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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced $73 million in funding for the first round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. The funds will get used to increase competition across the cattle marketplace and support increased producer opportunities, and the U...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is accepting applications for the 2023 Environmental Stewardship Award.  The yearly award recognizes outstanding stewardship practices and conservation achievements of U.S. cattle producers.   “Cattl...

The Idaho Cattle Association's annual convention will take place later this month in Sun Valley.  Cameron Mulrony, ICA Executive Vice President, said the three-day event is a good place to gather with other producers, as well as industry members, to discuss some of the most pressing issues, locally, regionally as well as nationally.  And Mul...

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a $73 million investment through the first round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.  According to the USDA, the funding supports 21 grant projects to expand meat and poultry processing capacity, increasing competition, supporting producer income, and strengthening the food supply chain to lower costs.   ...

For the second time in the past two weeks, a wolf from the Horseshoe Pack has been killed.  According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the wolf was trapped on private land in Umatilla County Saturday.  ODFW says despite non-lethal measures, such as camping with the cattle and hazing, this producer had experienced chronic livestock depredations by the Horseshoe pack.  The trapped ...

The CEO of CattleFax is confident the beef industry will see better market conditions down the road.  Randy Blach said the market has faced many headwinds over the last three or four years.   “If you step back and you think about what we were sharing last fall and early this year, the markets have largely performed very well with what we anticipated, but obviously we had a Russian invasion into Uk

R-CALF USA is making a push for Congress to consider mandatory country-of-origin labeling of beef.  The organization is encouraging its members and others to show their support to lawmakers for the American Beef Labeling Act.  The bill was introduced by Republican Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds, alongside Democrats Jon Tester and Cory Booker last month.     The legi...

The value of Washington’s 2021 agricultural production totaled $10.2 billion, a slight increase from the 2020 figure.  According to NASS, the value of Washington’s crop production in 2021 was $7.21 billion, down 3% year-over-year.  Meanwhile, the...

As we continue with our Northwest Farm Credit Services’ quarterly commodity snapshot series, today we focus on the livestock sector.  NWFCS Vice President Bill Perry said the 12-month outlook for dairy suggests profitable returns.   “Recor...

Predicting farm income every year is a challenging task for a variety of reasons.  USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer, said farm income should be strong this year despite a lot of volatility.   “When one looks at farm income and one looks at a very high scale, farm income looks pretty good. We're forecasting f...