Oct. 1, 2023Fencelines & Headlines Topics:• More oversight of foreign investments in U.S. agriculture• Sheep industry on foreign lamb imports• Labeling of lab-grown dairy and meat imitators• Monta...
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has requested that the Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office’s Draft Resource Management Plan Revision (RMP) and accompanying Draft Environmental Impact Statemen...
September 27, 2023 - In a letter sent this week to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), 130 leading state and national livestock, crop, and fore...
September 27, 2023 - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) has introduced legislation to stop the Biden administration from lifting a ban on imports of sheep and goat products until accurate studies sho...
September 24, 2023 - Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.1 million head on Sept. 1, 2023. The inventory...
“Yes, we have been in a record drought,” she said. “We all know that in the Colorado River Basin. Climate change is definitely impacting the flows, but that’s only part of the story. As you’ve had rec...
“At present, it’s going to hit the processors – Cargill, JBS, Colorado Lamb – the bigger facilities than run more than a few hundred a day,” Riley said. “There are several phases, and my fear is the n...
September 21, 2023 - The bi-partisan legislation would restore the original intent of the Food for Peace program without spending additional Farm Bill resources, all while also safeguarding the intere...
September 21, 2023 - The American Sheep Industry Association has released a video podcast sharing the status of a legal process initiated several months ago toward the possible filing of a United Stat...
The beef demand success story of the past is also the industry’s roadmap for the future, said speakers at this year’s Feeding Quality Forum.
A modest rebound in U.S. wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators that store wheat. Futures market carries have improved for all three major class...
September 20, 2023 - The summer video sale season is winding down, but cattle prices remain strong here in the later half of September. This week, the Northern Livestock Video Auction (NLVA) held its...
September 14, 2023 - Maintaining efficient and profitable cattle herds is a top conversation during this year’s National Red Angus Convention in Denver, CO. Brought to you by Ag Risk Advisors, Western...
The event, hosted by Torrington Livestock Markets, was the first of three qualifying events building up to the 2024 WLAC Championship. Thirty-six contestants from across the U.S. and Canada competed f...
September 14, 2023 - U.S. Senator Jon Tester pressed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler this week about concerns that the agency’s “climate disclosure rule” could lead to burd...
September 14, 2023 - The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) will invest approximately $38 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing, an...
Whether you are pitch perfect or know how to make beef sizzle, CattleCon24 has a variety of contents to showcase your hidden talents. Applications are now open for the Beef It Up Recipe Contest, Natio...
September 12, 2023 - American Lamb producers can now turn to LambBoard.com for resources on checkoff production, promotion and other programs. The new website replaces the previous industry website, L...
September 12, 2023 - This week 300 Farmers Union members from across the country are in Washington, DC to advocate for family farmers as part of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Fall Legislative Fly-I...
A special Fencelines & Headlines episode from Pendleton, OR at the Public Lands Council held its 55th Annual Meeting. Topics include: - Wildfire Management with rancher Dave Daley- Risk Management...
September 11, 2023 - When will the cattle cycle change and the rebuilding of the cattle herd begin? Clint Berry with Superior Livestock Auction shares his prediction.
September 7, 2023 - Western Ag Network's Russell Nemetz and Lane Nordlund share an update from the event with the latest On the Road Report from the Public Lands Council Annual meeting.
September 6, 2023 - Western Ag Network's Lane Nordlund talks with Colorado Rancher and Public Lands Council President Mark Roeber.
September 6, 2023 - The Public Lands Council (PLC) 55th Annual Meeting starts today, where ranchers, Congressional representatives, administration officials, and industry stakeholders from across the...
September 6, 2023 - Remarkable growth in corn yields has boosted corn productivity in the United States over the past century. While corn production has risen, the land used to grow corn has not. Unit...
September 3, 2023 - Western Ag Network’s Lane Nordlund along with KMON radio host Jason Laird discuss several topics important to farmers and ranchers.
September 2, 2023 - Since the announcement of its resurrection, farmers and tractor enthusiasts cannot wait to see the brand-new Big Bud Tractors out in farm Fields. The pre-production Big Bud model w...
