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The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to restore Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling R-CALF USA - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry approved a bipartisan amendment to restore mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef during its Farm Bill markup. The amendment, led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), passed by a broad bipartisan voice vote, making it the only bipartisan amendment

GSL is located near Whitman, NE. The open house is later this month. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory (GSL) will host its annual open house Wednesday, Aug. 19, near Whitman. The event is open to cattle producers and industry professionals interested in the latest beef industry updates and current GSL research. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Mountain time and will be followed by a weather outlook presentation. Attendees will have the

R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Friday its plan to reopen the entry port at Douglas, Arizona, within 30 days as part of a phased reopening of the southern border to imports of livestock from Mexico. R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement: “We appreciate Secretary Rollins' past commitment to protecting U.S. livestock and recognize the tremendous effort USDA personnel have undertaken

Cattle on cornstalks is common, but Nebraska Extension Livestock Educator Aaron Berger suggests grazing standing corn can also be done in drought conditions. Photo by Chabella Guzman By Aaron Berger | Nebraska Extension Livestock Educator Pasture and hay are in short supply in much of Nebraska due to drought conditions, while corn prices are currently below the cost of production. These circumstances are prompting consideration of grazing standing corn with the cow herd as

From The University of Nebraska Extension The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory (GSL) will host its annual open house Wednesday, Aug. 19, near Whitman. The event is open to cattle producers and industry professionals interested in the latest beef industry updates and current GSL research. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Mountain time and will be followed by a weather outlook presentation. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in

R-CALF USA noted that grazing capacity on Bureau-managed lands has steadily declined for decades, citing estimates that animal unit months, or AUMs, have fallen by more than 50% since 1954. R-CALF USA submitted formal comments on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed revisions to its grazing regulations. The proposal marks the first significant changes to BLM grazing policy in decades. While calling the proposal a long-needed step in the right direction, the organiza