A Swing for the Vences

A Swing for the Vences

Thanks to a recent $12 million investment in a San Diego startup, a whole boatload of ranchers will soon be rotating their herds across rangeland without running another strand of wire. “Oh, oh, it’s magic.”: Well, not really, but it is cutting-edge. With the help of...
Cattle Markets’ Transparency Test

Cattle Markets’ Transparency Test

Show me the cattle market transparency. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021, which builds on years of research and discussion of negotiated trade of fed cattle. Refresher: Negotiated trade or...
Herd Notebooks Be Gone

Herd Notebooks Be Gone

U.S. ranchers can wave ‘bye-bye’ to those handwritten herd notebooks.AgriWebb, a ranch management software, is placing roots in North America with a new HQ in Denver.The AgTech ranch hand’s profile: → Born in Australia in 2014 and valued at $76 million. → Branches in...
The RFID Rift

The RFID Rift

Welcome to the acronym party… Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) and the USDA’s subagency Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) are courting. AKA, they’re seeing each other in court. AKA, there’s a lawsuit. How...