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Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, July 14
Cattle futures closed triple digits lower as traders were looking for fundamental support.
Jul 14, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
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Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, July 13
“All in all, Monday came and went and not much materialized throughout Monday's trade…
Jul 13, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, July 10
The market headed lower into the weekend.
Jul 10, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Cattle market searches for balance
Cattle futures traded lower over the week as wholesale beef prices continued to soften…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
American Prairie granted injunction in state suit
In late June, a Montana district court judge granted American Prairie a preliminary injunction…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
CoBank: Beef-on-dairy boom drains dairy replacements
The beef-on-dairy boom has transformed dairy farm economics, creating one of the strongest revenue…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Congressional Review Act lawsuit challenges BLM land plans
An environmental group’s lawsuit challenging a western Oregon timber sale could become a test…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
USDA signs lawfare partnership with SBA
USDA and the Small Business Administration signed a new memorandum of understanding to combat…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
EPA launches crop innovation challenge
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a national innovation challenge offering up to $30 million in…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
News
DOJ settles egg price-fixing cases for $3.3M
The Department of Justice and 17 states filed a civil antitrust complaint and also…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
CME to launch beef trim contracts
CME Group is planning on launching two types of beef trim contracts.
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA accepts 2.2 million CRP acres
USDA has accepted 2.2 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program for 2026, following offers totaling nearly 2.5 million acres.
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Agragene advances NWS control technology
Agragene has received funding from the USDA New World Screwworm Grand Challenge and the Foundation for Food…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
BLM to remove horses from Callaghan Complex
The Bureau of Land Management was set to begin the Callaghan Complex horse gather…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
PETA proposes museums at former JBS facilities
Following JBS Foods’ announcement that it will close a processing plant in Pennsylvania and a packing…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Jared’s Comments: Protein is cool again
I’ll admit, I never thought I’d see the day when protein became trendy.
Jul 10, 2026 · By Jared Patterson
Beef
Guest Opinion: Why consumers still choose beef
As we continue into summer grilling season, one question keeps standing out, even to…
Jul 10, 2026 · By CBB
Health/Nutrition
Iowa declared free of pseudorabies outbreak
Iowa has successfully contained and eradicated a recent pseudorabies outbreak after completing the response protocol established by USDA’s Animal…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Guest Opinion: It’s time for the Senate to advance the farm bill
When senators return to Washington, they’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful progress on…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Zippy Duvall, AFBF president
News
USDA expands online FSA scheduling
USDA has expanded online appointment scheduling for producers at local Farm Service Agency offices following a…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
The Viewpoint with Dave Weaber
Growing up on his family’s ranch outside Pueblo, CO, taught Dave Weaber that success…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Headlines
CA funds wolf conflict reduction efforts
California is investing $2 million to help livestock producers reduce conflicts with expanding gray wolf populations…
Jul 10, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
CBB to present Klippenstein with 2026 Beef Checkoff Visionary Award
Glen Klippenstein of Maysville, MO, will be honored with the Cattlemen’s Beef Board’s sixth annual Beef Checkoff…
Jul 10, 2026 · By CBB
Health/Nutrition
Study: California wolves feed heavily on cattle
Two new studies examining gray wolves in California paint a complex picture of life on California’s…
Jul 10, 2026 · By UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Beef
May beef export value above year-ago levels
May beef exports were below last year’s volume but edged higher in value, according to…
Jul 10, 2026 · By USMEF
Daily Headlines
Agriculture seeks certainty during USMCA review
July 1 marked the start of the six-year review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA),…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
Beef
Cattle groups oppose USTR tariff exemption for Brazilian beef
When President Donald Trump’s universal tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court in…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
Beef
US beef shines in Korea’s booming home meal replacement sector
Fueled by inflation and the rise in single-person households, Korea’s home meal replacement industry…
Jul 10, 2026 · By USMEF
Health/Nutrition
Ranchers should weigh options for supplemental forage during drought
Many livestock producers in North Dakota are facing forage shortages due to drought and/or…
Jul 10, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
News
Value of agricultural products varies by farm type
In 2024, large-scale family farms produced the majority of the value in several major commodity categories,…
Jul 10, 2026 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Beef
Beef demand disaggregated by product category
Beef demand is very complex. Although we frequently discuss beef demand as a single concept, it is, in fact,…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
News
Livestock and rodeo featured on Capitol Hill
Between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument, cattle, goats and rodeo took over the National Mall as…
Jul 10, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, July 9
Cattle futures closed lower on spotty cash trade and a lack of fundamental support.
