TheCattleSite Latest News: United States
19 August 2020

US feeder cattle futures strengthened on 18 August while live cattle futures remained flat....
18 August 2020

US live cattle futures stepped back on 17 August in profit taking ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report....
17 August 2020

The US state of Iowa is seeking about $4 billion in disaster aid after a major storm tore across the Midwest on 10 August....

CME live cattle futures continued their rise on 14 August, supported by increasing beef prices and expectations of sustained meat demand before the Labour Day weekend....
14 August 2020

CME live cattle futures continued their rally on 13 August, holding to a nearly six-month peak in prices as exports to China grew....

Read the latest global beef industry updates from Jim Wyckoff. ...

The Trump Administration’s COVID-19 relief package has disproportionately gone to large corporate farms – with the top 10 percent of farms receiving 60 percent of state aid, while the bottom 10 percent claiming 0.26 percent of funds....
13 August 2020

CME live cattle futures reached a five-month high on 12 August while feeder cattle futures neared a six-month peak, bolstered by increasing boxed beef prices....
12 August 2020

US farmers impacted by the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis have been granted more time to apply for aid from the federal government....

CME live cattle futures rose on 11 August, bolstered by increasing beef prices....

Seaweed may be the super food dairy cattle need to reduce the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere. ...
11 August 2020

A bipartisan groups of 13 US Senators have asked the US Trade Representative to remove the 25 percent tariffs on food, wine and spirits from the EU....

CME live cattle futures rose on 10 August as the cash market strengthened and packers signalled a pick-up of slaughter rates....
10 August 2020

28 farm groups in the United States have asked the US Department of Agriculture to extend the deadline for farmers to apply for COVID-19 assistance payments....
08 August 2020

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released a sources sought notice in hopes of gathering information on the supplies of test kits for major livestock diseases. ...
07 August 2020

Two senior Republican senators from leading farm states are at odds over legislation aiming to make cattle markets more transparent....

Understanding cattle personality may help keep rangeland productive, sustainable Do you ever wonder why sometimes one, lone cow stands munching grass on a hillside while her fellow cattle graze in groups below?...
06 August 2020

State incentives designed to help California’s dairy industry reduce methane emissions have led to a spike in the number of manure digester developments underway on California dairies. ...

US live cattle futures steadied on 5 August as investors were unwilling to push the market above recent surges due to high cattle supplies....
05 August 2020

US live cattle futures sank on 4 August, reversing five straight sessions of gains....
04 August 2020

US live cattle futures continued their winning streak on 3 August, as fund buying sparked the gains to expected strength in the cash markets....

USDA's Agricultural Innovation Agenda must reflect the challenges farmers face. ...
03 August 2020

Farmers that raise animals know that June is when flies start to be a nuisance, and by July, if a control program is not in place, production losses occur. The information from this pasture walk will help farmers put a fly control program into place....

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), one of the most prevalent and costly illnesses in the beef and dairy industries, accounts for about half of all feedlot deaths in North America and costs producers as much as $900 million a year. Quickly diagnosing the...

A recently funded Texas A&M AgriLife study will determine differences in nitrogen requirements between Brahman type cattle and other cattle. Measuring these differences may allow cattle producers to reduce the protein in cattle diets by allowing for precise...
02 August 2020

Agriculture officials are warning American citizens to be wary of unsolicited packages of seeds mailed to them....
31 July 2020

US live cattle futures closed higher on 30 July for a third straight session, strengthened by high weekly beef export sales....

When the COVID-19 pandemic started, I, like many of you, was focused on working from home while also homeschooling my daughters. I was busy postponing and rescheduling several NCAT training events and figuring out how to best serve our ATTRA clients,...