This week, livestock organizations in the northwest United States joined together to send a formal letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking the federal organization to not proceed with a plan to introduce an experimental population of grizzly bears to the North Cascade ecosystem.
A new law in South Dakota makes it harder to file nuisance complaints or lawsuits against an agricultural operation. South Dakota Searchlight said it will also limit the amount of monetary awards. After legislators approved the bill earlier this winter, Governor Kristi Noem signed it at a Mitchell, South Dakota, implement dealership last week. She said agricult...
A recent proposal by USDA which involves meat product labelling immediately raised the spectre of COOL, Country-of-Origin labelling, for Canadian red meat sectors. USDA proposed that ‘only’ meat products derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States should be allowed to carry a Made in the USA label. Back in late 2...
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was very busy last week with several depredations in the eastern part of the state.
Investigators were called all to private pasture land in the Silver Creek area of Harney County on Monday, February 27th. Th...
New data from USDA’s Economic Research Service shows that between fiscal years 2018 and 2022, Mexico accounted for nearly 14% of all U.S. agricultural exports. With a total value of $28 billion, Mexico is projected to be the United States’ second largest destination for U.S. agricultural expor...
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said a male wolf was trapped and killed February 4th on private land in Union County. The wolf was trapped by USDA Wildlife Services, acting as an agent at the producer's request. ODFW said the wolf was trapped in the same pasture where wolves had previous depredated calves.
Wolves hav...
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattle Industry Convention took place earlier this month down in New Orleans. NCBA CEO Colin Woodall said it was an opportunity to do the business of NCBA.
“We have our policy committees that are meeting this week. They are producers who ar...