RENEGADE ROUND-UP: Bakersfield College Animal Science Institute Naming Honors Memory of Professor and “Pork...
By Cheryl Scott, BC Foundation Executive Director
Cheryl Scott
BC Foundation
Executive Director
The memory of Billy Barnes, beloved Professor of Animal Science and former...
The Cattleman’s Corner: Ranch Magnetism
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
Austin Snedden
Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
There are folks that have an unavoidable magnetism, or...
California Beef Council Announces New Producer Relations Manager
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The California Beef Council (CBC), the marketing order representing California’s cattle ranchers and beef...
Fauna Friends: Sophia & Gabriella Camou
Sophia CamouGabriella CamouSophia, age 14, has been showing for 5 years. Sophia has shown market goats, sheep, and Pygmy goats. Daily chores...
World Ag Expo 2022
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Spaces are marked, pavilions are built, and World Ag Expo® is ready to be...
White House Launches Action Plan To Restore Competition in the U.S. Cattle Industry
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On Monday January 3rd, the Biden-Harris Administration published its Action Plan for a Fairer,...
Agriculturalists From Kern and Sonoma Counties Win Young Farmers & Ranchers Awards
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A Kern County couple who has expanded their almond business to include direct-to-consumer sales...
Ranch-to-customer Market Boosts Hearst Ranch Beef
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Christine Souza
Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Just off Highway 1,...
The Cattleman’s Corner: The Customer is Always Right
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
“The customer is always right” is an age old saying taught in business classes...
Agreement Reached on Cattle Market Reform Legislation
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On November 9th, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jon Tester (D-MT),...
Mobile Meat Processing Aids Small Ranchers
By Ching Lee, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
As someone who opened a new mobile slaughter...
Press Release Provided by US Cattleman’s Association
Press Release Provided by US Cattleman’s Association
With only hours to spare, Congress on September 30th passed legislation to avoid a government...
Cattleman’s Corner: Cow Trails
By Austin Snedden, Ranching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
Of all the great philosophical arguments, and all the dominating current events, I feel...
Minnesota Federal Court Denies Packers’ Motion to Dismiss Cattle Antitrust Cases
R-CALF USA and Other Plaintiffs’ Case Proceeds to Discovery
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Today, the Federal District Court for the District...
Efforts Mount to Save Livestock From Wildfires
By Kevin Hecteman, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
The Dixie Fire, now the second-largest wildfire in...
USDA Will Begin Issuing New Market Reports Following USCA Request for Greater Transparency
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that beginning Monday, August 9,...
Are You Prepared for When Disaster Strikes?
A Re-cap on CCA’s Wildfire Safety & Livestock Evacuation Workshop
By Audrey Hill, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
On June 23, 2021, The...
New USDA Competition Driver Applauded by Cattle Group
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The largest U.S. producer-only cattle trade association, R-CALF USA, applauded the July 9th announcement by Secretary...
The Cattleman’s Corner: One Man’s Trash
By Austin SneddenRanching Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
My grandfather would say in reference to the challenging short grass country that our family...
COMMENT: Grazing Provides Important Service on Public Lands
By Zippy Duvall President, American Farm Bureau Federation
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Take a drive through the countryside in...
North American Meat Institute Provides Facts on Common Beef Market Myths
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In May, the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) released a document to...
USCA Statement on Meatpacking Lobby’s Report on “Beef Market Myths”
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Regarding the report being circulated on Capitol Hill by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI)...
USCA Applauds Bill to Establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters
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On June 11th, U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT), Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Mike Rounds (R-SD)...
Sheep Ranchers Face Drought, Wage Issue
By Ching Lee, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Parched pastures have forced many sheep ranchers...
Livestock Show is A-Go, but 2021 Fair is Cancelled
By Audrey Hill, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
On Monday May 17th, the Kern County Fair Board met to decide the fate...
Bureau of Livestock Identification to Lower Inspection Fees
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CDFA’s Bureau of Livestock Identification (BLI) will lower inspection fees by 10...