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Between theft of equipment including tractors and trailers, and cattle rustling, Oklahoma’ agricultural industry has lost more than $4 million this year.
Cattle ranchers have been taking advantage of record cattle prices over the past 14 months.
A food supplier falsely marketed beef to Muslims around the world for years as meeting strict halal standards, exporting products that weren’t slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law, federal prosecutors allege in a lengthy fraud indictment.
Beef cattle producers in Kentucky have voted to assess themselves an additional $1 per head on cattle marketed in the state.
Cattle industry groups can’t seem to agree on a proposal to expand the beef check-off program.
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says the federal Department of Agriculture has extended the comment period for its proposed rule for importing beef from Argentina.
A long-idle beef processing plant is getting ready to reopen in Tama, Iowa, later this month.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Texas company is recalling nearly 91,000 pounds of ground beef products that might be contaminated with pieces of metal.
A meat packer in the Texas Panhandle has recalled nearly 12 tons of beef trimmings products due to possible E. coli contamination.
It’s a challenge for Big Island ranchers to keep their cattle in the islands while beef prices climb to all-time highs on the mainland.