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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 2014 Beef Feedlot Roundtables from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are available online as webinars.

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.

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Beef exports have continued to rise at a rapid rate, while domestic demand has been steady.

Cattle prices have started to moderate after reaching unexplained record highs in the first four months of the year.

The Mexican government is in the process of making regulatory changes that allow for import of U.S. beef and beef products derived from cattle of any age.

Cattle feeding margins jumped nearly $17 per head higher last week to average $196.50.

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There are more steers in feedlots this April, but fewer heifers. It could be a sign of herd expansion.

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.

U.S. feedlots unexpectedly bought 4.7 percent fewer cattle in March than a year earlier, as herds declined in Texas, Oklahoma and Washington state, a government report showed.

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Feedlot owners and managers can honor employees who exhibit these traits by nominating them for a “Top Hand” Cattle Feeding Industry Employee award.

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.

‘Top Hand’ cattle feeding industry awards will be presented as the Cattle Feeders College in Sublette, Kan.

Fewer cattle on feed in April than expected.

Food safety relies on livestock bedding more than you would think.

Tom Noffsinger, DVM, and K-State’s Beef Cattle Institute produce training modules directed at effective communication between producers and beef cattle.

Muddy pen conditions can cause decreased feed efficiency, increased animal energy expenditure and decreased profitability for the producer.

Farmers and brewers are still waiting to hear a final ruling from the FDA on the use of spent grains in cattle rations.

There were 4.7% fewer cattle in feedlots this March compared to 2013.

Tyson Fresh Foods recently released the Choice+ performance-based grid designed exclusively to pay premiums for cattle enrolled in the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program.

The cattle market in Kentucky dropped during the month of March for calf prices and fed cattle prices.

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.

Exports continue to 'beef' up a record cattle market.

Quality characteristics, tenderness and value of beef are similar from steers and heifers.

Beef yield per animal makes a difference from ranch to packer.

Friday's jobs report was somewhat encouraging. More people with jobs is positive for meat demand.

Beef feedlot managers, owners, employees and supporting industry personnel attended presentations for the latest in feedlot health, nutrition, environment and economics.

Uniformity or consistency may be desirable in both management and marketing aspects of cattle production.

Breweries in Nebraska say a federal proposal would force them to stop giving spent grains to local farmers to use as cattle feed.

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 Milton, W. Va., man accused of stealing cattle from a slaughterhouse has been charged with grand larceny.

Fed cattle prices set new record highs this week.

Stocker and feeder cattle were called unevenly steady to $3 per cwt. higher for the week, though prices on popular weights leveled off after last week’s rally.

A South Dakota judge on Thursday refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit against ABC related to its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef, which critics have dubbed "pink slime."

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.

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.

There are more cattle on feed in South Dakota now than last year.