‘Got Milk’ has got to go, left and right agree By Saul Elbein, 8/16/23 Got Milk. The other white meat. Beef: It’s what’s for dinner. The libertarian right and progressive left don’t agree on much, but they are in lockstep regarding “checkoff” programs — the public-private partnerships that churned out all those familiar marketing slogans….
Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana Today at 2:00 a.m. By BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN / Associated Press FILE – Lead plaintiff Rikki Held listens to testimony during a hearing in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse on, June 20,…
War is expensive both on and off the battlefield Alan Guebert Aug. 13, 2023 When asked to describe war, Union General William T. Sherman noted that “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.” Later, in a speech, Sherman did refine his easily forgettable dictum to the much shorter, impossible-to-forget: “War is hell.” Others thought…
August 7, 2023 By Gilles Stockton After years of depressed prices, we ranchers and cattle feeders are desperate for Congress to do something – do anything! It was in this context that the 50/14 concept was conceived. When the “negotiated spot market” for fat cattle got down to less than 20% of the total, it…
$10M Settlement Reached in Wages Case Settlement Struck in Antitrust Case Alleging Food Companies Suppressed Wages 8/8/2023 By Todd Neeley , DTN Staff Reporter Connect with Todd: @DTNeeley A group of current and former employees of several food companies announced a settlement with one of the companies that they allege conspired to suppress wages. (DTN…
Tyson Foods to shut four US chicken plants in blow to small towns Tom Polansek Updated Mon, August 7, 2023 at 12:57 PM MDT·3 min read FILE PHOTO: Tyson Fresh Meats processing plant is seen three days after a fire heavily damaged the facility in the Finney County town of Holcomb By Tom Polansek CHICAGO…
Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here or view the web version here. Cattle Group Applauds Reps. Hageman and Khanna for Introducing Mandatory COOL Bill for Beef in U.S. House BILLINGS, Mont., August 4, 2023 – Last Friday U.S. Reps. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and…
Harvest Public Media | By Elizabeth Rembert Published August 1, 2023 at 4:00 AM CDT Trey Wasserburger looks out at a pen of cattle from his pickup. He works at this feed yard alongside his father-in-law in Nebraska. It takes three years of work to raise cattle before they get to the feedlot, then they need…
NFL Hall of Famer turned Alabama farmer John Hannah struggles to keep cattle farm as Congress debates Farm Bill Erica Thomas | 07.31.23 Alabama farmers have been hit hard in today’s economy, and John Hannah, Crimson Tide football legend and NFL Hall of Famer turned Alabama farmer, says he knows firsthand. Hannah is known as…
Rural veterinary services are suffering more than ever. We must do better for our small towns. MADHAV NARAYAN JULY 21, 2023 nEBRASKA EXAMINER (John Moore/Getty Images) Farmers and ranchers have long sounded the alarm about the shortage of rural veterinarians. Now, the issue is worse than ever. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more…