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Losses continued to grow for feedyards and the spread between feeder losses and packer profits only widened with a $1.50 per cwt. decline in cash cattle prices last week.
Beef packer continued with a stranglehold on cattle markets last week, buying a few cattle to fill their needs at lower money and keeping operating margins historically high.
Billions in breaks for energy sought in ‘tax extenders’ bill.
The many moving pieces in grid marketing make it a bit of a chess game, but learning to play opens more opportunity for big wins. Ranchers can target cow herd genetics toward factors driving value in the supply chain.
Price discovery in today’s fed cattle market “appears to be functioning effectively in even the thinnest regional fed cattle markets,” according to an analysis by University of Arkansas agricultural economists.
AgriTalk host Chip Flory discusses the status of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act with Senators Deb Fischer and Chuck Grassley.
With the industry divided on the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act legislation, perspectives range across regions of the U.S. TCFA president and CEO Ben Weinheimer shares his southern plains viewpoint.
Beginning Monday, USDA’s Market News will issue two new reports based on Mandatory Livestock Reporting data to provide further insight into formula cattle trades and help promote fair and competitive markets.
The agency announced it will not finalize a plan introduced by the Trump Administration, instead handing control of rulemaking to its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Clear Lab uses a robotic platform to improve food safety and its method shortens testing turnaround times by up to five days.
A longhorn herd is part of a beta testing program of a ‘Fitbit’ like chip tagged to the cattle’s ear and transmits bio-data through a smart phone app.
Livestock industry groups applauded the move and expressed optimism it would ultimately be scrapped.
Heat and dryness in the forecast drove price action as traders prepared for the July 4 break.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has said that he will not immediately act to remove the Phase 1 trade agreement, which President Donald Trump inked with China, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The dollars tagged for such purposes are part of the Build Back Better program, the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief plan.
U.S. Senators and Representatives introduce legislation that seeks to return fairness to the cattle marketplace dominated by four major meat packers.
With Ukraine and Russia at war in the midst of a world moving away from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot to consider in the 2023 Farm Bill. Industry experts weighed-in to share their predictions.
A rail strike is looming despite the majority of unions reaching tentative agreement with the rail companies, but the unions not on board are essential to the operation of the nation’s rail system.
Farm-state lawmakers will eventually add billions to the aid package, but Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) agrees it could take until a later omnibus spending measure to be approved.
Have the Pacific Coast port bottleneck issues been resolved, or moved somewhere else? The East Coast may now be carrying the burden.
While Dale Durcholz does think there’s potential for a grain production number shift, he says the winter farmers and feed yards have faced is more likely to be the cause of a grain stocks shift lower.
Cargill Goes Tech With Plan to Nurture New Wave of Food Startups
Beef and lamb producers from New Zealand are planning to spend several million dollars on a campaign to promote their products in the U.S. to help strengthen their import position.
Beef and lamb producers from New Zealand are planning to spend several million dollars on a campaign to promote their products in the U.S. to help strengthen their import position.
As consumers see increased prices at the store in many counties across the globe, decreasing import tariffs has helped make food more affordable and increase opportunities for exporting markets.
During a motion hearing Tuesday in Johnson County, MO, a judge denied a request to drop abandonment of corpse charges against Garland Nelson.
Live events and online content combine to deliver information and resources when farmers need them most.
The company’s in-house culinary team created its own plant-based patty and tested it in select Canadian stores last year.
Fifteen food and beverage associations sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting priority access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect workers and keep the food supply chain running.
A new study shows U.S. meat and poultry packers and processors have reached a new, all-time low for injuries in the workplace.