Jul 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: July 1-8
Dry weather enveloped much of the western U.S. this week, with a few exceptions,…
Jul 9, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, July 8
Cattle futures closed mixed as traders are looking for signs of support.
Jul 8, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, July 7
Cattle futures closed mostly lower despite news that Walmart and Sam’s Club are lowering…
Jul 7, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, July 6
“The livestock complex ended the day mixed as traders simply want to see greater…
Jul 6, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, July 2
“Livestock futures appear to be casually coasting into the long holiday weekend with the…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Logan’s Comments: A heartfelt thank you
Stepping into a leadership role and leading this team was a dream come true…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Logan Ipsen
Markets
Holiday week slows cattle trade
The cattle markets headed into the Fourth of July weekend on a quieter note,…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Livestock
White paper calls for herd rebuilding, competition reforms
With consumers paying record prices for beef, Farm Action is urging policymakers to focus…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Lawmakers propose sweeping H-2A reforms for agriculture
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026,…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: June 25 – July 1
Hot, dry weather gave way to cooler temperatures and widespread precipitation across much of…
Jul 2, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Environment
Appeals court revives national monuments suit
A federal appeals court recently reversed a lower court decision that dismissed challenges to…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Guest Opinion: Sustainable rangeland use and restoration across North America
While good grazing makes sense, pastoralist livelihoods are at risk from conversion of rangelands…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Society for Range Management
Environment
BLM advances NV solar project
The Bureau of Land Management is moving forward with a proposed 400‑megawatt solar project near the…
Jul 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
USDA launches program for small beef processors
USDA recently announced the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers Program that is intended to provide temporary…
Jul 2, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Trump lifts duties on phosphate fertilizer imports
President Donald Trump on June 29 signed an order temporarily suspending certain duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco.
Jul 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
American Foods Group to close NE plant
American Foods Group will be closing its Skylark Meats facility in Omaha, NE, by…
Jul 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
NWS production plant opens in Mexico
On June 27, the U.S. and Mexico inaugurated a New World screwworm sterile fly production plant in the…
Jul 2, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Bill urges permanent horse slaughter export ban
Following the suspension of live horse exports to Mexico to help combat New World…
Jul 2, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USFS announces emergency logging project over 5M acres
The U.S. Forest Service published an 8-page emergency plan that it says addresses catastrophic wind…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Daily Montanan
News
USDA works on FSA, NRCS restaffing plan
Farmers in some parts of the country will continue seeing fewer employees at their…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
Environment
Can cow patties help restore our rangelands?
After decades of losing ground to cheatgrass-fueled wildfires and spending millions of dollars on…
Jul 2, 2026 · By UNR Extension
Health/Nutrition
How to prevent heat stress in cattle
Heat stress in cattle can negatively affect herd health, growth and reproduction.
Jul 2, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Beef
Women’s fitness event in Taiwan powered by US beef
U.S. beef captured the spotlight at one of Taiwan’s leading women-focused fitness and wellness…
Jul 2, 2026 · By USMEF
Beef
Cattle on feed is up, but beef production is down
The June Cattle on Feed report showed a feedlot inventory 2.1% larger year over year.
