…question a lot: “Is raising bison anything like raising cattle?” Gehring added that physical changes to converting a current cattle ranch to handle bison is not much of a process….
Congress Passes Key Tax Extenders Legislation
…is great news for cattlemen and women. “America’s cattle producers are primarily family-owned small businesses who need stability in the tax code in order to make sound business decisions,” said…
USDA Announces Support for Producers of Advanced Biofuel
…and Europe. AgPower Jerome of Shoshone, Idaho, is receiving $3,027 for the conversion of nearly 137 million gallons of dairy cattle manure into 25.5 million kWh of electricity that is…
United States Cattle on Feed Up Slightly
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.6 million head on November 1, 2014. The…
USDA Seeks Input on New Beef Promotion Order
…to support American beef producers.” Beef industry leaders agree that the current fee of $1 per-head-of-cattle per producer is too little. The $1 assessment has remained the same since 1985…
California Cattle on Feed
…but excludes slaughter done on farms. In September 2014, the average live weight of cattle slaughtered in California was 1,312 pounds, calves 99 pounds, sheep & lambs 131 pounds, and…
United States Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent
…cattle during September totaled 1.68 million, 1 percent below 2013. Other disappearance totaled 65,000 during September, 5 percent above 2013. Read the full USDA Cattle on Feed Report here. (.pdf)…
AZ/CA/NV Direct Feeder Cattle Review
…weighing 300-325 lbs. Heifers accounted for percent of total supply. Cattle weighing over 600 lbs. totaled percent. Unless otherwise stated, prices fob shipping point with 2-3 percent shrink or equivalent…
Beet Curly Top Virus Update
…mapped fallow fields that had abundant Russian thistle. As disking and sheep grazing of mapped fallow fields continues, they are eliminated as potential treatment areas. Mapped potential treatment fields will…
USDA Awards Over $52 Million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
…grant. Milton’s Local Harvest will develop aggregation and wholesale distribution channels for farmers producing local swine and cattle products in Virginia and the District of Columbia. The project will improve…
Red Meat Production Down 10 Percent From Last Year
…billion pounds, was 10 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.50 million head, down 11 percent from August 2013. The average live weight was up 19 pounds from…
California Crop Weather
…daily. In San Mateo County, pumpkins were harvested and the pea harvest wrapped up. Livestock Very poor range conditions and lack of water continued to plague livestock producers. Range cattle…
California Farm Service Agency Deadline for Livestock Forage Program (LFP)
…losses due to drought or fire between Oct. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2014. Eligible livestock includes alpacas, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas,…
United States Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 9.8 million head on September 1, 2014. The…