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Projected annual profit margins for beef packers and cattle feeders have been updated by Sterling Marketing, Inc.

Beef packers are enjoying historic profit levels with robust consumer demand and strong beef cutout values.

“Tractorstuck” is the latest parody video from the Peterson Farm Brothers, set to the AC/DC classic “Thunderstruck.”

“We have no idea what it is," Bruce Auchly, information manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said. “And we won’t until we get the DNA tests back.”

Packer demand was modest with prices steady to $1 lower during a holiday-shortened week.

Increasing consumer demand for beef played a role in higher than expected cattle prices during the early months of 2018.

Launched in 2015, Crow Cow claims to be a unique, “curated ranch to table service” that gives consumers access to “a quality of meat not available in stores."

USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report, released at 11:00 a.m. CST May 25, fell mostly in line with trade expectations.

USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report, released at 11:00 a.m. CST May 25, fell mostly in line with trade expectations.

While food companies are currently focused on millennials – because they currently have the buying power – Generation Z is looming on the not so distant horizon.

A recent study says pesticide levels in organically grown foods is equal to conventionally grown foods. Yes, consumers are paying more for organic foods that still use pesticides. But that won't change their minds.

Packer margins have grown to exceptionally high levels in recent weeks, while feedyard profits have eroded.

Packer margins have grown to exceptionally high levels in recent weeks, while feedyard profits have eroded.

Stocker and feeder cattle sold $5 to $10 per cwt lower this week.

Packer margins advanced on softer cash cattle prices and gain in the beef cutout prices.

Packer margins advanced on softer cash cattle prices and gain in the beef cutout prices.

A weaker tone was noted in stocker and feeder cattle prices across the country last week.

Does xanthan gum, a synthetic substance, disqualify Tyson's 100% All Natural Batter Dipped Chicken Tenders as “all natural?”

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Demand for organic ingredients have pushed vanilla prices higher—a conundrum if you’re committed to natural and organic food, yet realize vanilla is produced in Third World countries by people making pennies a day.

Anaplasmosis is primarily spread via insects, veterinarians say, but producer unawareness and mismanagement are increasingly contributing factors.

Beef cutout prices jumped $7.22 per cwt. last week, boosting packer profits $40 per head.

While we applaud the court’s dressing-down of PETA, we must recognize the influence they and other like-minded groups have cast on consumers.

Feedyard margins climbed back into triple digits last week with a $1 to $2 price rally.

Feedyard margins climbed back into triple digits last week with a $1 to $2 price rally.

What would P.T. Barnum say today? Every day brings news that there really is a sucker born every minute.

Cash fed cattle rallied for the second consecutive week.

If you’re busy planting corn or calving cows this week, rejoice. The end of those chores is near. Scientists, entrepreneurs, and activists are building an animal-free food system.

Feedyard closeouts revealed profits of $92 per head last week after two weeks of losses.

Cash fed cattle prices rallied $2 to $4 per cwt.

Cricket flour is reportedly one of the novel protein sources PepsiCo is testing for use as an ingredient in snack foods such as Cheetos and Quaker Granola Bars.

Farm state legislators have asked for a review of whether the acquisition of National Beef by a Brazilian company threatens the U.S. food supply.

Green Monday is an Asian start-up gaining notoriety for its anti-livestock message “to tackle climate change and global food insecurity by making low-carbon and sustainable living simple, viral and actionable.”

Farm state legislators have asked for a review of whether the acquisition of National Beef by a Brazilian company threatens the U.S. food supply.

Feedyards lost an average of $43 per head last week, nearly $7 more than the week before, while packer profits remain in triple-digits.

Feeder cattle prices rebounded while fed cattle markets were steady to firm.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says supply and demand factors led to the dramatic cattle price decline from 2013 to 2016.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says supply and demand factors led to the dramatic cattle price decline from 2013 to 2016.

Possibly more important than products on the tariff lists, are what’s left off of them.

The sudden death of more than a dozen cows leads a Kansas ranch on a frustrating odyssey.

Remaining cattle feeding profits were erased last week with a $4 decline in the cash market.

Cash cattle markets followed temperatures lower the first week of April.

Cattle feeding profits declined $50 per head last week while packer margins improved to more than $170.

In a light trade of fed cattle in Kansas on Tuesday, cash prices were reported at $118 per cwt., fully $3 lower than last week.

Expect shifting slaughter patterns.

Despite challenges, JBS S.A. reports a surge in annual profits.

Growing beef supplies are weighing on cattle markets ahead of the grazing season.

Both cattle feeding and packer margins held firm at solidly profitable levels.

Cattle feeding margins slipped as the cost of feeder cattle increased in last week's closeouts.

Cash fed cattle traded at $1 to $2 per cwt higher this week, while feeder cattle sold $4 to $5 lower.