Thursday, March 28, 2024
Billy Barnes

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...
cows

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...
Makenzie Neves

California Beef Council Announces New Producer Relations Manager

Press Release provided by the California Beef Council  The California Beef Council (CBC), the marketing order representing California’s cattle ranchers and beef...
farm animals

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 Back in AgTion

World Ag Expo 2022

Press Release Provided By the World Ag Expo Spaces are marked, pavilions are built, and World Ag Expo® is ready to be...
packaged beef in grocery store

White House Launches Action Plan To Restore Competition in the U.S. Cattle Industry

Press Release Provided by the US Cattlemen’s Association On Monday January 3rd, the Biden-Harris Administration published its Action Plan for a Fairer,...
Tim and Jenny Holtermann

Agriculturalists From Kern and Sonoma Counties Win Young Farmers & Ranchers Awards

Press Release Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation A Kern County couple who has expanded their almond business to include direct-to-consumer sales...
Cattle graze the land at Hearst Ranch in San Simeon

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,...
grass fed beef burgers package

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...
black angus cattle

Agreement Reached on Cattle Market Reform Legislation

Press Release Provided by United States Cattlemen’s Association On November 9th, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jon Tester (D-MT),...
meat processing

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...
cattle being roundedup

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...
cows roaming a trail

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...
Fresh meat on a conveyor belt

Minnesota Federal Court Denies Packers’ Motion to Dismiss Cattle Antitrust Cases

R-CALF USA and Other Plaintiffs’ Case Proceeds to Discovery Press Release Submitted by R-Calf USA Today, the Federal District Court for the District...
Herd of cows fleeing a wildfire

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...
herd of cattle

USDA Will Begin Issuing New Market Reports Following USCA Request for Greater Transparency

Press Release Provided by the US Cattlemen’s Association On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that beginning Monday, August 9,...
wildfire with livestock in foreground

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...
black angus cattle

New USDA Competition Driver Applauded by Cattle Group

Press Release Provided by R-CALF USA The largest U.S. producer-only cattle trade association, R-CALF USA, applauded the July 9th announcement by Secretary...
longhorn cattle

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...
cows grazing at sunset

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...
cows hanging in cold storage

North American Meat Institute Provides Facts on Common Beef Market Myths

Press Release Provided by North American Meat Institute   In May, the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) released a document to...
meat packing facility

USCA Statement on Meatpacking Lobby’s Report on “Beef Market Myths”

Press Release Provided by US Cattlemen's Association Regarding the report being circulated on Capitol Hill by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI)...
USCA Senior Policy Advisor Jess Peterson with Senator Tester (USCA)

USCA Applauds Bill to Establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters

Press Release Provided by US Cattlemans Association On June 11th, U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT), Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Mike Rounds (R-SD)...
rancher tending grazing sheep

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...
Paisley Williams and her dairy goat, Twinkle, focus in on the judge during a showmanship class at the Kern County Fair

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...
livestock identification

Bureau of Livestock Identification to Lower Inspection Fees

Press Release provided by California Department of Food and Agriculture CDFA’s Bureau of Livestock Identification (BLI) will lower inspection fees by 10...