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Import restrictions will weigh on cattle markets

Action on import restrictions reflected in latest WASDE report and prices for cattle likely to stay higher into 2026, Dave Bergmeier writes. Read More

Even with tariffs on the landscape, cattle prices are forecast to remain high through 2025, according to a recent World Agricultural Supplies and Demand Estimates report. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
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Tariff impacts meant a tempered livestock price report

October 2023 is the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness month. (Photo courtesy of U of A System Division of Agriculture.)
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Trump, tariffs and ag economics



As the year nears the end several packing plants announced plans to close as animal protein supplies remain tight and margins are thin, according to agricultural economists. This photo was taken near Dodge City. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Processing plant closures reflect tight margins

Cheatgrass is Wyoming's No. 1 invasive weed. (Courtesy photo.)

Wyoming study: Invasive weeds take economic toll