Western Ag Reporter

3 weeks ago | westernagreporter.com | Kellie Kubacak

Click the "Play" button to listen to this article! Urge others in your network to join you by SIGNING ON as the coalition seeks to: Achieve and Maintain Ag-Friendly Tax Policy Extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions that help agriculture beyond 2025, including: Preservation of federal transfer tax lifetime exemption amounts, indexed for inflation, and Retention of step-up in basis under § 1014, and Return to 100% bonus depreciation under § 168, and Continued expanded application of § 179,...

3 weeks ago | westernagreporter.com | Kellie Kubacak |Terra Ochsner

Click the "Play" button to listen to this article! From June 15-21, the sport of rodeo will take over Casper, Wyoming, where the top men’s and women’s athletes from across the country will compete in the 76th annual College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR).

1 month ago | westernagreporter.com | Kellie Kubacak

Click the "Play" button to listen to this article! On May 11, 2025, United States Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, suspended the imports of live bison, cattle, and horses through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border due to the rapid, northward expansion of the New World screwworm through Mexico.

1 month ago | westernagreporter.com | Kellie Kubacak |Terra Ochsner

Click the "Play" button to listen to this article! May 16 marked the conclusion of a four-day USDA trade mission to Hong Kong where 37 agriculturally-based businesses from all corners of the United States convened in hopes of expanding their reach internationally.

1 month ago | westernagreporter.com | Kellie Kubacak |Terra Ochsner

Click the "Play" button to listen to this article! “Because of targeted grazing, we’ve turned a threat – the negative perception of utilizing livestock to graze – into a positive for the {sheep} industry,” Erica Sanko, director of analytics and production programs with the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) said in a recent webinar outlining ASI’s newly published Targeted Grazing 101 Guidebook. “It is now a strength for the industry regardless of the project.” The term “targeted...