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Another steep decline in both fed cattle and feeder cattle was reported last week. Negotiated cash fed cattle sales were the second smallest since mandatory price reporting began in 2001.

Cargill’s High River, Alta., beef harvest facility has slowed to one shift beginning this week to prioritize the health and safety of employees, reducing harvest to about 1,500 head per day.

Dozens of workers at Tyson’s Pasco, WA, beef plant have tested positive for COVID-19, but the plant will remain open under heightened health and safety procedures.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer are asking President Donald Trump to investigate possible irregularities in the cattle markets over the past several weeks.

World-class long jumper Jarrion Lawson’s four-year ban from competition was overturned because the beef he ate was called “contaminated” by a three-judge panel. Science says the judges were wrong.

A New Zealand beef company launches an aggressive campaign designed to court American consumers. Touting the attributes many consumers say they desire, Silver Fern Farms provides a glimpse of your foreign competition.

Cattle markets will continue to be influenced by uncertainties from coronavirus, and the sharp selloff in financial markets. The DOW closed the week with a 1,985-point gain (9.4%), the DOW’s largest ever one-day gain.

The U.S. CattleTrace mission is to develop and manage a nationally significant, robust and globally accepted voluntary animal disease traceability system for all cattle entering commerce.

An investigation is underway following the theft of 262 steers and heifers from a Lipscomb County, Tex., ranch on February 18.

The U.S. and global economy is in uncharted waters. There are many unknowns about the timing, severity and aftermath of the disease. For beef, there are longer-term questions about the overall impact on demand.