She said a complicated permit process unfolded giving life to the saying that any water that could float a single page of a Supreme Court opinion was navigable water.
August 31, 2023 - Farmers, ranchers, and landowners are frustrated with the changes made by the Biden Administration to the Waters of the U.S. Rule. The Administration was forced to update the controv...
In a twist to an already strange story, a little over half of the Edwards' family's missing yearling ewes showed up again.Guy Edwards' ewes were returned. His dad, Rich's ewes were not.As The Fenc...
August 30, 2023 - The EPA removed the term "significant nexus" from the waters of the U.S.(WOTUS)rule in a final revision announced by the agency Tuesday after the Supreme Court in May declared uncons...
August 30, 2023 - Sheep Genetics USA brought 15 young producers, researchers, university staff and industry personnel to Colorado State University for two days of brainstorming on industry issues and...
August 29, 2023 - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen called on a federal appeals board to overturn a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) final decision that rubber stamped a controversial and locally...
August 29, 2023 - Syngenta Seeds, LLC and Sustainable Oils, Inc. have entered into a new agreement to sell Camelina sativa (camelina) seed – an ultra-low carbon oilseed crop that can be used as feedst...
August 25, 2023 - As the winter wheat harvest draws to a close and spring wheat harvest picks up, Columbia Grain’s Phil Symons says there's good reason why grain markets continue to be very volatile t...
August 24, 2023 - Here in the West, we’re certainly no strangers to wildfires. However, catastrophic wildfires have also been burning on multiple islands in Hawaii for the past two weeks. Most notably...
August 23, 2023 - Joe Goggins with Northern Livestock Video Auction (NLVA) says its finally the cow/calf producers turn at making a profit after years of drought and unforeseen challenges. NLVA’s Earl...
On Monday, 171 members of Congress signed a letter opposing the inclusion of the EATS Act in the 2023 Farm Bill. Four members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation – U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse,...
August 20, 2023 - Fencelines and Headlines: Topics include: Coors Barley Harvest, Animal Rights Activists Call for Ban of Slaughterhouses in Denver, Plant-based Meat Sales Decline, Harvest Safety and...
The limitations mean that no person, corporation or LLC may receive more than the designated limitation for the corresponding program in a single year. However, there is a notable exception to the pay...
August 18, 2023 - The U.S. Trade Representative has requested a panel formation under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement over Mexico’s decision to ban imports of biotech corn used for human consumption.
August 17, 2023 - Combines are now rolling through Molson Coors barley fields in Montana and Wyoming. And growers in both states report another excellent barley crop which is good news for Coors Banqu...
August 17, 2023 - Columbia Grain is reminding farmers across our region to make safety a top priority during this year's harvest season. Safety Director Bill Spreeman says one of the things they stron...
August 11, 2023 - This week the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) slammed President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to put sweeping federal designations on over a million additional acre...
In his August 7 letter to Carlos Favaro, Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, Vilsack highlighted the responsibility of the U.S. and Brazil, the world’s two largest cattle-produci...
August 8, 2023 - In 2023, land values and cash rent are on the rise, according to updated data released by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
August 8, 2023 - In a letter to National Farmers Union (NFU), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) affirmed that the Clean Air Act (CAA) cannot be used as a basis to restrict independent repair o...
In partnership with the American Angus Association, Decker and his partners at the Thompson Research Farm tested a group of commercial Angus cows using a commercial genomic prediction tool from Zoetis...
August 7, 2023Fencelines and Headlines, hosted by Lane Nordlund and Russell Nemetz of the Western Ag Network discussing top issues impacting farmers and ranchers. Topics include: Hogs and Beef Head t...
July 30, 2023 - Highlights from the Cattle Industry Summer Meeting and Northern Livestock Video Auction. Conversations with:- Ty Thompson with Northern Livestock Video - Lesley Robinson – 1st Vice P...
August 1, 2023 - CattleFax CEO Randy Blach shared with cattle producers at the Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting in San Diego, tight supplies and strong consumer demand are the right ingredients...
