Big Breaking News out of Washington. The USDA has granted a 60 extension on the Beef Checkoff petition. Here’s the 60-day plan:

If you’re a cattle producer, please go to www.checkoffvote.com to sign the petition if you haven’t already.

Monte James interviews Brian Winter of Winter Livestock and CattleUSA.com

A quick roundup of this weeks offering at THEE BIGGEST sale barns across the Midwest!

Karina Jones, Field Director for R-Calf USA joins us each Friday from her ranch in the heart of Nebraska covering what's new and important to the family farm and ranch.

We have had a lot of hot days this summer. Heat can be even worse when it is accompanied by drought. Look at California – 95% of that state is in severe drought. Even here in the Midwest, North Dakota has 93% of the state under severe drought.

A quick roundup of this weeks offering at THEE BIGGEST sale barns across the Midwest!

Look around your area and remind yourself of the communities around you and their history. Almost every where I look on a map of America’s heartland, you can trace almost every communities existence to the cattle industry.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling that gives California the right to deny the sale of pork, veal, and other farm products in California unless producers comply with that state’s confinement standards. I thought we had free trade between states.

Monte James interviews Billie Sutton Rancher, Cattleman and Banker of his many titles on the importance of COOL and avoiding the chickenization of the beef industry.

Monte James interviews Bill Bullard CEO of R-CalfUSA on America's ONLY Hot Barn Report!