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JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat producer, reported an unexpected 69 percent decline in first- quarter profit after currency-hedging costs partly erased gains from its poultry businesses.
A North Dakota meatpacking plant that began as a facility to process beef according to Islamic law is going on the auction block.
Cattle prices have started to moderate after reaching unexplained record highs in the first four months of the year.
Beef exports have continued to rise at a rapid rate, while domestic demand has been steady.
There are more steers in feedlots this April, but fewer heifers. It could be a sign of herd expansion.
Beef producers are seeing record high prices for their cattle, but how did we get here?
Prices for young cattle extended a rally to a record, climbing for the 10th straight session and on pace for the longest rising streak since 1977.
Food safety relies on livestock bedding more than you would think.
Feeder-cattle futures surged to a record today and headed for the longest rally in 22 years on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Cargill Meat Solutions will add 300 employees during a $50 million expansion of the company’s Fresno, Calif., beef processing facility.
There were 4.7% fewer cattle in feedlots this March compared to 2013.
Traditional roasts cuts are now finding a new home at the center of consumer plates.
Corbitt Wall with USDA gives the weekly Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary for the week ending April 18.
State from Iowa officials on Friday approved tax credits for developers to reopen a long-closed meatpacking plant in Tama that would eventually employ about 600 workers.
Fed cattle continue pace with a sixth month of record highs.
The state of South Dakota pitched in approximately $4.3 million to assists the idled Northern Beef packing plant.
Country of origin labeling (COOL) has been vilified for quite some time; an end might be in sight.
Strong cattle prices open door to performing management practices that could make a good year even better.
A South Dakota State University adjunct economics professor says cattle feeding margins moved back into the black in the first quarter of 2014 after nearly three years of deep losses.
Quality characteristics, tenderness and value of beef are similar from steers and heifers.
Uniformity or consistency may be desirable in both management and marketing aspects of cattle production.
Friday’s jobs report was somewhat encouraging. More people with jobs is positive for meat demand.
A San Francisco company has finalized purchase of the failed Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen, S.D.
Look for record high beef prices to continue.
A manager of a Cabell County, W. Va., meat processing shop says 10 cattle belonging to customers have been stolen from the shop’s livestock pens.
Greeley, Colorado’s JBS USA meat-packing plant has promised to take steps to prevent animal cruelty after a worker struggled to kill an injured cow.
Federal officials have approved a Northern California company’s plans to take over a shuttered slaughterhouse that was at the center of a major beef recall.