The Western Stock Show Association (WSSA) board of directors, together with the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) management, has made the difficult decision to postpone the 115th National Western Stock Show by one year and to resume the event in January 2022.

True West Beef, a partnership between Boise, Idaho-based Agri Beef Co. and cattle ranchers and feeders from around the West, recently announced its intent to build a new regional beef processing plant in Jerome, Idaho.

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have signed a two-year alliance to provide NAMI members, the public and other stakeholders with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help protect workers.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently awarded contracts to purchase up to 8 million low-frequency radio frequency identification (RFID) eartags, which will help increase overall animal disease traceability in cattle and bison.

True West Beef has announced plans for new beef packing facility in the city of Jerome, Idaho, with estimates of 400 jobs and the capacity to process 500 cows a day.

The Long Range Plan Task Force unveiled its new five-year plan for 2021-25 at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting in Denver. 

Vytelle and GrowSafe Ltd. announced on July 14, 2020, that the two companies will be joining forces. They will operate as a single precision livestock company under the Vytelle brand to “drive the mission to meet the global demands for producing more high-quality protein, more sustainably, and with more profit potential for cattle producers." 

Nebraska Extension, Lallemand Animal Nutrition, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are hosting the third Silage for Beef Cattle Conference with one major change: This year, the event will be a series of four, hour-long free webinars held from July 7 through Aug. 4, 2020.