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Beef, beef, Columns, Columns, Cow Calf, Feeder, Letters to Editor, Opinion, Seedstock, Stocker, Texas

Modern beef grading should reward true value

Donnell Brown explains why modern beef grading should better reward red meat yield, marbling and production efficiency. Read More

Animal Health, Auction Barns, Beef, Feeder, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Stocker, USDA

Santa Teresa livestock crossing reopens after 16-month closure 

(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
Arkansas, Beef, beef, Colorado, Cow Calf, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Feeder, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Seedstock, South Dakota, Stocker, Texas, Wyoming

Beef industry faces uncertainty entering October

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Localized areas in the Plains received beneficial rain

  • September 24, 2026
  • By David Mocko
A cowboy on a horse surrounded by livestock during a cattle drive. (iStock │ #477413769 - johnrandallalves)

High prices have not slowed beef buyers

  • September 24, 2026
  • By Kaitlin Donovan
Justin Korver harvests corn in southeast Lancaster County in November 2023. Total farm receipts in Nebraska are projected to increase $731 million, to $33.37 billion, in 2025. (Courtesy photo.)

Senate agriculture committee passes farm bill

  • September 18, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Economist: Net farm income expected to dip $4.3 billion

  • September 18, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Several regions in the Plains received beneficial rain

  • September 17, 2026
  • By David Mocko
Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab utilizes manure analysis to provide precise data on forage quality and livestock nutritional demands, empowering livestock producers to make informed management decisions and improve operational efficiency. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Drought challenges livestock producers

  • September 15, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Dave Begmeier

Opportunities and challenges abound in livestock markets

  • September 15, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Drought and abnormal dryness intensify in the Plains

  • September 10, 2026
  • By Curtis Riganti
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