The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report shows month over month lower numbers of cattle and calves on feed, but more placements in the feedlots. Lower Inventories, More Placements, Cattle…
Western View: Behind the Sagebrush Rebellion
…what the heck that was all about. Well, It’s about a movement to privatize federal land. Western View: Behind the Sagebrush Rebellion Some large cattle ranches still exist as they…
Presidents Who Farmed
…still be visited today. Theodore Roosevelt, fell in love with cattle. So much so, he invested $14,000 in a herd of cattle and had the “Maltese Cross” cabin built. He…
NCBA Continues to Express Concerns with Market Volatility
After hearing concerns from membership nationwide, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has instituted a working group with the CME Group to address volatility in the cattle markets. Working together as…
Fresno State President, Faculty and Students Participate in World Ag Expo
…roundtable on Wednesday that included U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden, California cattle producer Jesse Larios of Foster Feed Yard and California Specialty Crop Council Executive Director Gary Van…
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
…to raising traditional cattle breeds. Their Dexter beef cattle graze in harmony with the land and are given the lowest stress living environment possible. Hannah Fouch of Fouch Farm says,…
Wetter Winter Helps Ranchers Offset Lower Prices
…sell.” Wright was at the Cattlemen’s Livestock Market last week buying cattle that will go to feedlots in California, Texas and Idaho. He described the cattle market this past year…
Positions on Beef Promotion Operating Committee
…as the Federation’s vice chairman. Effertz and his wife, Norma, operate Black Butte Acres Limousin Ranch, raising seedstock Limousin cattle and backgrounding feeder calves. To educate people about the cattle…
Sagebrush Rebellion pt. 3
…cattle might have minerals that need to be mined when that becomes feasible. They make these decisions publicly, with hearings and meetings, and input from all interested parties – but…
2016 Cattle Industry Convention Draws Strong Crowd
The 2016 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show wrapped up Sat., Jan 30, 2016, with the NCBA board of directors meeting. More than 6,700 attended this year’s convention to…
Haynet
…of the state that can post their ads online and make sure that connections are made with folks who have been impacted by those cattle losses in the panhandle. Haynet…
Agri View: China Relations
…China’s top supplier of imported soybeans, cotton, meat, cereal grains, cattle hides, distillers dried grains, and hay. Soybeans, Grains, and Cotton Dominate China’s Agricultural Imports Two decades ago, China was…
Agri View: Cost of Food
…at the store. Wholesale and retail beef is also at record highs. “The beef cattle markets have soared due to a shortage of cattle,” Brown said. “They’re a long process;…
Cattle Industry Kicks off Annual Meeting and NCBA Trade Show in San Diego
More than 6,000 cattlemen and women from across the country are gathered in San Diego, Calif., this week for the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. The convention,…