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A pair of lawsuits filed in New Mexico charge the nation’s four largest meatpackers are misleading consumers with false labels on beef products.

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U.S. beef exports continue to remain strong, according to USMEF. The Federation released its year-end numbers on 2019 export sales last week, and it says beef exports are down slightly from the record year of 2018.

Cash fed cattle prices traded lower as futures prices set new lows for the week before a Friday rebound.

USDA’s January 1, 2020 Cattle report estimated 94.4 million head in the U.S. cattle herd, slightly below last year’s total.

There was some hesitation among buyers this week as the CME futures had a downward turn and sell-off early in the trading period. Steers and heifers sold lower at auctions.

The Cattle report issued by USDA confirms that cyclical herd expansion in the U.S. is over. The numbers indicate that while cattle inventories have stopped growing no major liquidation is underway.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed the presence of Theileria orientalis Ikeda genotype in three West Virginia counties.

Part 4: Antibiotic Stewardship

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) adopted a rule to mitigate the risk of uninfected cattle being exposed to bovine viral diarrhea virus persistently infected (BVDV-PI) cattle.