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The Meat Institute says the revised Fischer/Grassley bill proposed in the Senate ignores the analysis of beef and cattle markets by the country’s leading agricultural economists.

A Ukrainian man suspected of collecting $2.3 million in ransom after using REvil ransomware to attack about 2,500 targets, including the June JBS SA cyberattack, has been arrested, according to Europol.

The U.S. House passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. NCBA says it is pleased to see the bill pass as infrastructure investments are fundamental to the success of the cattle industry.

Maybe the stars are finally lining up for the beef industry. With the fed cattle market pinch point removed, cattle and beef markets are poised to realign and rebalance.

Both U.S. beef and U.S. pork exports are on a record pace through September, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

A team of researchers has received a five-year, $10-million grant from the USDA to develop an alternative food source: meat produced not from farm animals, but from cells grown in bioreactors.

Last week cattle feeders found themselves in an environment they had not seen since August of 2019. Four packers were in the market competing for the cattle that were available on the list.

Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion package of highway, broadband and other infrastructure improvement, sending it on to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

McDonald’s is committing $5 million and partnering with AgMission, a global collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture and to develop and implement climate-smart farming solutions.

Cattle feeders found willing packer buyers even as they priced cattle higher throughout the week. Higher prices were supported by solid gains in the futures markets.