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Demand will be increasingly important as greater supply hits supermarket meat counters.

Cost control is the key to long-term success in the cow-calf business.

For JBS, the Venezuelan market now has special significance. It has a $2.1 billion contract and provides almost half the meat and a quarter of the chicken eaten by 28 million carnivorous Venezuelans.

Cattle prices are very good, but for how long? The more people jump into production, the greater the likelihood of prices falling.

A couple of top SEC football teams got a boost to their protein intake this preseason thanks to their local cattlemen’s association feeding them beef.

Cash cattle prices took a drubbing this week with fed cattle prices $4 to $5 lower at $144 to $145 per cwt. Dressed sales were reported $4 to $6 lower at $228 per cwt.

The up and down stock market looks to impact beef demand.

As rebuilding picks up momentum, so does diversification.

The summer months have resulted in softer prices for wholesale beef, finished cattle, feeder cattle, calves and slaughter cows.

On July 17 and 18, twelve members of the Montana Running Ranchers relay team took part in the Ragnar Relay Series Northwest Passage race.