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Producers are going to have to be a little more savvy in marketing calves and feeder cattle since forward pricing opportunities appear limited.

Mexico is watching out for the banned steroid clenbuterol — on the dinner plates of its athletes.

The recent price pressure is not necessarily a bad thing as it may benefit packers and feedlots alike down the road.

“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.

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.

Just 8% of U.S. pastures are in poor to very poor condition, according to USDA. It is a 2% improvement from last year.

Job growth has continued to drop the past few months, a sign that consumer beef demand could be in trouble.

U.S. cattle producers are in the midst of aggressive expansion.

The latest USDA cattle report shows a rapid expansion is underway with cattle and calf numbers up 3 percent and beef cow numbers up 4 percent in the past year. According to Purdue University Extension economist Chris Hurt, record-high cattle prices in the last half of 2014 and first half of 2015 raised excitement among beef cow producers.