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This national award is presented annually to a producer to recognize their dedication to improving the beef industry at the commercial level.
The fallout continues from a ghost-cattle scheme as Rabo AgriFinance filed suit in federal court seeking to foreclose on Easterday family assets that have been in default for months.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced a new tool in the war against feral hogs with the release of a new hog contraceptive bait entering the market this week.
JBS USA said Wednesday the “vast majority” of its processing plants were operational after a Memorial Day weekend cyberattack on its operations in North America and Australia.
The United Nations issued a warning this week as world food prices are rising at their fastest pace in a decade. Global food prices have risen for 12 consecutive months and now sit at their highest level since 2011.
The head of Tyson Foods, Dean Banks, is stepping down after less than a year on the job. The company announced Donnie King is the new CEO, which makes him the fifth CEO of Tyson in the last five years.
The cattle industry’s unprecedented meeting was centered around meat packing margins and claims of market monopoly. The meeting among the six groups is now drawing a response from the meat packing industry.
An unprecedented meeting held in May among major cattle industry representatives, typically at odds, has produced plans for change and calls for answers from U.S. lawmakers. Keep up with the latest on this page.
A federal district court ruling, if left unchallenged, will result in a 2.5% loss in pork packing plant capacity nationwide and over $80 million in reduced income for small U.S. hog farmers, says economist Dermot Hayes.
Calls for change came to a head this month, as cattle groups held an industry-wide meeting made history. And the groups say the first meeting is just the start.
The disparity in cattle markets was a lead topic of discussion during Senate Agriculture Committee’s nomination hearing for USDA’s general counsel, with Senators promising to soon hold a hearing on livestock markets.
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The world’s largest meat producer was the latest victim of a cyberattack. And as the food chain relies more on automation and less on manual labor, cyberattacks may be a rising risk for the food chain.
JBS USA announced it has suffered an organized cyberattack that has affected servers supporting its IT systems in North America and Australia.
Farm Journal has announced that a #FarmONTM Benefit Concert will be presented in partnership with the National FFA Foundation on Thursday, August 26, at Frahm Farmland in Colby, KS.
JBS USA said it paid an $11 million ransom to cyber attackers that shut down operations in the U.S. and Australia last week. All plants were fully operational by June 3.
Cargill’s CEO says the company is in the middle of a major shakeup as it says consumers will continue to demand more plant-based protein products.
A big concern for dairy farmers is preventing foot and mouth disease (FMD) on farms. Thanks to new technology, there’s now a real-time test that could get farmers answers quickly.
After six-year-old Louie Leseberg fell 70 feet into a dark well, his father jumped in to save him. What happened next, and the dramatic rescue that ensued, left even those who witnessed the rescue unable to explain.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Sand County Foundation a grant to empower farmers with real-time data about their conservation practices.
Trotter will be inducted into the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame this August.
The fed cattle market has been an arduous grind for this year as prices have failed to reflect historic highs in cutout values.
Senate hearing addressed a range of issues, including the need for robust price discovery and differing industry views on how to achieve it, greater market transparency and oversight, and expanded processing capacity.
Are we headed toward significant inflation in the meat case for a longer period of time? That depends on how well demand holds.
Beef imports were up 1.5% year-over-year in April but are down 7% for the January-to-April period compared to last year. Year-to-date beef imports are down 4% compared to the same period in 2019.
Meat sales continue to be boosted by high engagement in trips and dollars per trip. Shoppers visited the meat department slightly more often and spent 6.3% more per trip over the 52 weeks ending mid-May.
NCBA spearheaded introduction of the larger HAULS Act in both the Senate and House, and worked to get the backend 150 air-mile exemption included in the Surface Transportation Investment Act.
NCBA issued a statement in response to USDA’s announcement that they are beginning the process of initiating three separate rulemakings to support enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Cargill is the second beef processor to invest in the effort formed by multiple state cattlemen’s organizations to develop a national infrastructure for animal disease traceability in the U.S. cattle industry.