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April pork exports reached the highest volume and value since May 2021, while beef exports were the largest in 10 months and valued at just under $900 million.
Packers reluctant bidders as futures remain significantly discounted to cash. Feedyards content with standoff late in the week.
Beef is winning, and camera grading in packing plants is helping ensure the quality and consistency specific brands require is being met. That, in turn, is helping beef gain market share.
June 6 (Reuters) - The ongoing U.S. outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd.
After briefly exceeding $400 per head, cattle feeding margins tumbled $75 last week, but the balance didn’t go to the packer as their losses increased. Pork margins held firm.
Consider who your ideal buyer is, what type of cattle they need and why your cattle are valuable to them.
Rancher Gayel Alexander is following the climate-smart money, partnering with Farm Journal’s Connected Ag Project, to maximize forage and profitability.
An incessant focus on imports and haste to declare the beef industry’s demise has protectionists leaning on the sheep industry as a business case study. With all due respect to sheep producers, the analogy isn’t close.
CRISPR technology has many potential applications that facilitate sustainability, animal welfare and efficiency for the beef industry.
Is it early June or the middle of August? Because despite what the calendar might say, Mother Nature seems to be cranking up the thermostat earlier than normal this year.
New polling shows majority of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents support legislation mandating “lab-grown meat” labeling and other restrictions.
Jim Conlan contends Swampbuster regulation is compelled conservation—all government stick and no carrot.
Paul Neiffer reviews the important updates to the new Farm Bill proposals from the House Ag Committee.
Research finds link between gestational nutrition from minerals and higher weaning weights.
The new Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein will be located in Raleigh, NC, on the campus of North Carolina State University.
The agency is introducing a new Voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program to give dairy producers more options to monitor the health of their herds and move cows more quickly, while providing on-going testing.
Most international trade is imperfect, Bill Bullard says, and can be both beneficial and detrimental to the wellbeing of our U.S. cattle and sheep industries.
Theileria orientalis Ikeda is a tickborne infection, and when identified in United States herds has been associated with the Asian longhorned tick, a relatively new tick species in the United States.
The farm bill finally saw some movement in Washington last month, but the Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor found most economists don’t think it will be passed this year, with some even saying it could be as late as 2026.
With less drought in the U.S. than at any time since April 2020, pasture and range conditions are generally good. What might that mean for heifer retention?
Cash prices leaked $1 lower but Friday evening trades suggest packers still scramble to meet their needs and are willing to add freight to do so.
Fed cattle trade lower for first time since mid-April; feeder cattle, wholesale beef prices continue push higher. Holiday beef clearance called good among strong demand.
Consolidation continues across agriculture and America’s beef industry, Census finds.
Making a case for changes to USDA’s Cattle on Feed surveys that could improve accuracy and help reduce industry price volatility.
Legacy. It’s a six-letter word, but it carries the weight of generations for agricultural families. The weight this word carries makes it valuable for families to understand what their legacy is and how to uncover it.
From the sands of Iraq to the pastures of Michigan, a war veteran’s heart for service is now regenerating the soil.
The May Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor found even with improved commodity prices over the past month, ag economists’ views on the net farm income picture slightly eroded, falling to $110.4 billion in May.
Fundamentals remain bullish, but margin operators will feel the squeeze.
A bull can look and act like he’s primed to produce offspring, but the question is can he deliver?
This is the third human case associated with the virus. Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan to produce 4.8 million doses of a vaccine for human use to counter H5N1.