Opinion
What happens when a large, wealthy sovereign nation possessing vast expanses of both crop and pastureland declares a moratorium on imports?
What clues can cattlemen glean from historical market activity from December to May for perspective on price trends and profit margins?
While the past year has produced prices more favorable to producers, the impact of drought hasn’t really been absorbed into the market yet.
Both the inventory of beef cows and total cattle numbers in 2023 will be the lowest since 2014. After seven years of low returns, ranchers now look forward to 2023 with prospects for significant profits.
Ultimately, the beef industry is a consumer business – every dollar that flows into the industry results from a consumer spending money on a beef product.
Country-of-origin labeling for beef proved to be unproductive and ineffective in creating value for either consumers or producers, argues Nevil Speer. Worse yet it comes at a cost – government programs are never free.
Prospects for new entrants in a business are generally low if profitability requires economies of scale, large capital investment, and/or high levels of government regulation. The packing business checks all the boxes.
Retail beef prices are higher, but the more relevant prices are featured prices on the ads that are reported every week by USDA and provide a much more realistic picture of retail meat case activity.
How do cattle producers get better? That happens with less social media and more spreadsheets; less pandering and more professionalism; less Matrix and more Moneyball.
Every cowboy has a story about how choices his ancestors made resulted in the life they’re living today. Many of us are thankful for blessings we didn’t recognize as such at the time.
From a first harvest to what will likely be a final 50th season, farmers are celebrating moments of Thanksgiving and marking milestones to last a lifetime.
What number of beef processors would resolve producer concerns about “lack of competition?” Should meat processing be different than other industries?
Is the U.S. government attempting to take charge of our food system? John Nalivka suggests current funding programs aimed at strengthening the U.S. beef industry are at odds with the dynamics of the industry.
Want to make producers better off? Squishy facts, alarmist narratives and politicians won’t get it done. Instead, the path to prosperity follows real data, critical thinking, and free enterprise.
Harassment of Dr. Frank Mitloehner by journalists with an anti-animal ag agenda went about as well as a drunken tourist playing chicken with a bison in Yellowstone.
The overall condemnation of beef livers due to abscesses and the severity of those abscesses costs the U.S. beef industry $409 million annually. It’s a problem that must be addressed.
Although the hit series highlights the struggle of the Dutton ranch fighting to maintain a family legacy, a rather ironic story truth surfaces and an unfortunate reality hits home.
What happens when we assign the “Monty Hall Problem” to our decision-making process for the beef industry? The difference being we know what’s behind each door, but will we choose correctly?
We live in such a hurried world, and don’t get me wrong, I hurry with the best of them. But I never want to hurry so much that I fail to show up for others. Doug Parrett knew the importance of prioritizing people.
Carbon counting – which is ill defined – may be one more regulatory hurdle akin to federal lands grazing management plans with somewhat undefinable outcomes but are ridden with regulations.
Last week’s cash market topped $150! It’s a timely opportunity to review the need for regulatory intervention into the cash market (i.e. the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022).
Despite the pain of the concept, the reference to beef imports creating value for America’s cattle and beef industry is TRUE!
Grocery stores have become a battleground for extremists pressuring retailers to remove meat, milk, poultry and eggs from shelves. Recent trends have shown an uptick in store protests, demonstrations and food tampering.
With rebalancing of the cattle market comes a shift in margins favoring cattlemen. The beef industry outlook going forward hinges on the availability of forage for grazing.
America’s cowboys think the tech giant could have Googled more accurate scientific information about beef’s sustainability and value to the environment.
Today’s consumers are not satisfied paying higher prices for commodity beef, research shows. Instead, they have opted to trade up to premium beef products.
Amidst all the recent concerns about the economy, inflation and consumer sentiment, beef demand and pricing power has remained incredibly resilient.
USDA just announced “major actions” to “spur competition, protect producers, and reduce costs.” Such an announcement might be more intimidating to the free market than helpful.
By expanding U.S. beef demand and sales internationally, the Beef Checkoff is helping promote economic growth and support producers’ bottom lines. More and more consumers worldwide want U.S. beef.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president Marty Smith issues a statement about the group declining to participate in two Florida producer meetings.