The USDA released its monthly Cattle on Feed report on June 23, indicating a 3% decrease from year-ago levels. On feedlots with more than 1,000 head of capacity, 11.6 million cattle are on feed for slaughter in the U.S. Feedlot placements for the month of May totaled 1.96 million head, up 5% from 2022, with net placements at 1.88 million head.

Here’s a confession that hopefully doesn’t alienate me too much from you serious cattlemen and women out there: Whenever I get my hands on a sire directory from one of the semen sales companies, I flip straight to the club calf section. 

The Biden administration’s new Waters of the U.S rule continues to hit judicial roadblocks in its implementation.

The U.S. Department of the Interior on March 30 published a proposal that could shift priorities on 245 million acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The rule would likely mark a sizable shift in BLM practices; according to an agency statement, it intends to put “conservation on equal footing with other uses,” which it says is “consistent with the BLM’s multiple use and sustained yield mission.”

The Biden administration’s controversial new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, initially issued on Dec. 30, 2022, went into effect throughout most of the country on March 30.

I have a major bone to pick with the American blue jean industry. Seriously, have you gone shopping for jeans lately? It’s not uncommon to find price tags ranging from $29.99 all the way up past the century mark, all on the same shelf.