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Fed cattle trades were few and far between last week, with most bids lower and packers seemingly uninterested.

Most of cattle country has had abundant to excessive moisture this year—as evident from my travels from Oklahoma to Montana.

When the rinderpest virus broke out in Africa in the 1890s, death loss in cattle herds across eastern and southern Africa reached 80 to 90%, triggering a massive famine, with millions of people dying across the region.

China will lift its 23-year ban on British beef, which comes as another Brexit deadline looms.

The United States’ number one beef importer for value and volume is hiking its tariffs on U.S. beef products.

Last week, Japan announced it would raise tariffs on frozen beef imported from the U.S., and the tougher fees went into effect Tuesday.

The Department of Interior (DOI) has made its first recommendations to modify the conservation plan for the greater sage grouse. The DOI Sage Grouse Review Team delivered recommendations to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in a memo Aug. 7. The report is part of a June 7 order that called for the review of an Obama-era conservation plan that set out to protect the habitat of the threatened bird.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) said Japan is continuing to buy U.S. beef. Exports to the island country continued to gain momentum in June, with volume up 7 percent and value up 13 percent compared to 2016.

Cattle markets moved lower this week, spurred by futures markets that nosedived on Wednesday.

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