On Tuesday the Environmental Protection Agency released its latest Waters of the United States rule. The long-anticipated announcement comes after the Supreme Court’s May ruling in the Sackett v. EPA case overturned portions of President Biden’s controversial rule. Officials with EPA and the U.S. Army say their agencies are committed to following the law and implementing […]

By Gerson Freitas Jr. Minerva SA, South America’s top beef exporter, agreed to buy some assets from rival Marfrig Global Foods SA for 7.5 billion reais ($1.5 billion). The assets, in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, will boost the company’s cattle slaughtering capacity by 44%, Minerva said in a statement Monday. A down payment of […]

By Matthew Diersen, South Dakota State University Beef cattle inventory levels have been expected to continue to remain low. Feed availability has been a limiting factor in recent years. Its attending cost has also limited profits for cow-calf producers. Heading into fall, there are a few signs of changing aggregate conditions that may allow for […]

Purina Animal Nutrition, along with the Land O’Lakes Foundation, is announcing its new scholarship program designed to assist students involved in agriculture and livestock production in pursuing their passions and further their education. Current undergraduate students who have experience raising and caring for small or large livestock, equine and/or poultry, are eligible to apply for […]

Mike Pearson examines how interest rates are impacting the agriculture sector. In 2021, 90 percent of operating loans were under 5 percent. This year, it’s north of 8 percent. Inflation increased during COVID in 2021 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. So, the federal government started to raise interest rates in an effort to fight inflation. Currently, […]

THE genetic variation that exists across cow herds contributes to the challenges beef producers face in every enterprise. Achieving market compliance, meeting production goals as well as constantly balancing environmental influences such as feed supply to meet those outcomes is a common theme when talking to producers. Producers who have managed to reduce the genetic […]

PURCHASING sires from seedstock producers is not the only source of herd bulls for commercial producers. There are some producers, especially under extensive conditions in northern Australia, who select sires from within their own breeding programs. In many cases these programs are influenced by an introduced sire, where the new bull is joined to a […]