August 1, 2023 - Cattle Ranchers are calling out the Biden Administration for what they say is continued expansion of federal overreach by the government. South Dakota Rancher and President of the Nat...
July 29, 2023 - During this years meeting, the Montana Stockgrowers Association was successful in advancing policy that got its start at the Phillips County Livestock Association. The policy centered...
July 26, 2023 - With laboratory-cultivated meat inching closer to grocery store shelves, family ranchers are advocating for the lab grown protein to be labeled correctly so it does not mislead consume...
July 25, 2023 - This week cattle producers are gathering in San Diego, California for the Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting. Mark Eisele is NCBA President-Elect from Cheyenne, Wyoming and says...
July 24, 2023 - The wheat stem sawfly has been a key pest in several locations throughout wheat production areas of the Great Plains. The Great Plains Sawfly Survey Project is a multi-state collaborat...
July 24, 2023 - USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s July 1 Cattle Inventory report, released Friday, found 95.9 million head, 3% below last year’s 98.6 million total. Beef cows, at 29.4 mi...
It’s a no from Idaho in response to a request from Colorado for wolves as the deadline for paws on the ground draws nearer. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game joins Wyoming and Utah in confirming...
July 23, 2023 - From cracking down on the meat packers, Coors barley harvest in Colorado, Biden Administration WOTUS presses on with WOTUS rule, higher cull cow/bull prices and more!
July 21, 2023 - Farmers in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have successfully planted another Molson Coors barley crop and combines are or soon will be rolling through the golden ripe fields. JD B...
July 20, 2023 - The Biden Administration is launching a new Agricultural Competition Partnership to "crack down on price-gouging and other anti-competitive practices in food and agricultural markets"...
July 20, 2023 - A federal court in North Dakota granted a stay in an ongoing multistate lawsuit against the EPA's latest waters of the U.S. rule, giving the Biden administration time to complete a rew...
July 18, 2023 - Just One day after Russia terminated the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the country attacked Ukraine grain facilities at the Odesa port. Russia terminated the deal following an attack by...
July 19, 2023 - The agriculture real estate market entered a period of de-escalation beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022. The market experienced a reduction in both sales volume and value growth s...
July 18, 2023 - This past week Farm Bureau presidents from across America were back in Washington, DC working on important issues affecting farmers and ranchers including the Farm Bill. And U.S. Senat...
July 18, 2023 - The American Lamb Board is looking for help from U.S. lamb producers and feeders regarding their environmental stewardship and other sustainability practices. The goal is to better inf...
July 17, 2023 - According to the USDA, the average age of farmers and ranchers in America is 57.5 years old which highlights the need for investment in education and the development of a new wave of a...
July 17, 2023 - The Society for Range Management (SRM) recently established the Chuck Jarecki Rancher Land StewardshipAward thanks to a generous donation by its namesake, Montana rancher Chuck Jareck...
July 16, 2023 - Western Ag Networks Lane Nordlund and Russell Nemetz recap a few of the weeks top headlines. Topics include Superior Livestock’s Week in the Rockies Sale, Endangered Species Act reform...
July 14, 2023 - The 59th C.M. Russell Stampede will give PRCA rodeo athletes and rodeo fans a like an updated venue for the annual pro rodeo and weekend festivities in Stanford, MT. A brand-new rodeo...
July 14, 2023 - Tight cattle supplies and a record corn crop on tap continue to have fall delivered calves in high demand. Superior Livestock auctioneer Kyle Shobe says that was certainly evident in...
July 14, 2023 - David Vasquez, 35, works for rancher J. Paul Brown and was attacked while tending about 750 ewes with lambs in the Weminuche Wilderness, 23 miles northeast of Durango near Lemon Reserv...
July 13, 2023 - As work continues to get the grizzly bear delisted from the Endangered Species List, a lot of folks here in the West would like to see the Endangered Species Act itself reformed. Wyomi...
July 13, 2023 - There is still time to apply for the American Sheep Industry Association Young Entrepreneurs Summer Tour of the Idaho Falls and Dubois, Idaho, area. The tour will be July 31-Aug. 2.
