Steps are being taken by CME Group to address volatility in the cattle markets, although producers will still have to deal with a bearish marketplace.

No one wants to handle a temperamental cow or bull, but there is more at stake than overall attitude.

The key to cattle handling is to understand animal behavior and create trust with your herd.

A Northern California company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, federal officials said Saturday.

During the NCBA Cattle Marketing and International Trade Committee meeting at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville this week, Ron Bryant, U.S. Ruminants division with Merck, recapped the five-step plan Merck developed with the cattle industry.

Beef producers from the four largest beef producing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries continue to advocate that any TPP agreement must deliver on the 2011 TPP Ministers’ position of eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade.