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The reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 24 is expected to have a short-term impact on cattle markets, but analysts say the return of Mexican feeder cattle will not fundamentally change long-term supply.

Former US Trade Representative Bob Lighthizer says Mexico, not Canada, will be the biggest test in USMCA talks, citing trade deficits. That’s as agriculture leaders push to protect billions in North American trade.

Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the gap lower opening in cattle futures Monday in response to the border reopening to Mexican imports was volatile. They anticipate more to come to price in the news, even after a $25 to $30 break in the futures recently.

New pathology research suggests we may need to look beyond obvious cardiac lesions as researchers work to unravel one of the beef industry’s most challenging diseases.

Short on hands and mourning a loss, the Chapman family keeps a five-generation legacy rolling near Lee’s Summit.

USDA to open the Douglas, Ariz., port first to restart U.S.-Mexico cattle trade after more than a year of New World screwworm-driven closures — if Mexico adheres to the Joint Action Plan.

USDA’s latest cattle inventory and cattle on feed reports confirm the cyclical low is likely behind the industry, but structural headwinds and sky‑high calf prices are keeping expansion cautious and gradual.

Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the live cattle futures made new lows for the move Thursday before finding support and putting in key reversals.

With replacement heifer inventories at their second-lowest level since the 1940s, the choice to buy, raise or hold off has never carried more financial weight. A new free tool and expert insight can help producers run the numbers before they decide.

The question facing U.S. agriculture is whether current farm aid is a bridge through temporary hardship — or a pier toward more structural government support.