Jul 2, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Supreme Court lets Perkins County Canal case proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Nebraska’s claims about whether Colorado has violated a…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner
Health/Nutrition
Bovine congestive heart failure in feedlot cattle
Over time, bovine congestive heart failure, sometimes referred to as “late-day” or “late stage” morbidity, has emerged as…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Environment
Montana delegation champions America the Beautiful Act
A bill sponsored by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) aimed at renewing a $2 billion investment in addressing deferred…
Jul 2, 2026 · By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, July 1
Cattle futures closed mostly lower in a volatile day after traders were trying to regroup after…
Jul 1, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, June 30
Cattle futures retreated today as traders reacted to headlines and a lack of cash…
Jun 30, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, June 29
“With it being a holiday-shortened week, and everyone anxiously awaiting the celebration of America's…
Jun 29, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, June 26
The cattle market traded lower into the weekend, still waiting on cash trade to…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Canadian groups form traceability task force
The Canadian Cattle Association, National Cattle Feeders’ Association and Canadian Beef Breeds Council have created…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Interior expands hunting, fishing on public lands
The Department of the Interior is proposing to expand hunting and fishing access across…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
WDFW authorizes removal from Tucannon Pack
On June 23, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind authorized the incremental lethal removal…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Tyson Foods taps Schomburger as CEO
Tyson Foods Inc. announced recently that Jeff Schomburger was tapped to replace Donnie King…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
APHIS to analyze grasshopper, Mormon cricket suppression program
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is planning on preparing an environmental impact…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
News
USDA expands payment eligibility provisions
USDA’s Farm Service Agency is expanding payment limitation and eligibility provisions that affect program…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Colorado launches digital hay directory
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has opened its 2026 Digital Hay Directory to help…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Bill would invest $1.9B into national parks, lands
A pair of bipartisan representatives introduced the Great American Outdoors Act 250 in June…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Swab test shows promise against M. bovis
Pictor Holdings highlighted a study by researchers at Texas A&M University evaluating the Pictor PictVet assay for detecting anti-Mycoplasma bovis immunoglobulin G antibodies…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
MSGA to intervene in American Prairie appeal
The Montana Stockgrowers Association filed a motion to intervene in environmental groups’ appeal of…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Markets
Market eyes Fourth of July beef demand
Coming out of the Juneteenth holiday-shortened week and looking ahead to the Fourth of…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
CSU opens livestock hospital facility
Colorado State University has opened a new 15,000-square-foot livestock hospital as part of expanding its veterinary education and…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Texas A&M receives funds for NWS research
Texas A&M AgriLife will play a major role in protecting the U.S. livestock industry from New…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Greens’ petition targets livestock antibiotic use
A coalition of more than 60 health, environmental, consumer and animal welfare organizations has…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
USDA launches beef grading mobile app
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has launched a new mobile app designed to improve access to…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Boozman unveils farm bill discussion draft
U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman has released legislative text for the Farm…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Klamath fish score ESA victory in appeals court
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on June 17 ruled in favor of Tribes…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
The market value of extended weaning periods
The weaning period for beef calves prior to them leaving your place for the…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Kellie Curry Raper, OSU Department of Agricultural Economics, livestock marketing specialist
Community
Thompson wins World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
When Jace Thompson first began his auctioneering career, he quietly set a lofty goal.…
Jun 26, 2026 · By LMA
News
USDA to move FAS, AMS, Rural Development staffs out of DC
The Trump administration recently announced orders to move a large share of staffs from multiple agencies out…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Jerry Hagstrom, DTN political correspondent
News
Logan’s Comments: Utah flames
Unfortunately for Utah, winter didn’t show up this year.
Jun 26, 2026 · By Logan Ipsen
Health/Nutrition
Is it time to begin late-summer protein supplementation?
As we move through July and August, forage quality across Oklahoma’s tallgrass and midgrass…
Jun 26, 2026 · By David Lalman, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle specialist
Livestock
Prop 12 fight escalates as animal rights ad campaign targets lawmakers
The American Meat Producers Association launched a $30 million television campaign with a new PAC…
Jun 26, 2026 · By Jake Zajkowski, DTN ag policy editor
Beef
Cost of Fourth of July cookout reflects inflation increase
Families celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with a cookout will find that prices…
Jun 26, 2026 · By AFBF
News
Trump administration rules dairy farmers can hire H-2a workers
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of…
Jun 26, 2026 · By WLJ
Community
Empowering women in agriculture: Highlights from the ACE Summit
Advocates from the U.S. and abroad gathered in Washington, D.C., in early June for…
Jun 26, 2026 · By AFBF
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, June 25
It was a volatile trading day for cattle futures, with back-and-forth action, but they closed higher.
Jun 25, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: June 18-24
Drought deterioration was commonly observed across roughly the northern half of the West, amid…
Jun 25, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, June 24
Feeders were the leaders, as cattle futures closed higher.
Jun 24, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Daily Wrap-Up: Tuesday, June 23
Despite Choice boxed beef prices climbing above $400, cattle futures closed lower as traders…
Jun 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, June 22
Cattle futures traded higher over the day following the holiday-shortened trading week.
Jun 22, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, June 19
Most of the market was closed today in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday.
Jun 19, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Cattle markets trade mixed during short week
The cattle market traded mixed over the Juneteenth holiday-shortened week.
Jun 19, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Community
Exploring North Dakota’s legendary rough rider country
The 2026 Livestock Tour presented by Western Livestock Journal captured the “legendary” landscapes of…
Jun 19, 2026 · By Charley Maranville, WLJ correspondent
Environment
CBD targets grazing across three areas in Arizona
The Center for Biological Diversity has intensified its long-running campaign against livestock grazing on…
Jun 19, 2026 · By Charles Wallace