South Dakota Beef Official Meat Of 2020 Sturgis Bike Rally

South Dakota beef is again the official meat for this year’s 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The South Dakota Beef…

Farm Groups Ask USDA To Extend Pandemic Relief Deadline

Twenty Eight farm groups are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the August 28 deadline for producers to…

Milk Executive Encouraging Producers To Comment On Dietary Guidelines

Comments on the U.S. Dietary Guideline Recommendations are due this Thursday. Comments are being taken at the National Milk Producers…

Cattle President Says Changes To Emergency Haying And Grazing Positive

USDA’s Farm Service Agency has made some changes to emergency haying and grazing of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve…

NCBA Official Says United Kingdom Possible Lucrative Beef Market For The United States

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has been meeting with Trade officials from the United Kingdom as the U.S. and…

R CALF Director Appreciates Ag Committee Urging Cattle Market Study

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Ranking member Michael Conaway of Texas are asking Agriculture Secretary Sonny…

ASI Executive Director Hopes Sheep Industry Included In Next CFAP

House Agriculture Committee leaders want the USDA to assist sheep and lamb producers impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. They’ve sent…

CFRA Wants Congress To Pass Rural Equal Aid Act Legislation

The Rural Equal Aid Act has been introduced in both Houses of Congress. Under the legislation, pandemic payment relief would…

South Dakota Farm Group Leader Concerned with Increasing Farm Bankruptcies

Farm bankruptcies in the United States have gone up 8 percent between June of 2019 and June of 2020 with…

NBB CEO Troubled By DOE Recommendation On GAP SREs

The U.S. Department of Energy has indicated it’s recommending the EPA approve 58 small refiner gap waiver petitions presented this…