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Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 2
Cattle futures closed lower, with feeders erasing most gains made during the week.
Oct 2, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
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Environment
Oregon irrigation project clears review
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oregon has completed an environmental review for the…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Nofence launches N3 virtual fence collar
Nofence has launched its N3 cattle collar, combining virtual fencing, herd monitoring and grazing…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA offers funding for wetland easements
USDA is making $5 million available for partnerships aimed at restoring and managing wetlands…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Interior expands ND wetland easement program
The Department of the Interior is expanding a voluntary North Dakota program aimed at…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
NexGen raises $270K for Folds of Honor
NexGen Cattle Company announced the sale of a Beefmaster bull while raising $270,000 for…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Illinois seeks buyer for Tyson plant
Illinois is making state resources available to help attract potential buyers for Tyson Foods’…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
News
New vaccine created to target Theileria
Medgene has introduced the first cattle vaccine targeting Theileria orientalis Ikeda, a tick-borne parasite…
Oct 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Heavier carcasses unlock value for Country Natural Beef ranchers
Country Natural Beef’s cattle became less feed efficient as the cooperative extended days on…
Oct 2, 2026 · By BIF
Environment
El Niño increases chances of winter storms and floods
California’s water year will be shaped by the arrival of El Niño, a climate…
Oct 2, 2026 · By Manola Secaira, Ag Alert staff writer, California Farm Bureau
Environment
Water conservation program officials ask NM lawmakers to boost funding amid drought
State funding aimed at helping farmers and ranchers implement water conservation techniques is helping…
Oct 2, 2026 · By Matthew Mondschein, Source New Mexico
Environment
Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern OR
A new data center campus could soon be coming to federal land near Hermiston…
Oct 2, 2026 · By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
Environment
Washington nears final step in joining California-Quebec carbon market
Taking the stage at Climate Week in New York City, NY, on Sept. 23,…
Oct 2, 2026 · By Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard
Environment
Senators’ deal on permitting reform paused
A deal to reform the environmental review and permitting process has been put on…
Oct 1, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Groups sue USDA for blocked solar funding
Farmers and solar energy groups filed suit in late September challenging USDA’s changes to…
Oct 1, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA boosts Regenerative Pilot Program funding
The USDA is boosting financial assistance for the Regenerative Pilot Program from $700 million…
Oct 1, 2026 · By WLJ
Daily Headlines
Case against King Ranch put on pause
A Washington Court of Appeals commissioner has stayed the administrative enforcement case against a…
Oct 1, 2026 · By WLJ
Daily Headlines
Oregon right to ranch initiative gets ballot title
An Oregon ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to create the right to…
Oct 1, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Turning the corner on the cattle cycle
There are some indications (and a lot of hope) that the beef cow herd…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
Ag exports contributed $369.2B to the economy in 2024
U.S. agricultural exports support economic activity both within agriculture and across the broader economy.
Oct 1, 2026 · By USDA ERS
Beef
Beef processing disrupted by ICE action
Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity disrupted major meatpacking communities in southwest Kansas in late…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Chris Clayton, DTN farm business editor
Community
September PRCA world standings
The top five contestants and earnings are listed as provided on the Professional Rodeo…
Oct 1, 2026 · By WLJ
Markets
Reduced slaughter volumes influence market
Reduced slaughter volumes continued to influence the cattle market over the week, helping boxed…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Compass Comments: Basis – The hidden risk
For many cattle producers, market discussions focus on futures prices, calf values and overall…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Compass Ag Solutions
News
Kay’s Korner: White House makes beef blunders
I have just returned to writing about the beef industry and markets for the…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
News
Guest Opinion: Why the shrinking cash market matters to every producer
America’s entire cattle industry depends on a market that is disappearing before our eyes:…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA CEO
Community
Meet the 2027 Ag Innovation Challenge finalists
The finalists in the 2027 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge are tackling needs from…
Oct 1, 2026 · By AFBF
Environment
9th Circuit rejects Idaho stockwater rules
A federal appeals court ruled that key parts of Idaho’s stockwater laws violate the…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Executive order expands hunting, wildlife management
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expand hunting access on federal lands,…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
CPW suspends chronic wolf depredation directive
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is temporarily suspending its chronic wolf depredation directive, which provides…
Oct 1, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 1
Cattle futures closed higher on stronger bids in the South cash market.
Oct 1, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 24-29
Monsoonal storms and rainfall brought drought improvement to parts of the Southwest and High…
Oct 1, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 30
Cattle futures closed higher amid weakness in corn futures.
