Last week, soybean and corn prices were sharply higher due to excessive rains in South American in soybean-growing regions. Pork producers should be aware, but not necessarily alarmed.
U.S. beef packers including Tyson Foods and Cargill are racking up historically high margins, thanks to slumping cattle prices amid a supply glut and as Americans turn to beef for their backyard summer barbecues.
Stubbornly record-high corn prices in Brazil, the world's No. 2 exporter of the grain, are compelling pork producers to slaughter sows they cannot afford to feed and poultry processors to close plants.
A British high school student didn’t get a pass — literally — after writing that halal meat was ‘disgusting’ on a college admissions test. Was she an Islamophobe? No, just a diehard vegan.
USDA's Hogs and Pigs report was released on December 23rd. In the Cattle Markets is normally devoted to cattle market analysis, but this report holds some important information on competing meats for the coming y
The fourth quarter Hogs & Pigs Report from USDA indicates producers may see below-breakeven prices for much of 2016, with some reprieve during the summer.
U.S. cattle producers have called on CME Group Inc and federal legislators to rein in price volatility they say has rendered the world's largest livestock futures market ineffective.
A sample of Duroc boar semen was the one millionth sample of animal germplasm to arrive at USDA-Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Germplasm Collection—a milestone in preserving genetic animal information.
Brazilian beef producer Marfrig was set to price an upsized US$750m seven-year non-call three bond at a yield of 8.25% on Wednesday after amassing a book of over US$2bn.
Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company, said on Tuesday that rising prices for grain, the key raw material for feed, don’t show any hint of cooling off, forcing it to cut other costs.
Investors rushing to join the fake meat business is not necessarily newsworthy, until you learn Novameat is developing equipment capable of 3D printing meatless “steaks.”