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Broad industry coalition asks Congress to prevent WTO non-compliance on Country of Origin Labeling.
Pinnacle Foods said Monday it has scrapped its sale to Hillshire Brands, freeing Hillshire to be acquired by Tyson Foods.
The fed cattle and beef markets are seeing unprecedented prices, especially for this time in the year.
Cash cattle prices took out highs set back in March this week, a feat few expect from a June market.
Cattle slaughter in Canada is poised to fall to the lowest in almost two decades as worker shortages constrain production.
The number of cattle entering feedlots is down 1.6% compared to last year at 10.59 million head on June 1.
Fewer cattle and higher prices are a continuing trend with the Cattle on Feed Report.
All areas of the beef industry continue to see higher price gains.
This past week was one for the record books in the futures market.
U.S. beef prices are up 74% since 2009 to the highest on record, after a seven-year decline in the herd left the fewest cattle in at least six decades.
The cash-led bull market continues, with both fed cattle and feeder cattle posting sharp gains. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also recorded advances, but still trail cash bids.
Baltimore police shot and killed a steer that escaped from a city slaughterhouse on a downtown street Friday morning.
Green Plains Inc. announced today that is has acquired the assets of Supreme Cattle Feeders from Agri Beef Co.
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The feeder cattle market is on the rise while exports continue to hold strong.
Domestic market growth could be coming to a standstill.
Feeder cattle are losing leverage thanks to large seasonal influx, but margins are still holding.
Pilgrim’s Pride launched a takeover bid for Hillshire Brands on Tuesday that would expand its business beyond fresh and frozen chicken into a variety of packaged meats, including Ball Park hot dogs and Jimmy Dean sausages.
A $2.1 million bankruptcy trial against a failed beef packing plant in Aberdeen, S.D., is expected to last through the rest of week.
A college student sickened at a Detroit-area restaurant has sued a packing company that recalled 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.
Fed cattle market is on a slight decline while other markets hold steady.
ABC’s news anchor Diane Sawyer, two of the network’s correspondents and other defendants in a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against the company related to its coverage of a meat product could be deposed following a ruling by the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Fewer cattle entering the packing plant means less beef in the freezer.
Federal food safety officials say ground beef recalled by a Detroit business may have been sent to stores in 10 states.
Officials say a Detroit-based business is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with the bacteria E. coli.
For the 21st month in a row the amount of cattle on feed has decreased from the previous year.
The beef market continues to chug along at a record pace.
A new government report shows major Kansas feedlots are feeding the fewest number of cattle since 1999 for the month of May.