Sep 30, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 29
Cattle futures closed steady to triple-digit higher on higher boxed beef prices.
Sep 29, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 28
The cattle market began the week lower, strained by pressures that influenced the market…
Sep 28, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 25
Feeders were the leaders as cattle futures closed mostly higher to finish the week.
Sep 25, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BLM plans Idaho aerial herbicide treatments
The Bureau of Land Management is planning aerial herbicide treatments across about 27,135 acres…
Sep 25, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
UC Davis vet school reports record giving
The University of California (UC), Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine received a record…
Sep 25, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
USDA models track NWS spread risks
USDA Agricultural Research Service researchers are using predictive modeling to track where New World…
Sep 25, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Star Meat recalls uninspected meat products
Star Meat Delivery Inc. of Lucama, NC, is recalling about 167,639 pounds of raw…
Sep 25, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Two cattle hauler incidents disrupt traffic
Two recent cattle hauler incidents in Idaho and Colorado brought first responders together to…
Sep 25, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
AICA launches Power of Yield calculator
The American-International Charolais Association has launched a new calculator that shows what red meat…
Sep 25, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
Cerri named new PLC president at Annual Meeting
The Public Lands Council closed out their 58th Annual Meeting by announcing Nevada rancher…
Sep 25, 2026 · By PLC
Community
PLC honors awardees from WY and NV during 58th Annual Meeting
During their 58th Annual Meeting, the Public Lands Council honored two individuals who have…
Sep 25, 2026 · By PLC
Health/Nutrition
Retaining ownership to get paid for genetic selection
The price at an auction market is the market’s estimate of what a calf…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Markets
Slaughter disruptions cut cattle throughput
Cattle futures moved higher over the week, while processing plant disruptions weighed on slaughter…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Alliance maps growing connections among animal activists
The Animal Agriculture Alliance is tracking growing financial resources and stronger connections among animal…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Texas court clarifies liability for loose cattle on highways
A Texas appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling in a fatal cattle-vehicle…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
NM officials announce expanded surveillance following NWS case
New Mexico agriculture officials on Sept. 18 confirmed expanded surveillance following the Sept. 17…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico
Environment
BLM increases grazing flexibility in Owyhee Canyonlands
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to increase grazing flexibility in the Louse…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Mountain hayfields can filter nutrients and support clean water
Irrigated mountain hayfields can act as large filtration systems that reduce sediment, phosphorus and…
Sep 25, 2026 · By CSU Extension
Beef
California Meat Summit will explore direct meat marketing
Ranchers, processors and buyers from across the West will have an opportunity to connect…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
USDA to bring more states into meat inspection programs
In mid-September, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced USDA will begin an initiative to…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Livestock
The feedlot house of cards is collapsing
The latest USDA Cattle on Feed report shows the September feedlot inventory at 11.163…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
USFWS clarifies ESA ‘take’ interpretation
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a new directive outlining how staff…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
USDA ends Dairy Checkoff funding for environmental initiatives
USDA is ending Dairy Checkoff funding for environmental, social and governance initiatives following a…
Sep 25, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Farmers urged to start thinking about ARC, PLC decisions
Kansas farmers may have more time than they think to decide which federal farm…
Sep 25, 2026 · By K-State Research and Extension
Community
High schoolers train to ease a rural veterinarian shortage
Pecos, TX, sits in what veterinary professionals call a “veterinarian desert,” or a region…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife
Environment
Tough year for Texas summer crops due to drought, extreme temperatures
Extreme or exceptional drought in some regions and excess moisture under cloudy conditions in…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Health/Nutrition
Non-ultraprocessed food labels spread as debate continues
The push to identify ultra-processed foods is gaining ground in grocery aisles and state…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
Three reasons why small, weak-born fall calves may happen
“Each fall we receive questions about small, weak-born calves in fall-calving herds.”
