Back for another year, the Idaho State Legislature has appropriated an additional $5 million to the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Improvement Fund for beef and dairy producers with plans to make environmental improvements to their facilities.

Every month has days to observe and celebrate. Obviously, some are more universal and carry a lot of hype like Halloween and New Year’s. But have you ever heard of the lesser-known ones like National Donut Day or World Chocolate Day?

Tyson Foods, one of the largest food companies in the country, introduced earlier in March the first-of-its-kind Climate-Smart Beef Program to promote climate-smart agricultural practices and create value for beef producers along the way.

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The latest USDA Cattle Inventory report, released on Jan. 31, confirmed another year of contraction in the beef cattle industry.

Two years of drought have had a major impact on hay production, according to the recently released Dec. 1 hay stocks from the USDA.

Seventy-two percent. That’s the average return on investment the flyer in my mailbox was promising if I installed new windows.