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Cash fed cattle prices traded higher for a fourth-consecutive week, reaching the highest average price since August of 2015.

Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods SA aims to appoint its own board members at food processing business BRF SA, it said on Monday, having built a stake of about 33% in the company.

Cattle prices are improving in all regions as cattle numbers have declined. Expansion and continuation of the current drought could cut cattle numbers even further and produce higher cattle prices.

Running a total of 1,100 milk cows, 850 replacement heifers and 800 steers, Langeland Farms Inc. in Coopersville, Michigan, is the winner of the 2022 Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) – FARM Dairy Award.

Committing much of her career to the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program, Dr. Deb VanOverbeke earns the 2022 BQA Educator Award.

The new Trailblazers program takes advocacy to an unprecedented level by giving participants the tools and training they need to promote beef to new audiences while addressing and correcting myths.

The top 10 export markets all saw gains in 2021, with six of the 10 (China, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, the Philippines and Colombia) setting new records.

Cattle price and profitability trends for producers are pointed in the right direction, even as challenges and uncertainty persist with continued disruptions from the pandemic.

Wildfire activity is forecast to increase along and west of I-35 and into South Texas from Feb. 18-21. Texas A&M Forest Service firefighters have responded to 91 wildfires that burned 7,312 acres since Feb. 14.

This spring, cattle producers have a chance of winning daily prizes with an approximate retail value of $200 when they submit their best calving season photos to the company’s Calving Season Sweepstakes.