Sep 24, 2026 · By MU Extension
Health/Nutrition
Webinars to help ranchers evaluate feed options amid drought, higher hay prices
With drought conditions affecting forage availability and higher hay prices increasing winter feeding costs,…
Sep 24, 2026 · By UNL Extension
Environment
EPA, HHS partner on glyphosate study
With an updated risk assessment of glyphosate expected to be completed early next year,…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Beef
Big packers appeal beef-fixing class
The nation’s largest beef packers have challenged a Minnesota federal judge’s certification of a…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
News
NM prepares for Santa Teresa reopening
As USDA approaches the one-month mark since reopening the Douglas, AZ, land port to…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
News
USDA invests $26M into value-added projects
USDA invested $26.5 million into value-added agricultural programs through the USDA Value Added Producer…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USFWS to draft new critical habitat plan for fox
A federal judge recently ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CO invests $13M in conservation stewardship
The Colorado Department of Agriculture secured $13.7 million from the Natural Resources Conservation Service…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
News
USDA announces new companion animal oversight
The USDA recently partnered with federal agencies to determine actions to implement new companion…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM gathers horses in northwest Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management began an 11-day gather operation Sept. 19 in and…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
News
USDA launches AgInsights for data visualization
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service recently launched a new data dissemination tool called AgInsights…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM invests in fertility control for wild horses
The Bureau of Land Management is investing $30 million from the USDA into expanding…
Sep 24, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Dave’s Comments: Ranching the West
I appreciate the invitation from Western Livestock Journal to contribute to the conversation about…
Sep 24, 2026 · By Dr. Dave Daley, public lands rancher
Beef
Guest Opinion: Raising beef is just the first step
Selling direct to consumers has changed the way I think about marketing beef. I’ve…
Sep 24, 2026 · By CBB
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 24
Cattle futures closed mostly lower as traders are looking for signals from cash trade.
Sep 24, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Sept. 17-23
Rain brought drought improvement to parts of the Northwest and High Plains this week,…
Sep 24, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Sept. 23
Cattle futures closed mostly higher Wednesday, holding within Monday’s trading range as the market…
Sep 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 22
Traders’ favorable reaction to the Cattle on Feed report was short-lived as futures closed…
Sep 22, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Sept. 21
The cattle market began the week on a high note with all futures contracts up…
Sep 21, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Sept. 18
Cattle futures closed mixed to end the week. USDA reported cattle on feed were…
Sep 18, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
CSU names livestock facilities after Matsushima
Colorado State University has named livestock facilities at its Fort Collins, CO, research center…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
NextGen Cattle partners with Folds of Honor
NextGen Cattle Company is partnering with Folds of Honor to turn cattle sale proceeds…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
Rasmussen returns for NILE Riggin Masters
Flint Rasmussen will return to the rodeo arena in a new role during Northern…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
CCF launches wildfire relief fund
The Colorado Cattlemen’s Foundation has established a wildfire relief fund to help livestock producers…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CPW removes another wolf from One Ear Pack
Colorado Parks and Wildlife removed an uncollared female yearling from the One Ear Pack…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW lethally removes wolf from Couse Pack
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have authorized removing one or two wolves…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
MO man pleads guilty to cattle fraud
Craig Johnson of Butler, MO, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges stemming from a…
Sep 18, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Interactive cow-calf record book now available
In a cow-calf operation, recordkeeping can be time- and labor-intensive; however, it is the…
Sep 18, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Community
BLM announces 2026 Rangeland Stewardship and Innovations award winners
At the Public Lands Council Annual Meeting, the Bureau of Land Management announced winners…
Sep 18, 2026 · By PLC
Environment
New Mexico’s plan to reduce wildfire risk currently ‘nowhere near enough’
New Mexico’s top forest administrator Sept. 8 warned legislators that the state is behind…
Sep 18, 2026 · By Matthew Mondschein, Source New Mexico
Health/Nutrition
Guidance for ammoniation of low-quality roughages
When good or medium-quality hay is not available, livestock producers may consider feeding ammoniated…
Sep 18, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Beef
Understanding beef imports
Recent highly publicized plans to allow up to an additional 300,000 metric tons (661…
Sep 18, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Opinion
Anna’s Comments: The power of conversation
With the start of fall comes the California bull season run, and sales have…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Cattle futures pressured by industry rumors
Cattle futures traded sideways compared to numbers reported a week earlier but ultimately traded…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Unions renew challenge to USDA reorganization
Four unions representing USDA employees have returned to federal court seeking to stop the…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Senate Ag Committee advances farm bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Sept. 16 advanced the Agricultural Act of 2026, also…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Grazing blocked in OR sage grouse research areas
A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management must make its…
Sep 17, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Texas auctioneer awarded top honors at WLAC qualifier
After a 103-degree day of competitive bid-calling in southwestern Oklahoma, 10 auctioneers have advanced…
Sep 17, 2026 · By LMA
Community
National Western launches Ranches of the West Heritage Award
The National Western announced the inaugural class of Ranches of the West, a new…
Sep 17, 2026 · By NWSS