…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…
Rural Mainstreet Index Improving
…in cattle, cattle feeding, hogs and other like type lines, are maintaining, or at least not experiencing as large a drop in net worth. Farming and ranching: The farmland and…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…Steve Lambert, who lives in Oroville, said most cattle in his region are in the foothills this time of year and out of danger. Lambert resides north of Thermalito Afterbay…
Ag Groups Respond to Pruitt Confirmation
…someone at EPA who understands how farmers and ranchers care for our nation’s natural resources each and every day.” Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says “For…
Seneca Valley Virus Disease Reports Increasing
…SVV have been detected in small populations of swine, cattle, and wild mice in the United States. Specially, SVV has been reported in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, New…
USDA Seeks Nominators to Cattlemen’s Beef Board
…type of members represented (i.e., beef or cattle importers, etc.); annual import volume in pounds of beef and beef products and/or the number of head of cattle; the stability and…
Hungry Americans Benefit from Farm Bureau Donations
…for those who need it the most,” said Kalena Bruce, a cattle farmer from Missouri who chairs AFBF’s national YF&R committee. “More than 50 percent of Americans struggling with hunger…
Cargill Plans to Expand and Upgrade Canada Beef Processing Plant
Cargill plans to spend $2.7 million to expand and upgrade an Ontario, Canada processing facility that handles 1,500 head of cattle per day. The Ontario government will supplement part of…
Foot and Mouth Disease Concerns Growing in South Korea
…also announced plans to vaccinate all cattle in the nation against FMD. The first confirmed FMD case in South Korea in more than a year was confirmed last week, and…
A “Huge Victory:” Cattlemen Hail U.S. House Passage of Resolution to Repeal BLM’s Planning 2.0 Rule
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) today hailed U.S. House passage of a resolution that would repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Planning…