Markets
The spring cattle rally stalled this week as cowboys and packers search for signs supporting ideas the market will conform to seasonal trends.
A Dutch court has sentenced a meat processor to 30 months imprisonment for a massive fraud operation in which he illicitly sold horse meat as more expensive beef.
The spring cattle market rally was beginning to bloom this week, with yearling feeder cattle trading firm to $5 higher and instances of $6 to $8 higher.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. may be ready to strike a big deal, and it has the means to do it.
Retail beef prices were record high for the third consecutive month during February.
Environment and feed availability key factors to increase
Perhaps more than ever, the money in the beef business is in the marbling.
A meat packing company in Tucson, Ariz., is recalling more than 2,100 pounds of roast beef due to misbranding.
Natural and organic beef market share has been increasing over the past few decades.
Beef’s getting better, to judge by the uptrend in quality grades and resurgent consumer demand. However, an increasing share of that demand has been for ground beef – and an average pound of that versatile staple now sells for more than $4.
Cattle prices have set records for the past five years in a row, and that has increased prices at the meat case, says University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain.
A southern Arizona meat distributor is recalling more than 50,000 pounds of pork and beef because they were mislabeled.
Beef prices went down while cattle prices rebounded.
Winter weather has been a factor in beef and cattle prices lately, but it didn’t keep the market down for boxed beef this week.
The past week of poor weather has kept the beef market downs.
Expansion of the beef herd looks to continue while beef production will see a marginal slide.
A new study shows that Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) has not adversely affected trade with Canada and Mexico.
Beef production is looking to increase from original projections, while exports are dropping off a bit.
The picture being painted for 2015 is a market drop off in cattle demand and beef production.
Contrary to arguments made by America’s trade competitors to the WTO, an economic downturn that sapped consumer demand — not COOL — caused decreased demand for cattle imports into to the U.S., according to a new study released today.
Students learn all about meat processing, from harvest to the table, and the public can purchase high quality meats.
Beef byproducts include all edible and inedible items from harvested cattle that are not part of the dressed carcass.
With December totals yet to be recorded, U.S. beef exports already set a new full-year value record of $6.49 billion during the first 11 months of 2014.
A food supplier falsely marketed beef to Muslims around the world for years as meeting strict halal standards, exporting products that weren’t slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law, federal prosecutors allege in a lengthy fraud indictment.
Lower priced gas and more people working is a good thing for beef producers.
Demand for grass cattle has helped keep the price of weaned calves high.
Record high beef and fed cattle prices are still the norm.