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A K-State livestock economist explains how tight beef supply has caused several U.S. packing plants to turn off the lights and the economic impacts of these closures.

The cattle markets have been in a bit of a sink or swim mode lately, and right now they’re slowly sinking.

In USDA’s latest Cattle On Feed report, inventory numbers, placements and marketings all decreased July.

Research shows weaning time has high impact on marbling.

Twenty chefs and foodservice professionals with an up-close look at the beef industry in Pennsylvania.

Reducing beef cow numbers and feeding hay fewer days to improve profits.

Cattle prices continue to skid for the third week in a row.

Drought is starting to recede in many of the top beef producing states.

All classes of cattle and calves traded lower this week, pulled down by the bear’s strangle hold on the futures markets.

The USDA-AMS is seeking public input on possible revisions to the U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef to adjust for recent improvements and trends in animal raising and feeding.