A 60-year-old Stuart, Oklahoma man, Darrel Bernard Morris, was arrested on January 8 by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Cody Hyde and Gavin Gatrell. Morris faces 83 felony charges of livestock larceny after allegedly stealing cattle...
Source: USDA
Comparing Annual Inflation Rates in 2023 and 2024
The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual Consumer Price Index, CPI, for 2024 on January 15, 2025. The chart below compares inflation rates in 2023 and 2024...
Source: USDA
Beef/Cattle: Based on preliminary December slaughter data, expected fourth-quarter 2024 production has been lowered from last month, bringing the annual total to 26.985 billion pounds. The beef production forecast in 2025 has been raised to 25.790 billion pounds...
Conrad Schelkopf of Geneva, Nebraska, and Tyler Thomas of Baker City, Oregon, have been named recipients of the 2025 W.D. Farr Scholarship by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF). Each will receive $15,000 in recognition of their exceptional academic achievements,...
Lylester Ranch has become the proud new owner of POLLARD Rita 4012, purchasing the 2025 Angus Foundation Heifer Package for $75,000. The sale took place on January 10 at the National Angus Bull Sale during Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has unveiled a groundbreaking interim rule aimed at aligning climate-smart agriculture (CSA) with the biofuel industry. Announced today, the rule introduces new technical guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Source: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA)
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed rule entitled “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets,” announced today by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. This...
Source: Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, James Mintert and Michael Langemeier
Farmer sentiment drifted lower in December as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell 9 points to 136. Although the barometer weakened somewhat in December compared to November, producers still...
Source: National Cattlemen's Beef Association news release
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, announces the release of the updated Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) National Manual, which serves as a resource for science-based cattle production information....
The Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC) announced Dr. Chris Clark, a Beef Extension Specialist at Iowa State University, as the recipient of the 2024 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Educator Award during the Iowa Cattle Industry Convention on December 12...
