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Founded in 1963, Tri-State Livestock News has built a solid reputation as a top publication in the livestock sector. Its growth and achievements are largely thanks to the ongoing support from its dedicated stockmen and agribusiness clientele.

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Strategic supplementation on summer pasture made money in yearling grazing study

1 week ago | tsln.com | Aaron Berger

A three-year experiment at the High Plains Ag Lab was conducted by Dr. Karla Wilke and a team of researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to evaluate the effects of two distillers grains supplementation strategies on yearling cattle performance and producer returns to management. Yearling cattle were grazed on pastures consisting primarily of crested wheatgrass.
Meet Snoopy, the (more than) one-trick pony

2 weeks ago | tsln.com | Ruth Nicolaus

Share this story Buffalo Bill Rodeo to host trick horse, rodeo clown John Harrison North Platte, Neb. –June 9, 2025 – Rodeo fans at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte will be delighted with the antics of Snoopy, the Paint horse owned by rodeo clown John Harrison, Soper, Oklahoma. But Snoopy had to find his niche in life and learn his role as a trick horse before he could rodeo with John. In the act, Snoopy does various tricks like laying down, walking on his back legs and liberty work,...
Wyoming wind projects causing rifts in communities

3 weeks ago | tsln.com | Rachel Spencer Gabel

Two potential wind projects slated to place turbines on state and private property in eastern Wyoming are causing division in small communities. The State Board of Land Commissioners approved the application for wind energy leases on 4-1 votes, Secretary of State Chuck Gray casting the dissenting vote, in April. Since that vote, a Glenrock-area rancher filed litigation against the board.
Angus breeders discuss Global Methane Hub grant for methane research

3 weeks ago | tsln.com | Carrie Stadheim

More about the Bezos Earth Fund The Bezos Earth Fund was created by a commitment of $10 billion by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, and the second richest man in the world with a net worth of $221 billion according to Forbes.
Fired up: Montana ranchers say USFS should prioritize fire prevention, suppression

3 weeks ago | tsln.com | Carrie Stadheim

Western Montana USFS fireTwice in ten years, southwestern Montana ranchers Dennis and Mykal Kirkpatrick have watched their private property burn when fire traveled from federal land onto their own. They are concerned that the USFS is not always focused on extinguishing fires immediately. The most recent incident, in May of 2025, burned about 115 acres of their deeded land which included grass, standing timber, 15 loads of poles and five-year old fence.
Huge beef farm in Paraguay with low costs of production hits the market

3 weeks ago | tsln.com | Chris McCullough

PRODUCING beef at half the cost farmers in the US, EU and Australia can is just one of the attractive selling points of a huge farm in Paraguay that is on the market. La Huella Farm, situated in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay, approximately 150kms northwest of Loma Plata, has been put on the market by its German owners. The farm extends to 44,000 hectares owned, and has another 45,119 hectares under lease and 32,709 hectares managed through capitalisation agreements.
AgriCULTURE 2025 | SURF AND TURF: Nebraska rancher raises cattle, shrimp

1 month ago | tsln.com | Ruth Nicolaus

A sixth-generation Nebraska cattle rancher is raising Surf and Turf on the same ranch. Grant Jones, from Haigler, Nebraska, in the far southwestern corner of the state, started the shrimp part of his ag work, Champion Shrimp, in 2020. A 2014 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he came back to the ranch, and wanted something of “his own” on the family operation. He had read an article about using old hog barns to raise shrimp, and was intrigued.
AgriCULTURE 2025 | BUSY AS A BEE

1 month ago | tsln.com | Ruth Nicolaus

Alexa Schneider’s business is buzzing. She’s the owner of three bee hives, as part of her FFA SAE (Supervised Ag Experience) as a junior at St. Cecilia High School in Hastings, Nebraska. Alexa has been a beekeeper for the past three years, the hives a gift from Bill and Judy Weston of Juniata, Nebraska, who taught her how to take care of the bees and harvest the honey. About every two weeks, Alexa checks on the hives, which are about a seven-mile drive from her house.
Fifth-generation Nebraska cattle producer sees beef industry as strong

1 month ago | tsln.com | Chabella Guzman

For National Beef Month, we are looking at the future of the beef industry through the eyes of some of our area youth in a four-part series. Agriculture is the backbone of Nebraska’s economy, along with crops, beef is a big player. Nationally, in 2024, Nebraska was number one in beef with more than two billion dollars of exports, according to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.
Feeders urged to file for JBS settlement

1 month ago | tsln.com | Carrie Stadheim

Many cattle feeders are likely qualified to file claims to share in the JBS class action settlement in the anti-trust case against the “Big 4” packers. R-CALF USA, a plaintiff in the case, urges eligible feeders to submit claims in order to be included in the payout from the JBS $83.5 million settlement. The settlement website, http://www.CattleAntitrustSettlement.com, informs both cattle feeders and futures traders of the details of the settlement.