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Beef Supply Chain Gets Backed Up

The beef supply chain in southwest Kansas hit a human-resources problem that quickly became a cattle problem. Backed up: Heightened immigration enforcement activity around Dodge City, Liberal and surrounding communities led some meatpacking employees to miss work. Livestock groups said thousands of fed cattle were delayed, creating added feed, yardage and transportation costs while finished animals waited for a processing slot. Some plants temporarily slowed or stopped lines,

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Beef Supply Chain Gets Backed Up

The beef supply chain in southwest Kansas hit a human-resources problem that quickly became a cattle problem. Backed up: Heightened immigration enforcement activity around Dodge City, Liberal and surrounding communities led some meatpacking employees to miss work. Livestock groups said thousands of fed cattle were delayed, creating added feed, yardage and transportation costs while finished animals waited for a processing slot. Some plants temporarily slowed or stopped lines,

Industry

6 hours ago

California Puts More Corn in the Tank

California just gave E15 a much clearer lane to the pump, and corn growers have a reason to watch the fuel gauge. Green light: State regulators approved rules allowing voluntary sales of E15, a gasoline blend containing 15% ethanol. The action follows legislation signed earlier this month that removed technical barriers to putting the blend into the market. California had already authorized year-round E15 sales, but the latest rules give fuel suppliers a more workable path to

Farming

6 hours ago

Treat the Cow, Not the Crowd

Cattle health researchers are asking a simple question with expensive consequences: does every animal in the group really need the same antibiotic treatment? Treat the risk: Brad White, professor of production medicine and director of the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University, helped develop models designed to identify cattle groups most likely to benefit economically from metaphylaxis, the preventive treatment of a group when bovine respiratory disease risk is hig

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Beef Supply Chain Gets Backed Up

The beef supply chain in southwest Kansas hit a human-resources problem that quickly became a cattle problem. Backed up: Heightened immigration enforcement activity around Dodge City, Liberal and surrounding communities led some meatpacking employees to miss work. Livestock groups said thousands of fed cattle were delayed, creating added feed, yardage and transportation costs while finished animals waited for a processing slot. Some plants temporarily slowed or stopped lines,

Industry

6 hours ago

California Puts More Corn in the Tank

California just gave E15 a much clearer lane to the pump, and corn growers have a reason to watch the fuel gauge. Green light: State regulators approved rules allowing voluntary sales of E15, a gasoline blend containing 15% ethanol. The action follows legislation signed earlier this month that removed technical barriers to putting the blend into the market. California had already authorized year-round E15 sales, but the latest rules give fuel suppliers a more workable path to

Farming

6 hours ago

Treat the Cow, Not the Crowd

Cattle health researchers are asking a simple question with expensive consequences: does every animal in the group really need the same antibiotic treatment? Treat the risk: Brad White, professor of production medicine and director of the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University, helped develop models designed to identify cattle groups most likely to benefit economically from metaphylaxis, the preventive treatment of a group when bovine respiratory disease risk is hig

Livestock

6 hours ago

Diesel Export Ban Gets Real

Harvest fuel costs have gone from painful to “maybe don’t look at the receipt.” Policy at the pump: The administration is examining a full or partial diesel export ban as prices stay near record territory. The weekly national average hit about $6.53 per gallon this week, up sharply from a year earlier. Several farm-state lawmakers have pressed for limits on exports, arguing that more fuel should stay home while producers are burning through diesel at harvest. Farm math: The t

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4 days ago

Too Many Horses at the Water Trough

The West has a horse problem, and no, it is not that anyone forgot to close the barn door. By the numbers: Federal land managers estimate more than 85,000 wild horses and burros are roaming western public lands. Detailed 2026 program data put the population at 85,466 animals against a maximum Appropriate Management Level, or AML, of 25,592. That is more than three times the agency’s target while drought tightens the same forage and water supplies used by wildlife and livestoc

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4 days ago

Drain Tile Fight Gets Bogged Down

A fight over drain tile in the Prairie Pothole Region is getting appropriately bogged down. Under the surface: Farmers with federal wetland easements can install drainage tile, but only if it does not drain protected wetlands. A 2024 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule standardized how setbacks are calculated between tile lines and easement wetlands, using factors such as soil, tile depth, diameter and topography. Where it pinches: Some farmers argue the setbacks reach farthe

Farming

4 days ago

Fertilizer Probe Gets Farmer Receipts

Farmers have been saying fertilizer prices smell funny for a while. Now federal officials appear to be asking them to bring receipts, preferably not written on the back of a seed cap. The setup: U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden visited Ogden, Iowa, for a fertilizer listening session focused on alleged anti-competitive behavior, consolidation, and prices that have stuck around like mud on a pickup floor mat. Growers from several states shared examp

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Sep 22

Checkoff Climate Work Gets Milked Dry

USDA is telling dairy checkoff climate work to take a long walk back to the barn. The squeeze: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins told National Dairy Board Chair Lolly Lesher to halt several environmental initiatives that USDA says are not aligned with current department policy. The list includes Scope 3 greenhouse gas accounting, the U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative, the Greener Cattle Initiative, the Sustainability Alliance, the Dairy Stewardship Commitment, FARM

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