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RAAA Rebrands FCCP as Angus Access to Increase Market...

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2025/07/16

The Red Angus Association of America has officially rebranded its Feeder Calf Certification Program as Angus Access. More than just a fresh look, Angus Access reflects a bold evolution of the beef industry's first genetic, age and source verification program – built to USDA-approved standards and trusted by Red Angus producers for more than 30 years. Red Angus cattle undeniably produce high-quality Angus beef, which remains one of the most sought-after beef products among consumers. The new A...

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Alan Sears' 2024/2025 Sale Season Recap

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2025/07/16

Congratulations and thanks to all Western Ag Reporter customers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. It is a true privilege to work with so many industry-leading seedstock producers and successful marketers of livestock. The volume and price levels reflect what we have all been seeing across the beef complex: less cattle, higher prices. The increase in prices paid for quality herd sires is the most dramatic number. A true testament to the seedstock industry's commitment to quality and ...

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3:40

Protecting Your Land, Your Herd, and Your Neighbors

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2025/07/02

National Forage Week is recognized by the American Forage and Grassland Council each year. For ranchers across the United States, maintaining a healthy food source is critical. Livestock depend on an abundance of healthy forage for grazing and growing, and ranchers depend on healthy forage as a cost-effective way to feed and grow their herd. Additionally, when the root systems of desirable plants are strong, it promotes soil health, reduces erosion, and increases water retention – all critica...

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Comments by the Publisher 7.3.25

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2025/07/02

CALL TO ACTION…We must UNIFY! I hope you all have a great and safe Fourth of July Weekend celebrating the birth of our amazing nation. I really need all of you to do something for me that has real potential to keep this nation amazing – especially for those of us and our families in the ranching and farming industries here in the United States of America. Please take the time and look over both sides (front and back) of the insert that is in this week’s issue. I know everybody is busy, but it...

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Editor's Perspective - I Disagree, Tomi Lahren

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2025/07/02

I’m going to touch on a hot-button topic this week: illegal immigration. I was listening to a recent episode of one of my favorite conservative podcasts “Tomi Lahren is Fearless,” and for the first time in a while, I really disagreed with Tomi. In sum, she said the argument that illegal immigrants are vital in filling voids in labor-intensive jobs, like in the crop and meat processing sectors, is moot, and that they can easily be filled domestically if employers would be willing to pay U.S. w...

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Celebrating Service and Community: Veteran Farmer Award

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2025/07/01

The American Farm Bureau Federation, with support from Farm Credit, is seeking applicants for the Veteran Farmer Award of Excellence. The award recognizes U.S. military veterans or service members for excellence in farming or agriculture and positively impacting local communities. The honoree will receive a ,000 cash prize plus reimbursement in travel and other expenses incurred for him/her and one guest to attend the American Farm Bureau Convention in Anaheim, California, Jan. 9-14, 202...

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It's Time to Get Involved in CattleCon 2026

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2025/07/01

CattleCon 2026 is heading to the heart of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, February 3-5, and it’s time to get involved in the largest cattle industry event of the year. Applications are being accepted for the NCBA National Anthem Contest, sponsored by Norbrook®, internships and scholarships. National Anthem Contest The 13th annual NCBA National Anthem Contest, sponsored by Norbrook®, is accepting entries through Oct. 15. The contest winner will perform the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the event’s ...

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1:36

Teamsters Authorize Strike at Tyson

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2025/07/01

Teamsters Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo, the largest beef processing plant in the United States, have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike. The Teamsters represent 3,100 workers in slaughtering and processing at the facilitywho are demanding higher wages and improved benefits. “We are bargaining with one of the most repulsively greedy and amoral corporations in the entire country. Last year, Tyson’s CEO made 525 times that of the median worker,” said Al Brito, Pre...

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Sign On to the Common Ground Summit for Chance to Win...

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2025/06/30

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Cooking - The Sacagawea Expedition

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2025/06/27

As a writer, I love to read. The problem is that I never have time to finish a book. In fact, since the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial celebration back in 2004, I have been trying to read Undaunted Courage. My copy is dog-eared only from being drug around in my car for two decades. I spend the summer driving back and forth between Bozeman, Big Timber, and Musselshell, Montana, and I vow every summer that I am going to actually finish the book, but I never do. I use it for ballast in my suitcase...

