Profitability for both cow-calf and feedyards is projected to improve in 2021, Sterling Marketing president John Nalivka told AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
Brazil's J&F Investimentos, parent company of the world's largest meatpacker JBS pleaded guilty to violations of the U.S. Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) and agreed to pay $256 million in criminal fines.
Pilgrim's Pride, which produces 20% of U.S. chicken, has entered into a plea agreement with the Department of Justice in its investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging of chicken products.
Omaha-based Green Plains Inc., has sold its remaining 50% interest in Green Plains Cattle Co. LLC, which has a one-time capacity of 355,000 head in six feedlots across three states.
Purdue University economist Jayson Lusk to AgriTalk host Tyne Morgan a change in the administration is likely to have a minimal immediate effect on dietary guidelines, but the lever of power would be in place for change.
A fall rally in cash fed cattle markets has added $5 to $6 per cwt. over the past three weeks. Feeder cattle remain in moderate demand, but drought conditions across much of the Great Plains is affecting cattle markets.
As the COVID-19 pandemic brought beef shortages, consumers may have noticed some different cuts of beef when their traditional selections were sold out.
Packers aggressively sought inventory last week and cash fed cattle prices surged $2 per cwt., to instances of $3 higher for the week. Large trade volumes were reported in the North at $107 to $108 per cwt.
To those raising beef, this year’s opportunities might look similar to the past. But for those in the business of selling the protein? The horizon looks quite different.
The antitrust class-action lawsuit alleging America’s largest beef packers conspired to fix cattle prices has been dismissed by a federal judge in Minnesota.
Raider Red Meats, a retail meat store at Texas Tech University, carved out a niche during the pandemic, proving Texas Tech University Department of Animal and Food Sciences is a cut above the rest.
A consumer-driven beef industry means finding ways to engage and connect to the growing interest in where and how cattle are raised. Meat Scientist Brad Morgan talks about keeping up with the mindset shift.
Acting Bureau of Land Management director William Perry Pendley was asked to step aside on Friday by a federal judge who ruled Pendley has served unlawfully for 424 days.
Large volumes of cattle traded in all regions at $2 higher prices ahead of Friday's cattle on feed report which counted 4% more inventory than last September.
