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Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 23
"Friday came and went and thankfully traders continued to support the live cattle contracts…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
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Environment
Arizona moves to join lawsuit against federal Colorado River plan
The Grand Canyon State announced that it intends to join Nevada’s lawsuit challenging the…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Caitlin Sievers, Arizona MirrorÂ
Environment
Data center project proposed on federal land gets sent back to square one
Approval for the first-ever commercial data center on U.S. public lands was formally rejected…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Jeniffer Solis
Beef
Feeding cull cows to add value
Feeding thin cows to higher body condition scores before marketing can make a large…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Beef
An update on global beef trade numbers
The most recent USDA Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report shows that…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Daily Headlines
BLM conducts horse gathers in October
The Bureau of Land Management was set to conduct several wild horse gathers in…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
Idaho’s top 10 farm commodities in 2025
USDA data released Sept. 3 confirms that the cattle and calves sector bumped milk…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Community
Rancho Armendariz receives New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award
Rancho Armendariz of Cuervo, NM, has been selected as the New Mexico Leopold Conservation…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Sand County Foundation
Environment
Judge reopens lawsuits challenging cuts of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante
Legal challenges first filed against President Donald Trump’s cuts to Bears Ears and Grand…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Annie Knox, Utah News DispatchÂ
Health/Nutrition
Cattle producers urged to watch for prussic acid poisoning
Recent rains may have brought relief to drought-stricken pastures, but livestock producers should remain…
Oct 23, 2026 · By MU Extension
Environment
Stream, riparian restoration could protect Kackley Ranch Preserve for generations to come
Kackley Ranch Preserve is a 920-acre piece of land that has been set aside…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Liz Cartwright, Idaho Capital Sun
Environment
Summit pipeline ruling in ND called a win for local control
A North Dakota judge ruled Oct. 9 that state rules on where infrastructure such…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor
Environment
Super El Niño brings hope for moisture to drought-weary Texas
Texas producers heading into fall and winter have reason to hope a historically strong…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
News
WSU to lead a new international livestock initiative
Washington State University has secured a federal grant to lead a new Feed the…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Washington State University Extension
Environment
Federal appeals court weighs future of wolf protections
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Missoula, MT, heard a…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Nick Mott, Mountain JournalÂ
Environment
Arizona monument made newest national park
Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona is now Chiricahua National Park following President Donald…
Oct 23, 2026 · By WLJ
Daily Headlines
USDA announces $8B in Harvest Fuel Relief program
USDA is making available $8 billion in one-time payments to American farmers this harvest…
Oct 23, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
WDFW seeks comment on ‘caught-in-the-act’ rule
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking comment on proposed changes to…
Oct 23, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
$400K available for MT livestock loss prevention
The Montana Livestock Loss Board has approximately $400,000 available for livestock loss prevention measures…
Oct 23, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
USDA to update its cash cattle market reports
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is updating its Livestock Mandatory Reporting cash cattle reports in…
Oct 23, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
NM port will reopen to cattle trade on Oct. 26
The USDA is set to reopen the Columbus, NM, port of entry to cattle…
Oct 23, 2026 · By WLJ
Markets
Cattle futures advance amid mixed market trends
Cattle markets closed the week with gains in cattle futures, while boxed beef prices…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Arizona rancher challenges grazing permit cancellation
An Arizona rancher is fighting to overturn the cancellation of her federal grazing permit,…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Court halts USDA reorganization effort
A federal court has blocked the USDA’s reorganization plan, enjoining the department from closing…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
US sheep producers press case against imports
U.S. sheep producers told the International Trade Commission during an Oct. 16 hearing that…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Opinion
Kevin’s Comments: Fuel concerns
The price of fuel has been a major subject of conversation everywhere I’ve been…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Kevin Murnin
Community
Deere Foundation announces food bank funding
The John Deere Foundation announced an $18.5 million initiative to connect farmers with food…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Two Oklahoma men arrested for cattle theft
Two Oklahoma men were arrested following an investigation into the alleged theft and sale…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Whole Foods expands RaiseWell program
Where Food Comes From Inc. announced that Whole Foods Market has expanded its approval…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
1.5M pounds of meat recalled for temperature
Kayem Foods Inc. of Chelsea, MA, is recalling approximately 1.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Livestock
Angus bull sells for $900K in Montana
A 9-month-old Angus bull, Basin Legacy 6201, sold for $900,000 during the Oct. 17…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Rotational grazing increases carbon storage
Rotational grazing may help grasslands capture and store more carbon, according to a study…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Livestock
Truck crash sends livestock scattering
Dozens of cattle scattered through downtown Kansas City, MO, early Oct. 18 after a…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Colorado to receive federal funding to support Aspen Acres Fire recovery
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Colorado’s request for funding to support businesses…
Oct 23, 2026 · By Lindsey Toomer, Colorado NewslineÂ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 22
Cattle futures saw a mild correction ahead of tomorrow’s Cattle on Feed report.