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Agri-Kid of the Week - Walker Dockery

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2025/06/27

Walker Dockery, age three of Parkman, Wyoming, watching the branding from the hood of the pickup- wishing he was big enough to use his rope on the calves! Photo courtesy of Whitney Dockery. Article Link

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Colorado Livestock Association Names Senator Barbara...

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2025/06/26

The Colorado Livestock Association named Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer as its Legislator of the Year at its recent Annual Meeting for her leadership and commitment to farming and ranching families in Colorado. Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Republican representing District 23, which includes Larimer and Weld Counties, served on the Appropriations and Joint Budget Committees in the most recent session. “Throughout her remarkable career, Senator Kirkmeyer’s vision and dedication to the betterment of ...

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Prairie Ponderings - Pondering How to Avoid Killing...

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2025/06/26

I don’t want to kill anyone. That’s how I found myself standing on an old tile floor, surrounded by cinderblock walls in a food packaging research lab at Clemson University. I couldn’t help but consider the juxtaposition between my beloved ranch in north-central Montana and a food lab in South Carolina. They are the endpoints along one path of converting soil nutrients into delicious food for humans. The path is arduous and expensive, and we can’t live without it. At one end of the spectrum, ...

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Prairie Ponderings - Pondering How to Avoid Killing...

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2025/06/26

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Project Safe Send Accepting Unusable Pesticides in July

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2025/06/26

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies, homeowners and members of the general public should bring unusable pesticides to any of the 12 Project Safe Send collections in July. “Over the past 33 years, thousands of people have brought more than 6.4 million pounds of chemicals to Project Safe Send,” Goehring said. “It is a safe, simple and non-regulatory program that helps people safely and legally get rid of unusable ...

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5:35

Equine Infectious Anemia Cases Linked to Texas Clinic

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2025/06/26

A Texas equine clinic has been linked to numerous cases of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), according to Angela Pelzel-McClusky, DVM, equine epidemiologist for USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services in the latest National Equine Health Industry Stakeholder Call. So far, 21 horses of various breeds across four states – Texas, Oklahoma, California, and Colorado – have tested positive for EIA and transmission has been traced back to a Wise County, Texas, equine clinic. The Texas Animal Health Commission ...

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7:35

2025 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) Highlights

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2025/06/26

The 2025 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) concluded on June 21 after six days of outstanding performances from the best college rodeo athletes in the country. To qualify for the CNFR, teams needed to finish in the top two of their respective National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association regions (11 in total). To compete in a given event, the athletes – whether competing as an individual or accumulating points for a team – had to have finished in the top three in any given event at the end of...

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Recent MT Storms Bring "Total Devastation"

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2025/06/26

On June 15 and 16, severe thunderstorms rolled through southeastern Montana leaving behind a path of damage caused by significant hail coupled with high wind gusts and flash flooding. An area with substantial agricultural production has been left to regroup in order to determine how to move forward after such destructive storms. The storm on June 15 brought hail between 0.25 inches and 1.00 inches in diameter as storms tracked east across the region late in the evening and into early morning ...

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Editor's Perspective - Don't Sell Our Public Lands

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2025/06/26

My social media pages have blown up in the last week with news of Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) proposed sale of public lands in the Senate’s draft of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” A June 11 one-pager from the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources cites that, if included in the budget reconciliation, Lee’s provision would require the BLM and USFS to “sell a minimum of 0.5 percent and a maximum of 0.75 percent of their estates for housing and associated community needs.” According to ...

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Comments by the Publisher 6.26.25

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2025/06/26

The end of last week was one for the record books in more ways than one. I worked our video sale on Thursday and Friday, and prices reached levels that were truly remarkable. Last June saw the video auctions around the country set all-time records, but last week blew those numbers out of the water! Obviously, expectations were pretty high leading up to the sale, but it went to levels beyond what most anticipated. I am not going to go into detail about the various categories and weight classes...

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