USDA’s Premium Benefit for Cover Crops Available Now

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Agricultural producers who have coverage under most crop insurance policies are eligible for a premium benefit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) if they planted cover crops during the 2022 crop year. To receive the benefit from this year’s Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP), producers must report cover crop acreage by March 15, 2022. The new program comes on […]

General Manager of NILE Show Applications Available

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The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) is now accepting applications for the next General Manager. The application period for the General Manager position is now open, and applications will be accepted until March 24th. Applications will be followed by the interview process and subsequent selection. The collective goal of the NILE Board of Directors is to interview, select, and hire […]

Red Angus Cattle

Walk Like a Politician

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This one is for the agriculturists and the agriculturists only. Last night I attended our county Farm Bureau’s meeting as I am the new committee chair of the Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) committee. This basically means it’s my job to get young adults involved in Farm Bureau. On my drive home, I thought about ways to appeal to the […]

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Smarm, Snarl, and Snark Can’t Replace Facts, Honesty, and Ideas

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As deep winter reasserted itself over most of the nation’s farms and ranches, the New York Times brought some real heat to the Big-Ag-Fights-Climate-Change debate. In a 14-minute, fast-paced video titled “Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet,” the film’s subtitle not only names the killers, it convicts them, too: “American agriculture is ravaging the air, soil, and […]

NCBA Announces 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award Regional Winners

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Seven of the nation’s top cattle operations were recognized as Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) regional winners for their environmental conservation efforts during the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show in Houston, Texas. The regional winners will compete for the national award, which will be presented during NCBA’s Summer Business Meeting in Reno, Nevada, July 25-28, 2022. “Cattlemen […]

Nine Year Grazing Battle Ends at Supreme Court

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On an Oregon ranch in the Jordan Valley, grazing permits have been a necessity for the ranch to maintain their cattle herd, much like many other operations in the western United States. Mike and Linda Hanley leased their ranch to their daughter and son-in-law, Martha and John Corrigan. Unfortunately, they lost their grazing priority on allotments near the ranch which […]

Bear Mountain Beef: When Dreams Come to Fruition

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Anyone who has ever started their own business knows that it’s no small feat – it takes a great deal of planning, support, and luck in some cases to make dreams come to fruition. In a normal economy that hasn’t been hammered with inflation and the effects of a global pandemic, and in an industry that isn’t riddled with consolidation, […]

The Fight for Freedom Continues

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“Everyone’s tired of COVID […] These protests are not the way to get through it,” Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, said in a February 7 emergency meeting in Parliament. “The way to get through it is to continue listening to science, continuing to lean on each other, continuing to be there for each other.” For over two weeks, protests […]

Market Concerns Equal Good Commodity Crop Prices

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Commodity crop prices continue to remain strong across the board as weather and geopolitical concerns add volatility to markets, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension grain economist, Bryan-College Station, said drought conditions in both hemispheres are raising questions about global crop yields while troops amass in a region that supplies one-third of […]

Wolf Populations Receive Protection

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“The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is intended to promote species recovery and delisting, not to impose permanent protected status for animals that are now thriving,” Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation President, said in regard to the February 10 U.S. District Court ruling (the Ruling) to relist certain populations of the Gray Wolf. “It’s disappointing that environmental activism carried more […]