Oct 22, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 15-21
Drought conditions improved across much of the West and central and southern High Plains…
Oct 22, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 21
Live cattle futures continued to climb Wednesday as traders anticipated support from cash cattle…
Oct 21, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Oct. 20
Cattle futures continued their rally on optimism that cash trade will remain robust.
Oct 20, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Oct. 19
The market traded mostly higher following substantial cash trade late last week.
Oct 19, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 16
The market headed into the weekend on a wave of optimism.
Oct 16, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Futures gain on cash trade optimism
Cattle futures closed higher over the week, with both markets gaining several dollars as…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Idaho beef processing plant offered for sale
A USDA-inspected beef and bison processing plant in Idaho Falls, ID, that closed abruptly…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
DOJ defends rule rescinding ‘harm’ definition
The Department of Justice is defending the Trump administration’s rescission of the regulatory definition…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
9th Circuit sides with ranchers in water rights dispute
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that Nevada ranchers can sue the…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Dave’s Comments: The complicated nature of wildfire
As another massive fire season ends (hopefully!), we need to consider our approach to…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Dr. Dave Daley, public lands rancher
Opinion
Dittmer’s Take: Defending our system
American agriculture has become the powerful engine it has, able to feed our country…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Steve Dittmer, WLJ columnist
News
Pilgrim’s Pride to review JBS buyout bid
The board of directors of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation has formed a special committee to…
Oct 16, 2026 · By WLJ
News
NYSE owner plans to offer livestock futures
The Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has indicated its plans…
Oct 16, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
Ricketts launches herd rebuilding plan
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) recently released a nine-point plan intended to help rebuild the…
Oct 16, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA urges states to review wolf management policies
USDA is encouraging states to review their wolf management policies following President Donald Trump’s…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
USFS finalizes rule to speed up forest projects
The U.S. Forest Service announced final revisions to its regulations that establish the objection…
Oct 16, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
CA begins upgrades on Friant-Kern CanalÂ
The Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority have broken ground on the first…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Rollins urges ranchers to use grazing directive
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins recently penned a letter to U.S. Forest Service grazing permittees,…
Oct 16, 2026 · By WLJ
Environment
Forest Service launches carbon data platform
The U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities have launched a…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Colorado offers grants for ag internshipsÂ
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is accepting grant applications from farms, ranches and other…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
USDA announces $1.8B in CRP payments
USDA is distributing approximately $1.8 billion in Conservation Reserve Program payments to producers and…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Sheep industry seeks producer inputÂ
The Livestock Marketing Information Center, in partnership with the American Sheep Industry Association and…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Health/Nutrition
USDA awards grants to address veterinary shortageÂ
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $8.2 million through its Veterinary…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Utah seeks local beef products for schools
The Utah State Board of Education is seeking proposals from beef and tree fruit…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
MT Stockgrowers opens cattle drive competition
The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation is accepting donations for its 2026 Cattle Drive program through…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
UNR to offer animal science degree Â
Cattle and calves are Nevada’s leading agricultural product, with about 450,000 head of cattle…
Oct 16, 2026 · By UNR Extension
Beef
Texas universities receive USDA research grantsÂ
West Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University have received federal grants to expand…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
U of I study questions two-year grazing rest after rangeland fires
When wildfire burns through rangeland, it’s standard practice to keep livestock off the land…
Oct 16, 2026 · By U of I Extension
Health/Nutrition
NDSU Extension to host fall Pens to Processor program
Livestock producers, feeders, direct marketers and others interested in better understanding how cattle are…
Oct 16, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Community
Oklahoma auctioneer awarded top honors at WLAC qualifier
Ten auctioneers, led by Kellan Bussell, Idabell, OK, punched their tickets to the World…
Oct 16, 2026 · By LMA
Livestock
Fall feeder market roundup
It’s time for the fall run of calves, but Oklahoma auction volumes suggest that…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
Nominations accepted for 2027 Environmental Stewardship Award
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is accepting nominations for the 2027 Environmental Stewardship Awards.
