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Cattle producers from across the U.S. have gathered in Rapid City, S.D. for the 23rd Range Beef Cow Symposium (RBCS).
Tyson has decided to expand its animal welfare requirements to its beef and chicken suppliers.
The beef business is a long-term business, and producers need to gauge their production against solid indicators that can help them set or modify production goals.
Chipotle’s first burger store will open this week in Ohio as the company continues working to expand its offerings and win back customers after a series of food safety scares.
Cattle markets continue their turbulent prices over the past months as prices declined 12 to 13 percent for all classes of cattle. This week, however, the trend is different.
News that U.S. beef and cattle prices hit record high prices early in the new year is a good sign for producers and even some consumers.
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Increased U.S. beef production and lower cattle prices are reversing the trend of recent years, where beef exports decreased as record high prices rationed demand in both domestic and international markets.
Cattle prices continue to plummet, falling below the dollar mark on Tuesday.
The seedstock industry is starting to feel the pressure of low cattle markets.
The average price of choice beef at retail was $6.20 per pound during June.
The market is well supported at the current cash price levels even though live cattle futures continue to fall.
Live cattle prices are hitting the summer wall and hitting it hard.
The latest beef and cattle trade data shows a mixed bag of global market impacts. Total beef exports were down 5.3 percent in April compared to last year.
Most folks in agriculture prefer American-made products, though most of us wear, own or perhaps drive some imports.
Job growth has continued to drop the past few months, a sign that consumer beef demand could be in trouble.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that the first shipment of U.S. beef recently arrived in South Africa following the reopening of the South African market earlier this year.
Foreign demand for U.S. beef was down 13.2% in 2015 and has been down in two of the first three months of 2016.
The recent price pressure is not necessarily a bad thing as it may benefit packers and feedlots alike down the road.
In a high or low cattle market environment, capturing the most pounds per calf affects a producer’s bottom line, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.
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There was little change in finished cattle prices this week which likely has feedlot managers sweating bullets.
“Too big, too fat, too inconsistent,” is how Hop Dickinson, former CEO of the American Hereford Association, described cattle in the 1990s.
More beef and lower prices should be positive for U.S. international trade.
“On Twitter, our following is a young, urban, millennial guy making Hamburger Helper in his dorm room.”
There were 491 million pounds of beef in cold storage at the end of February.