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The Cattle Business Weekly

The Cattle Business Weekly newspaper

For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It"s a dose of what"s happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It"s news about everything that impacts a cattle operation"s bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won"t go away without having learned something.

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3:53

Food is Key to National Security

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/31

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on cybersecurity and agriculture.) There’s a danger lurking that many may not even realize. Cybersecurity threats are a constant pall hanging over the agriculture industry—and our technology-driven lives. These threats become even more of a possibility as hackers become more tech savvy and begin using AI for their nefarious purposes. It’s a topic that the agriculture industry has to take seriously and has to think through how to handle in ca...

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4:25

Is Leadership Just for the 60-Year-Old Ranch Owner?

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/31

Here’s a question that’ll make you think twice: When you picture a leader, who comes to mind? If you’re like most folks, you probably see someone with gray hair, decades of experience, and maybe a weathered face that’s seen it all. But what if I told you that some of the strongest leaders I know are those who are not that far out of college. Leadership isn’t about your birth certificate date, it’s about your willingness to step up when it matters. We’ve got this backwards idea that leadership...

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1:53

Top 5 Online Stories in 2025

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/26

These are the most-read stories on CattleBusinessWeekly.com for the year 2025. 1) Rare bull quadruplet calves born at S.D. ranch Stavick Simmental at Veblen, S.D. welcomed four healthy calves born from one cow to their operation in February of 2025. Written by Connie Sieh Groop 2) From Welding to Ranching: The Story of Fleck Ranch An article about the Aaron and Andrea Fleck family of North Dakota highlighting how the couple went from town jobs to full-time ranchers. Written by Kelly Bra...

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4:30

National Western Ready with Two New Buildings

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/24

Two new buildings will welcome the public to the National Western Stock Show in Denver Jan. 10-25. Since its start in 1906, the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) has been a mainstay of winter stock show events. In 2026, NWSS will host the grand opening of two premier buildings the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center and The Legacy. The 30-acre Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center will host many of the livestock activities happening at NWSS. It has room for more than 1,400 head of ca...

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7:11

Bear Mountain: Building One Bull at a Time

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/24

In 1986, two young boys from Angels Camp, Calif., received registered Angus heifers, bought for them by their parents from Thomas Angus Ranch as 4-H projects. And so began a journey that has grown into a way of life for Brian Stoller, Palisade, Neb. Stoller’s love for the Angus cattle business started with showing that registered Angus heifer at local shows while his parents ran a stagecoach and horseback riding business for tourists. By the time Stoller was ready for college at F...

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5:12

8 Positive Headlines from 2025

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/17

November, with all its cattle market chaos still fresh in cattle producers’ minds, makes the year feel like it didn’t have much to offer. But as Cattle Business Weekly takes a look back at headlines printed within its pages this year, many positive moments for agriculture can be found. Here are just a few: Strong livestock sector — a bright spot for many producers – High cattle prices and strong demand for beef products kept livestock producers at a financial advantage this year. That helped ...

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4:46

Feeders Prepare for a Winter of Tight Supplies and...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/17

As winter settles in across the Upper Midwest, cattle feeders are watching the weather, the markets, and their feed supplies with a mix of optimism and caution. “It’s a very interesting time to be in the cattle feeding business,” says Jordan Luze, who manages a 3,500 head feeding operation with his family near Elkton, S.D. Luze and his wife, Katie, along with their seven children, feed cattle alongside his parents, Dan and Gail. Luze and Sons Cattle Feeders, LLC includes monoslope barn...

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3:51

A Gradual Rebuild of the Cow Herd

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/10

The question most asked of CattleFax analysts this fall has been whether or not the U.S. is in herd rebuilding mode. That’s according to Mike Miller of CattleFax who spoke at the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show on Dec. 1 in Deadwood, S.D. Miller says his answer is cautious, as there are many variables at play in today’s cattle sector. CattleFax is saying a herd rebuild with heifers being retained is slowly starting to happen, “We are beginning to turn this ship,...

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4:50

Finding the Sweet Spot: Why One S.D. Rancher Fall Calves

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/10

When cattleman Tom McCormick first experimented with fall calving, he wasn’t expecting a major shift in his operation. It began simply as a way to ease the workload. “We wanted to lighten that spring load,” McCormick says. “At the time it was just me and my dad, so it helped to divide things up. After a year or two, we realized there were more benefits in fall versus spring.” Today, McCormick operates a diversified farm near Salem, S.D. with a system that is roughly 50 percent s...

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Announced: $12 Billion Farmer Bridge Payments

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/10

President Donald J. Trump announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make billion available in one time bridge payments to American farmers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs that are still impacting farmers following four years of disastrous Biden Administration policies that resulted in record high input prices and zero new trade deals. These bridge payments are intended in part to aid farmers until historic investments from the O...

