5,000 More Dairy Cows and a Decline in Cheese Stocks

California Ag Today
We’re talking milk stocks on today’s program following up on recent data from the U.S. milk production report which indicates a slight year-over-year decrease.

ELAP Opens Up to Dairy Producers Harmed by H5N1

California Ag Today
The Farm Service Agency expanded ELAP through the rule-making process to assist with a portion of financial losses resulting from reduced milk production when cattle are removed from commercial milking in dairy herds having a confirmed positive H5N1 test.

Cattle Numbers Down in April and FFA Students Named U.S. Presidential Scholars

The Agribusiness Update
The latest Cattle on Feed report shows the U.S. herd dropped slightly in April, and seven FFA students have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars.

Market Calls for More Weight on Cattle

California Ag Today
Randy Blach, CattleFax CEO, says we're seeing strong economic signals to put more weight on each animal.

Millions in Emergency Funds Thrown at H5N1

Southeast Regional Ag News
Along with investing $824 million, the USDA is launching a voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program that could ease transportation woes.

Economics 101: More Weight on Fewer Cattle

Southeast Regional Ag News
Randy Blach, CattleFax CEO, says we’re getting strong economic signals to put more weight on each animal.

Cattle Industry KPIs

California Ag Today
Randy Black, CattleFax CEO, says we're seeing the number of heifers being placed on feed slow down. That means the U.S beef cattle herd is neither liquidating nor expanding.

Cattle Herd Rebuilding: Are We There Yet?

Southeast Regional Ag News
Randy Blach, CattleFax CEO, predicts January 1, 2025 will be the low in the nation’s beef cow herd.

Product of USA Label Final Rule and Drought Impact on U.S. Cattle Herd

The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the finalization of a rule to align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim, and new data from USDA Economic Research Service shows changes in drought conditions impact the size of the U.S. beef cattle herd.

U.S. Herd Numbers “Historical Lows”

California Ag Today
The U.S. cattle herd numbers are still at record-lows. Kevin Good, vice president of industry relations for CattleFax, says the U.S. herd is still at levels not seen for decades. As far as feeder cattle and calves go, America is down a million head, and that’s not including the reduction in cows.

Extended-Release Cattle Deworming

California Ag Today
Sunny weather for California reminds producers spring is around the corner, with promises of flower blooms and with that, worms. Join us to hear what options producers have for herd health.

Cattle Inventory's Impact on Dairy

Southeast Regional Ag News
USDA recently reported the U.S. cattle herd reached its lowest level since 1951. Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing explains what this means for dairy farmers.

Shrinking Cattle Herd May Continue Until Fall of 2024

Southeast Regional Ag News
The U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it’s been in a long time. Lance Zimmerman, senior beef and cattle market analyst for Rabobank, says producers are still contracting their herd sizes.

Thanksgiving Plans Vary and Cattle Herd Lowest in Decades

The Agribusiness Update
As Americans gear for Thursday’s Thanksgiving meal, survey shows 37% plan to host the meal, 43% have chosen to attend, and the rest plan to dine out, and the nation’s ranchers slashed the U.S. cattle herd to its lowest level in decades.

New California Avocado and Downsizing U.S./Canadian Cattle Herds

The Agribusiness Update
A new avocado, developed by the University of California Avocado Breeding Program, is about to hit the world market, and downsizing in the U.S. and Canadian cattle herds continued through the first half of 2023.

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The Agribusiness Update
Seventeen farmers were recently recognized by the University of Georgia Peanut Team for their high yielding peanuts in 2022, and downsizing in the U.S. and Canadian cattle herds continued through the first half of 2023.

Drought Continues to Impact Cattle Placments

Line on Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation Economist, Bernt Nelson

Small Cattle Herd with No Signs of Rebuilding

Southeast Regional Ag News
The USDA’s July 1 Cattle on Feed Report showed the lowest number of U.S. beef cattle in a decade.

How Much Food Do You Waste?

Southeast Regional Ag News
As we work so hard in agriculture to produce food for the world and know that there is also a sector of folks right here in our own country that are food insecure, the fact that so much food is wasted is a hard pill to swallow.

California Cattle Industry and New Union Contract for West Coast Ports

The Agribusiness Update
California ranchers have less to sell after years

of drought forced them to shrink their herds, and the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract.