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Analysts claim Marfrig's financial leverage will remain elevated even after the recent sale of assets aimed at reducing debt load.

WeWork’s enforced vegetarianism is a warning to livestock producers.

Cattle and hog margins are headed south as supplies build and packers run near capacity.

Cattle and hog margins are headed south as supplies build and packers run near capacity.

PETA, which has been protesting the use of animals in circuses for more than 30 years, also had their sights set on Nabisco’s cracker boxes.

The vast majority of consumers want a consistent and high quality beef product. How will we tell beef's story?

Consumer interest in beef this summer has been the driver supporting the beef cutout price, and the market is building some positives headed toward Labor Day.

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $3 lower.

Large kills and on time marketings in most areas should help stem the downward movement in the cash trade market.

Cattle feeding margins declined $34 per head last week as cash cattle prices fell $2 per cwt. , leaving closeouts $5 per head in the red.

Weather and forage conditions over the next several weeks could have a major impact on female prices this fall.

A new study attacks the beef industry for its environmental footprint, but it's laden with alternative facts, myths and falsehoods.

Cash fed cattle prices were called $2 to $3 per cwt. lower for the week.

A new study attacks the beef industry for its environmental footprint, but it's laden with alternative facts, myths and falsehoods.

USDA's mid-year cattle inventory showed a 1% increase in the cow herd and 2% larger calf crop. How will those numbers affect the 2019 inventory?

Valley Oaks Steak Co. was ordered to halt expansion of its Missouri feedlot and processing facility until the Commission reaches a full decision.

The common high in the cash trade was $112 per cwt. from north to south last week.

A $2 per cwt. rally in cash fed cattle prices last week helped feedyards post small average profits and erase the previous week’s $43 per head loss.

We’ve hit the dog days of summer, which could potentially mean the top of our summer cash market.

USDA's July 2018 cattle on feed estimate was the largest July 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.

USDA's July 2018 cattle on feed estimate was the largest July 1 inventory since the series began in 1996.

Cash cattle prices declined $2 per cwt. last week while the beef cutout dipped $3 per cwt., contributing to lower industry margins.

The addition of the two Cattle Empire yards boosts Friona Industries to the nation's second-largest cattle feeding entity.

Cash cattle prices slumped $2 last week, but feeders are looking for a firmer tone this week.

The addition of the two Cattle Empire yards boosts Friona Industries to the nation's second-largest cattle feeding entity.

As cattle markets wrestle with supply generated from the largest feedlot inventory since 1996, demand is relatively strong and has partially offset the downward pressure on prices.

Last week's fed cattle rally improved cattle feeding margins $100 per head.

Steven Hammond (second from left) and Dwight Hammond (fourth from left) have been pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Although the rising cash price will eat into their profits, packers appeared to take on extra inventory.

A partnership between the Beef Checkoff and American Foods Group has put beef-based meal kits in stores across the nation.

Federal prosecutors will not be allowed to reopen the criminal case against rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons or supporters, a judge has ruled.

Cattle feeders held firm to asking prices and were rewarded with a $4 to $6 per cwt rally.

Fifty organizations have signed-on to a letter outlining flaws they see in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef's sustainability framework.

A $2 per cwt decline in cash cattle prices pushed feedyard losses to near $100 per head.

Fed cattle traded $2 per cwt lower as packers maintain their market leverage.

A Wichita Falls, Tex., man has been arrested in a case that encompasses more than 10 counties in Texas and Oklahoma, 8,000 head of cattle and outstanding loans of more than $5.8 million.

New tensions have arisen in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program after a New Mexico rancher pleaded guilty in federal court in May to knowingly taking threatened wildlife.

Anthrax spores survive indefinitely in contaminated alkaline soils and can cause sudden death of a large number of animals.

Feedyard closeouts continue flowing red ink while packer margins hover around $300 per head.

Packers have plenty of cattle to pick from, leaving them with most of the market leverage.

Cattle feeding margins slipped into the red last week with a $4 per cwt. decline in cash prices.

Oregon ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr., and his son Steven, are among those President Trump is considering for presidential pardons.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has approved the expansion request by Valley Oaks Steak Company.

Feeders were hard pressed to get a bid last week, with some packers making it very clear they would not be in the market at all.

Cash cattle markets were mostly weaker, with CME futures prices lower before turning sharply higher Friday.

America’s illegal lemonade stand industry operates under-the-radar of local authorities, popping up one day and gone the next. Prices are unregulated and authorities have mostly given up trying to collect sales taxes.

The $4-plus rally in cash fed cattle prices pulled feedyards out of the red, and packer margins remain at historic levels.

Higher demand for plant-based proteins is evidence by a 19% growth in cases of the products shipped in the fiscal year ending March 2018.

Cattle prices bounced higher in the first full week of trading after the Memorial Day holiday.

New Zealand authorities have determined ex-“Today” show host Matt Lauer can keep his 26,500-acre lakeside ranch.