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2:12

One new Screwworm case, a topical drug, is now approved

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/09

Recently, there were two developments in the spread of the New World Screwworm in Mexico. First, a new case was confirmed in the northern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, about 120 miles from the Texas border on Dec. 2. The animal was part of a group of cattle being taken from southern Mexico to a feedlot in Nuevo León. Mexico’s recorded animal infestations (mainly cattle, horses, and pigs) of New World Screwworm since the start of the outbreak in November 2024 is now over 11,000. The second...

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Bamford, Foote to be Inducted into Cattle Feeders...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/03

Kent Bamford with Bamford Feedyard in Haxtun, Colo., and Bob Foote with Foote Cattle Company in Bucyrus, Kan., are the 2026 inductees in the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame. Honorees will be recognized at the 17th annual banquet on Feb. 4 during CattleCon 2026 in Nashville, Tenn. “The cattle-feeding industry has been built by leaders such as Bob Foote and Kent Bamford,” said Dustin Johansen, senior vice president at Farm Journal and Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame board member. “Their legacy i...

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6:38

Student Uses Artificial Intelligence to Study Risk...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/03

In the cattle industry, AI usually means artificial insemination. But, for one groundbreaking UW scientist, AI in beef production also refers to artificial intelligence. A native of Wheatland, Wyo., PhD student Chase Markel has been involved in cattle production for as long as he can remember. It’s his heritage, his passion, and his primary area of study as a university researcher. Congestive heart failure in cattle Markel completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in the UW...

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8:41

DemKota Relies on Quality Cattle, Dedicated Workers

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/12/03

With a commitment to high quality and superior service, DemKota Ranch Beef in Aberdeen, S.D. has grown from its initial startup 10 years ago to currently providing a payroll of over one million dollars a week to workers and purchasing a billion dollars’ worth of cattle annually from area cattle producers. The meat-packing company sells locally grown beef locally and around the world. “We compete in an industry of giants, however, we have developed a successful business in that landscape,” Ada...

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3:50

Tyson to Shutter Nebraska Beef Plant

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/11/26

Cindy Gonzalez Nebraska Examiner In a blow to the local economy of Lexington, Neb., Tyson Foods announced that it is closing the town’s longtime Tyson beef plant that employed about 3,200 people. The Arkansas-based Tyson said in a statement that changes were designed to “right-size” its beef business and position it for long-term success. The Lexington plant is to close on or around Jan. 20. The statement did not elaborate on why the plant in the town of about 11,500 people was ta...

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6:22

Tax Planning for Cow/Calf Operations: Don't Let...

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/11/26

Tina Barrett Executive Director of Nebraska Farm Business Inc. The past several years have been profitable for cattle producers. Cow/calf operations are amid a period of unprecedented high incomes—something that crop farmers experienced back in 2012 and again in 2022. Strong income years are a blessing, but they also bring challenges: larger tax bills, pressure to spend on prepaid expenses, and the temptation to push income forward or load up on depreciable purchases. There are some les...

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2:19

Cold and Snowy Winter Teeing Up for the Northern Plains

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/11/25

Weather and markets are the two things agriculture revolves around. While he can’t speak to what is happening in the cattle markets, Colorado meteorologist Brian Bledsoe, who also happens to be a rancher, can speak to a weather outlook for the region this winter and coming spring. Presenting at the recent Range Beef Cow Symposium in Cheyenne, Wyo. Bledsoe walked those in attendance through the past 6 months of weather and what could lie ahead. Bledsoe says a lot of the seasonal forecast start...

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1:48

Market Mayhem

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/11/25

Over the last several weeks, we have seen a lot of mayhem in our cattle market. The recent announcement that Tyson Foods will be closing the processing plant in Lexington, Neb., sent traders into a frenzy, pushing the futures market down, down, and further down. Adding fuel to the fire, on Nov. 13, our government lifted the 40 percent tariff on Brazilian beef. This goes to show how volatile our current market is. We have reached new record cattle prices, and any slight negative ne...

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6:06

Ag-Related News Out of Washington

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/11/19

The largest news rolling out of Washington, D.C. last week was the reopening of the U.S. Government on Nov. 13 after a 43-day shutdown. The compromise reached in Congress brought a year of funding to nearly all of USDA – ensuring farm programs and USDA staff will be operating in case of another shutdown in 2026. It will also help keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program available in the new year. In addition to the government reopening, there has been a lot of ag...

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U.S. Sits Third in Global Beef Exports

The Cattle Business Weekly ·

2025/11/18

U.S. beef is selling at near record prices but is likely capped without access to China, which is the No. 1 importer of beef globally, reports Tyler Cozzens of the Livestock Marketing Information Center. Speaking at the Range Beef Cow Symposium in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Nov. 10, Cozzens gave an overview of the global beef market. U.S. beef trade with China is down 37 percent this year because of geopolitical conditions and a slowing economy there. Japan and South Korea have picked up some of that...

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