by Breeauna Sagdal | Mar 23, 2026 | Farm Policy
Republished with permission from The Midwesterner Michigan farmland continues to lose ground due to renewable mandates and economic development programs imposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration. Michigan lost roughly 100,000 acres of farmland and 200 family...
by Beef News | Mar 16, 2026 | Farm Policy, Business
By Trent Loos – Written for the High Plains Journal I have received a number of phone calls in the past 30 days from guys who have been in their local FSA office asking about the $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program. They called me because each one of them...
by Beef News | Mar 11, 2026 | Business, Farm Policy
Everyone in Washington is talking about rebuilding independent meat processing. Nobody is talking about the reason every attempt fails before the money clears. It isn’t bureaucratic inefficiency. It isn’t underfunding. It isn’t even regulatory burden...
by Beef News | Mar 10, 2026 | Policy, Farm Policy, Imports
The last time America had this few beef cows, Eisenhower was president. The USDA NASS January 2026 Cattle Report confirmed it in plain numbers: 27.6 million beef cows that have calved — smallest since 1961. Total cattle and calves at 86.2 million, a 75-year low. The...
by Beef News | Mar 7, 2026 | Policy, Farm Policy
The American beef industry is colliding with two realities at the exact same moment. The first is physical.The second is political. Physically, the United States cattle herd has fallen to 86.2 million head, the lowest level since the early 1950s. The national cow base...
by Beef News | Feb 22, 2026 | Farm Policy, Business, Health
For four decades, American farmers have been told chemical inputs are necessary to maintain production. At the same time, side-by-side field trials have quietly shown that diversified systems can match conventional yields after transition — and outperform them in...
