today,…
Strengthening Dairy Safety Net Program Must be Priority as Farm Bill Discussions Commence
…milk prices and the cost of purchasing feed for dairy cattle. Farmers can choose to pay higher premiums for additional levels of margin coverage, although a decreasing number have elected…
USDA Announces Funding to Support Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…for use in modern swine and beef cattle production systems. Colorado State University scientists are using DNA analysis to determine possible links between food animal production and AMR-related illness. NIFA…
Subcommittee Examines Livestock Producer Perspectives on Next Farm Bill
…respective industries as well as their priorities for the upcoming farm bill. “From onerous federal rules and regulations to cattle fever ticks to foot-and-mouth disease, it’s no secret our nation’s…
Despite Rising Demand, U.S. Doesn’t Do Enough to Support Organic Transition
…energy than conventional farming because organic farmers don’t use synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, which are produced with fossil fuels, for nitrogen; instead, organic systems obtain nitrogen from legumes or cattle…
Texas, Kansas Suspend Trucking Restrictions for Wildfire Relief
…Drovers Cattle Network reports some restrictions were lifted to allow efficient movement of the emergency supplies needed. Cattle losses are also well into the thousands across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and…
Analyzing Disease Mutations Using Online Cattle Genomes
…to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists, a genomic database of U.S. beef cattle is now available online. The complete genomes of 96 bulls representing different U.S. cattle breeds were…
Western View: WOTUS Changes Coming Soon
…telling them they couldn’t even plow. One judge called dirt moved a few inches by a plow a pollutant, because it was now out of place. A Wyoming cattleman had…
United States and Canadian Cattle and Sheep Report
…year. Market sheep and lambs, at 194 thousand head, were up 1 percent from a year ago. Read the full United States and Canadian Cattle and Sheep Report from NASS….
Cattlemen, PLC Applaud Zinke As New Interior Secretary
Zinke The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council reacted positively to the Senate’s confirmation of Ryan Zinke as the new Secretary of the Interior. NCBA President Craig…
January Agriculture Prices Report
…3.1 percent. At 96.6, the Livestock Production Index increased 2.3 percent. Producers received lower prices for market eggs, turkeys, tomatoes, and cauliflower but higher prices for cattle, hogs, broilers, and…
Starling Named Special Assistant for Agriculture
…our economy and national security. We look forward to working with Ray and the Trump administration to address the needs of rural America.” National Cattleman’s Beef Association: Colin Woodall, the…
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
…kill trees. • Miscellaneous—Heavy rains in foothill regions have washed out privately maintained roads, making it hard for cattle ranchers to reach their animals, and muddy pastures limit ranchers’ ability…