Oct 16, 2026 · By NCBA
Health/Nutrition
Body condition of cull cows affects market priceÂ
Cull beef cows make up about 10% of the U.S. beef supply and provide…
Oct 16, 2026 · By Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle nutrition specialist
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Oct. 15
Cattle futures closed triple-digit higher on limited cash trade.
Oct 15, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Oct. 8-14
Heavy rainfall brought widespread drought improvement to parts of the High Plains, while conditions…
Oct 15, 2026 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Oct. 14
Cattle futures closed lower as traders awaited direction from the cash trade market.
Oct 14, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Oct. 13
Cattle futures closed slightly lower as traders remained cautious, with no direction from the…
Oct 13, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Oct. 12
The cattle market was hesitant to trade higher today following Friday's rally.
Oct 12, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Oct. 9
The market closed higher heading into the weekend.
Oct 9, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Markets
Slaughter recovery supports market
Cattle futures traded sideways week over week. Cash trade volume remained light, while slaughter…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
Report: Imports have not lowered beef prices
A recent American Farm Bureau Federation report indicates that increased beef imports have not…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Newsom signs California farm labor reform bills
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two agricultural labor bills that will set a…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Judge weighs injunction blocking USDA reorganization
A federal judge is considering whether to block the USDA from moving forward with…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Elise’s Comments: What ‘roadless’ really means for ranchers
For National Forest System grazing permittees, rescission of the Roadless Rule is less about…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Elise Balin Hill
Community
BLM seeks resource advisory council nominations
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for its resource advisory councils.
Oct 9, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Trump lifts taxes on dyed diesel
On Oct. 5, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to ease limits on…
Oct 9, 2026 · By WLJ
News
Two TX feedlot employees found deadÂ
Two 18-year-old feedyard employees were found dead in a runoff pond in Parmer County,…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
NE feedlot begins renewable fuel projectÂ
Ameresco has started construction on a renewable natural gas facility at the Adams Land…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Livestock
Lawmakers support sheep producers in letter
Dozens of lawmakers have signed a letter in support of an investigation into imports…
Oct 9, 2026 · By WLJ
Beef
Bill would allow ranchers to process, sell own meat
The recently introduced Red Meat Inspection Exemption Act would allow small ranchers to slaughter…
Oct 9, 2026 · By WLJ
News
CME Group proposes amendments to cattle futures
The CME Group is proposing changes to the daily price limits for live and…
Oct 9, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
USDA settles $25M livestock caseÂ
USDA has reached a settlement with ADD Enterprises Inc. and Salvatore Anthony DiMaria of…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
Colorado amendment would establish right to hunt, fish
A measure on Colorado's upcoming Nov. 3 ballot seeks to amend the state constitution…
Oct 9, 2026 · By WLJ
Livestock
CCIA seeks input on traceability systems
The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency is asking cattle producers and livestock industry stakeholders to…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Community
Pillen recognizes Sandhills fire fund
The Nebraska Sandhills Ranchers Fire Fund was recognized by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R)…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
News
FDA closes Cyclospora investigationÂ
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Oct. 2 that it concluded its…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
USDA: Meat distributor used invalid markÂ
A North Carolina meat distributor that recalled 167,639 pounds of raw pork, beef and…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
August beef exports above year-ago levelsÂ
Fueled by a near-record performance in Taiwan and a rebound in South Korea, August…
Oct 9, 2026 · By USMEF
News
Drought conditions cut Texas pumpkin yields Â
Texas pumpkin growers are finishing an early harvest after extreme drought cut yields in…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Environment
Soil carbon sequestration identified as a research gap in studies of methane emissionsÂ
In a recent paper published in the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, University…
Oct 9, 2026 · By UW Extension
Environment
Hunting rights and land leases
Amid ongoing market volatility, some producers may be exploring additional income opportunities, including leasing…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Shannon Sand, Nebraska Extension
Health/Nutrition
Take stock of forage supply before winter feeding beginsÂ
Now is a good time for cattle producers to evaluate forage supplies and develop…
Oct 9, 2026 · By NDSU Extension
Health/Nutrition
Knowing a cow’s contribution margin
One of the most useful numbers to know on a cow-calf operation is a…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Scott Clawson, Oklahoma State University northeast area ag economics specialistÂ
News
Diesel price spike increases financial stress for farmersÂ
California diesel prices skyrocketed in September, adding another layer of stress for farmers and…
Oct 9, 2026 · By Manola Secaira, Ag Alert staff writer, California Farm Bureau