July 11, 2023 - In an effort to help farmers reach their full potential with the Nuseed Omega-3 Canola Production System, Nuseed is hosting their first Omega-3 Canola Production System University this...
July 10, 2023 - A Canadian farmer must pay $82,000 after responding by text to a commodity buyer with a ‘thumbs-up’ emoji and not delivery the harvested crop of flax.
July 10, 2023 - The robot, which first entered fields in 2019 to measure crop traits, can be controlled remotely and operated autonomously. Flex-Ro has been designed to be modular and reconfigurable,...
July 7, 2023 - Rail shippers, including farmers, energy producers and manufacturers, continue to face poor service, significant service disruptions and sky-high prices that are impacting communities a...
July 7, 2023 - A comment period is open through September 10, 2023 on a draft management plan pertaining to 22 elk feedgrounds in western Wyoming.
July 5, 2023 - The Risk Management Agency has announced it will expand insurance for camelina in the Southern Plains and Pacific Northwest regions, providing additional grower certainty as demand for...
July 5, 2023 - This proposed rule would limit livestock grazing on public lands and is being championed by groups that want to end animal agriculture and public lands grazing. The deadline to submit y...
July 3, 2023 - The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and litigation partners filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas asking the court to strike down the...
June 30, 2023 - With mosquito season starting, horse owners are encouraged to get their horses vaccinated for the West Nile Virus (WNV) to avoid the risk of being infected by this virus, which affects...
June 30, 2023 - The University of Wyoming Extension and Wyoming Wool Initiative have partnered with the Wyoming Wool Growers Association to provide programming on the science, art, and practice of Wyo...
June 29, 2023 - The political battle in the Pacific Northwest over breaching the Snake River Dams in Washington State has, at least temporarily, swung back in the favor of farmers, grain shippers, irr...
June 28, 2023 - EPA plans to complete a proposed rewrite of the 2023 waters of the U.S. rule on or before Sept. 1, 2023, after a Supreme Court ruling in May essentially struck down the Biden administr...
June 26, 2023 - During the 2023 Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention and Trade Show Western Ag Network’s Lane Nordlund sat down with Erin Karney Executive Vice President of CCA.
June 26, 2023 - When the American Sheep Industry Association developed the American Wool Assurance program several years ago, one of the potential benefits for producers included receiving a premium p...
June 26, 2023 - On June 22, 2023, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Cattle Supply Chains-Amazon Deforestation. Testifying on behalf of cattle producers was U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Di...
June 23, 2023 - Northern Livestock Video Auction kicked off their 2023 Summer Video Sales with the Early Summer Special yesterday in Billings, Montana. And what a difference a year makes when it comes...
June 22, 2023 - United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai has announced that the United States and the Republic of India have agreed to terminate six outstanding disputes at the World Trade Org...
June 22, 2023 - National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) CEO Chandler Goule provided an opening statement Wednesday at a Congressional Western Caucus Forum on the Importance of Hydropower to Rural...
Tim Canterbury, board member of the PLC, attended the informational meeting hosted by the BLM in Denver, one of three with the other two in Albuquerque and Reno. The lack of engagement at the meetings...
June 20, 2023 - Montana Farm Bureau members spent an intensive two days in Washington, D.C meeting with their congressmen, visiting with pertinent Congressional committees and learning about advocacy...
June 20, 2023 - The Wyoming State Veterinarian received confirmation from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, that seven cattle originating in a herd from Sweetwater County, Wyomi...
June 20, 2023 - In June, the American Lamb Board (ALB) connected with 50 of these US businesses through its new “Butcher Box” direct mail kit. The goal is to re-engage with this audience for long-last...
June 16, 2023 - The Bureau of Land Management is extending the public comment period for the controversial Public Lands Rule by 15 days. The new deadline to provide input is July 5, 2023.
June 14, 2023 - The sheep industry is mourning this week's death of Bob Gilbert. For nearly 33 years, Bob was Secretary-Treasurer of the Montana Wool Growers Association, earning the coveted American...
June 14, 2023 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting more than 1 million acres in this year’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Gener...
June 13, 2023 - Three Montana beef industry leaders attended the 2023 Young Cattlemen’s Conference.
