Expect prices to move sideways
5 Trending Headlines: Cattle prices to trade sideways; PLUS: Decoding EPDs
Jul 03, 2017
It’s been a crazy ride in the cattle markets up until now—crazy good for the most part. What’s the outlook for the second half of the year? Trending Headlines brings you the answer.
Drought affecting Dakotas, Montana
Montana, Dakotas get emergency drought grazing authorization
Jun 23, 2017
Extreme drought in the Dakotas and Montana is causing ranchers to liquidate herds.
beef exports bounce back
6 Trending Headlines: Beef heading to China; PLUS; Ranchers in the Dakotas need your help
Jun 19, 2017
The good news is the first shipment of beef is on its way to China. The bad news is drought in the Dakotas is taking a huge toll on ranchers there. That and more awaits you in this week’s Trending Headlines.
drought condition corn field
Drought likely to expand in weeks ahead
Jun 12, 2017
North Dakota activates drought hotline to help ranchers find hay and pasture.
Wildfire Destroyed
Recovery underway in area hit by wildfire
Jun 02, 2017
Nearly 2 million acres were burned, including thousands of miles of fences, some facilities and rangeland. Thousands of cattle were lost and thousands more had to be sold or relocated because nothing was left for them to eat. Tragically, seven...
USDA wildire photo
5 Trending Headlines: Cattle as wildfire prevention tools; PLUS: what’s up with live cattle imports?
May 15, 2017
If the devastating wildfires in March are any indication, 2017 may well be a wild year for wildfires. Can cattle help mow down the risk? That and more awaits you in this week’s Trending Headlines.
A recap of the April blizzard & its impact on cattle & crops
May 06, 2017
For feedlots and wheat farmers in Kansas and the surrounding states, a late April blizzard was an unexpected, damaging and deadly storm.
USDA authorizes emergency grazing on CRP acres
Apr 05, 2017
Following the Plains wildfires, the USDA has authorized emergency grazing on CRP land in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
burned fences
Those affected by wildfires still need help
Apr 05, 2017
My good friend Shelia Grissom, from Seminole, Texas, reminds me and others at least weekly, usually more often than that, of the continuing anguish ranchers feel for their lost animals, the unending worry about what comes next, and the uncertainty...
Green grass growing in wake of wildfires
The wildfires are out. Now it’s time to rebuild and recover
Mar 22, 2017
It will take time and work and prayer, but burned-out ranchers will rise from the ashes.
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