…operators, and one livestock marketing business. Four board member positions open on January 1, 2017. Any interested individual representing the following cattle industries: Beef Industry Cattle Feeder Dairy Market Operator…
USCA Opposes CME Proposed Changes to Live Cattle Futures
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association says proposed changes to live cattle futures by CME Group will not address the concerns of producers across the country. CME group is considering switching to…
Applications for 2017 Borlaug Fellowships
…agency or research entity in their home country Demonstrate their intention to continue working in their home country after completing the fellowship Mohammed Benaissa (Algeria) artificially inseminating a sheep as…
USCA Commends USDA on Fair Practices Rules
The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) commends the recent action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’ Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (USDA GIPSA) in submitting The Farmer Fair Practices…
CME Considering Cash Settlement for Cattle Markets
…physical delivery process. Feeder cattle and lean hog futures are already cash-settled, leaving live cattle as the remaining physical delivery settled market. Lehman says volatility is getting worse and farmers…
USDA Moves Forward with Flawed GIPSA Rules
In a letter to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, USDA acknowledged that the agency would continue the rulemaking process on the 2010 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Act (GIPSA) proposed…
Edible Wild Plants
…Currants Bueberries and Cranberries Gooseberries Sheep Sorrel American Elderberry wild Onion (ramson) (Allium ochotense) Brambles Wild Ginger American Elderberry Lemonade Common Cattail Chickweed Wild Ginger Red Clover Lambsquarters Wild Strawberry…
Big Increases in Southern County Crop Report
…production value of $1.9 billion. That’s a 3.57 percent increase over 2014 which was at $1.8 billion. Cattle is ranked as the top commodity in Imperial County with a gross…
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Expands Board of Directors
…a pioneer in sustainable farming and food. She is an alumni-elected Board Trustee of Cornell University. Stallman Bob Stallman is a rice and cattle producer and past president of the…
Early-Autumn Weather Affects Coastal Crops
…and gave farmers and ranchers more than one good reason to sweat. In San Luis Obispo County, cattle rancher Joy Fitzhugh expressed concern about the health of her livestock, and…
Cargill Sales and Net Earnings Higher in 2016
…two cattle yards in the Texas Panhandle to Amarillo-based Friona Industries, which is already a significant supplier of fed cattle to Cargill. The sale will allow capital used today to…
Sommet De l’Elevage is Under Way
…livestock with 750 beef-breed animals, 550 milk-breed cattle, 400 sheep and 300 horses on show or in competition. There are more than 35 farm and agro-industrial sites that can be…
Ag Economy Barometer Shows Slight Improvement
…direction of prices for livestock and livestock products, especially beef cattle and milk, than at any time in the last year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
USDA to Require Meat Packers to Report Online Cattle Buys
…bring more transparency to pricing following the May launch of the Fed Cattle Exchange, an online cattle auction site. Starting Wednesday, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service will start including these transactions…