On September 21, JBS and Five Rivers Cattle Feeding in Greeley, Colorado hosted a group of producers, scientists and others interested in learning about reasons to expand heifer herds. There have been years of struggle and more supply than demand.

Livestock raising and agriculture in Wyoming are likely to be impacted by rising temperatures, but experts continue to debate the extent. Average temperatures in Wyoming have increased by approximately 1.5 degrees since the mid-1980s. Continued temperatures increases can have an impact as cattle and sheep can feel the heat but have a limited ability to do anything about it.

A study assessing the impact of traceability and animal identification programs on the international market for red meat has been released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

LUBBOCK, Texas -- No Texas ranchers plan to leave the cattle business as the state's worst one-year drought on record persists but 8 percent say they won't have any animals next year, according to a survey released Tuesday by Texas' largest livestock group.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- As food safety officials undertake wider testing for potentially deadly E. coli in meat, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says that regulations are overburdening food producers.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The drought in the Southwest may help 29-year-old Chad Bicker get to his goal of being a full-time farmer and rancher by the time he's 40.

December corn futures rose nearly $1 per bushel during August from about $6.80 to $7.80 per bushel. In September, the market has reversed itself and the December corn futures price has now declined to $6.90 per bushel. Any bets on where the price of corn will be a month from now? What are the odds of $6.00, $7.00, or $8.00? I don't know the answer to that but I do know when I see a $6.65 put option is priced at $.25 per bushel and that a $7.15 call option is priced at $.27 per bushel, there is plenty of uncertainty in the market.

JBS United and DeKalb Feeds have entered into a joint venture involving Dekalb’s Frytown, Iowa, mill facility. The new venture is called Central Nutrition Services, LLC, (CNS). CNS will focus on manufacturing superior quality livestock feeds and nutritional supplements for both JBS United and DeKalb Feeds and their customers throughout the Midwest. This announcement was made by Doug Webel, chief operating officer of JBS United’s Nutrition and Emerging Technologies, and Kelly Keaschall, president of DeKalb Feeds, Inc.

For more than three decades, Alltech has remained committed to its founding ACE principle; a promise that when doing business they have a positive impact on the animal, consumer and the environment. In order to achieve this, they have strategically placed regional offices in some of the most influential agricultural communities in North America, and one of them is in Fresno, California. Although placed in a starter office, they have maintained a steady presence with local businesses, producers and organizations.

With recent devastating floods destroying many U.S. farms, Dow AgroSciences, through The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, donated $100,000 to help with flood relief efforts in six states. Thousands of Dow AgroSciences’ customer locations and millions of acres have been impacted in the Midwest and Midsouth regions, and the funds will be used in efforts to help the agricultural community recover from the flood damage.