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Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split among horse protection advocates.

If you don’t reflect on the lessons you’ve learned before you move forward, you risk repeating mistakes. That’s wisdom well-earned in the beef industry, and one NCBA’s Kendal Frazier is wise to pass on.

The Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board (CBB) has named Gregory Hanes, formerly with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, as their new CEO.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) hasn’t released its November numbers past October due to the government shutdown. If they’re anything like October’s numbers, then they could be record-shattering.

The production of cell cultured meat or alternative proteins will soon receive federal oversight from three agencies. Betsy Jibben with AgDay has the story.

The dairy industry has been dealing with imitation milk for years. Now cattle producers are seeing meat alternatives starting to crowd their space.

AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben talked with buyers and sellers at a feeder cattle auction in Northern Indiana. She traveled to Shipshewana, Indiana.

Industry groups react to details of a new United States-Mexico-Canada (USMC) Agreement with Canada and Mexico.

Some 13 years later, tensions remain high over America’s beef checkoff, with a new legal challenge that seeks to deliver a crippling blow to the state beef councils in 15 states.

NCBA calls lawsuit allegations “without merit,” and R-CALF a “front group for activists seeking to divide the industry, lessen beef demand and drive producers out of business.”