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Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
(Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025)- Yesterday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a new case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz in Mexico, which is approximately 160 miles northward of the current sterile fly dispersal grid, on the eastern side of the country and 370 miles […]
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World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show Entries Now Open
MADISON, WIS. – Entries for the Dairy Cattle Show at the 58th World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin are now being accepted, exclusively online at worlddairyexpo.com. The first entry deadline is Monday, September 1 at 11:59 p.m. (CDT). Late entries, for an increased fee, can be submitted online through September 12 to be included in […]
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Forge IndustriesTM Marks One Year of MacPherson Family Ownership
Corsica, SD – [July 8, 2025] – In 2024, the MacPherson family of Gothenburg, Nebraska, purchased Farm Aid Manufacturing. In February 2025, the business was re-branded as Forge IndustriesTM and it remains a leading producer of feed mixer wagons. To mark one year under new ownership, an open house was held at the manufacturing plant […]
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USDA Announces the Phased Reopening of Southern Ports for Livestock Trade
(Washington, D.C., June 30, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from Mexico beginning as early as July 7, 2025. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), following extensive collaboration between USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) experts and their counterparts in […]
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Do Telehandlers Have a Place on the Farm? These Farmers Say “Yes!”
For years, telehandlers on U.S. farms have been “nice-to-have” but not “need-to-have” machines. That’s because American farmers are very price-conscious, and over several generations of owning and operating their farms, they have become extremely savvy at finding ways to get the work done with machinery they already have. This means they rely heavily on tractor(s) […]
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New G500V VariCut headers boost Case IH combines’ performance
Working widths of 6.1-12.5m (20-41ft) / In-line knife drive with dual drive on 10.5m and 12.5m models / Knife speed increase from 660rpm to 735rpm enables higher forward speeds without compromising cutting performance / New click-on side knife-St. Valentin, June 25, 2025-Case IH Axial-Flow® combines can now be equipped with new G500V VariCut variable knife […]
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American Blue the Ultimate Terminal Crossbreeding Choice for Beef
Beef producers have been benefitting when using a fullblood American Blue bull as a terminal crossing sire. Blue cross-bred calves result in increased carcass yields as compared to their dams. The American Blue bull will put more weight and muscle on calves. When using a fullblood American Blue bull he will pass on one myostatin […]
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Ultrasound Pregnancy Testing – A few things you should know
Pregnancy testing beef cows has progressed from predominantly rectal palpation 20 years ago to mainly ultrasound pregnancy testing today. About 30 years ago Dr. Andrew Bronson, a Canadian veterinarian, and his partner, Bruce Hill, started doing ultrasound checking. Bronson came to Alberta, Canada after graduating from veterinary school in 1982 and went in to beef […]
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End Targeted Persecution of Maude Family.
Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) commended U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for ending the overzealous criminal prosecution of family ranchers Charles and Heather Maude.
Secretary Rollins’ announcement today is welcome news both for the Maude family who have endured arduous court appearances, legal fees, and the threat of prison time. as well as for family ranchers across the West who feared heavy-handed legal pressure from the last administration. This announcement is a fitting culmination to the last year of work NCBA and PLC have done in Washington to find a reasonable end to this unnecessary situation. The support of grassroots cattle industry leaders from around the country was also crucial to achieving this victory.
American Cattlemen 2025
End Targeted Persecution of Maude Family.
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2025)
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