Between 2001 and 2016, 11 million acres of farmland and ranchland were converted to urban and highly developed land use or low-density residential land use. Jennifer Shike and Sara Schafer Drovers Sprawling Urban Development Threatens Livestock Production Two thousand acres…
USDA To Implement President Trump’s Executive Order On Meat and Poultry Processors (Washington, D.C., April 28, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to keep meat and…
And worse, it’s a sobering message to the thousands of Montanans who provide habitat to wildlife. FWP has made clear it would rather advance the agenda of a radical, out-of-state environmental group—the American Prairie Reserve—than give even the barest amount…
These actions do not stay specific to horses alone. They apply to livestock as well. As I said above the act of desensitizing when taken to far promotes standing without movement. Creating a situation for cattle that re-installs the natural…
Packers are investing in plant-based protein companies. Farm bankruptcies are on the rise. Animal agricultural organizations are getting into bed with animal rights and environmental activist groups. Amanda Radke Beef Magazine Why a ban on fur & foie gras should matter…
Is animal reproduction an activity deemed ineligible for a bank loan? Yes, in Rein’s case, and the rejection was triggered specifically due to her operation’s involvement in horse breeding. The details of Rein’s loan denial may draw concern from livestock…
Weiser-area rancher Cody Chandler told board members that wolves in his area are having a major impact on his operation. He described how early in the morning on Aug. 20 “the wolves just went wild that night. They were so…
The investigation has pulled in Oregon State Police as well as the U.S. Forest Service because the cattle were grazing on a federal allotment in the Malheur National Forest. Diana Kruzman The Oregonian Mysterious Oregon cattle killings, mutilations alarm ranchers…
Instead of recognizing the successful recovery of the Yellowstone grizzly, radical environmentalists have sought repeatedly, and for an ever-changing list of reasons, to invalidate the delisting of the grizzly. Colter Northern Ag Network News RANCHERS SAY SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SUPPORTS DE-LISTING…
...Monday’s is considered a surplus killing, in which wolves kill more than they can eat, or perhaps don’t eat what they kill at all. The reason for this is somewhat unknown, but it is much easier for a wolf to…