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Two California men have admitted their part in the attempted theft of beef from a Kansas slaughterhouse. Prosecutors say the case exemplifies a relatively new form of identity theft in which suspects pose as a legitimate trucking firm to steal cargo.
Attorneys have asked that a minimum bid of $12.75 million be set for an idled South Dakota beef packing plant at an auction scheduled for Dec. 5.
Cash fed cattle prices may equal or surpass record highs this week. Here’s why.
A man laid off by Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen, S.D., has filed a class-action lawsuit against the plant that has filed for bankruptcy.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association comments on Merck Animal Health’s response to Tyson’s ban of Zilmax-fed cattle.
Merck Animal Heath will suspend sales of Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada, while the beta-agnostic feed additive is under additional scientific audit after Tyson issued a ban on purchasing Zilmax-fed cattle.
South Dakota State University Extension is hosting a Seedstock Symposium June 27-28 in Sioux Falls to provide cattle producers with information on tools improve cattle feeding and reproductive efficiency.
Even with USDA’s higher forecast of 2013 beef production, lower expected corn yields and higher prices continue to stem growth in the U.S. beef herd.
The late spring rally comes after boxed beef and fed markets appeared to have topped in March.
Placements into feedyards are the lowest for February since the series began in 1996.