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Corbitt Wall with USDA Market News gives the weekly Stocker and Feeder Cattle Summary for the week ending June 6.
How does management in the stocker phase affect feedlot and carcass performance?
Health officials say a Texas patient is the fourth person in the U.S. to die of a rare brain disorder that is believed to be caused by consumption of beef products contaminated with mad cow disease.
Look at any meat case in a grocery store or meat market, and there are many choices for the consumer to make when selecting beef products.
The feeder cattle market is on the rise while exports continue to hold strong.
Domestic market growth could be coming to a standstill.
Feeder cattle are losing leverage thanks to large seasonal influx, but margins are still holding.
Beef producers from four Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries have again demanded that any TPP agreement be a high quality deal that eliminates all tariffs on beef.
Cattle temperament plays a large role in performance.
Pilgrim’s Pride launched a takeover bid for Hillshire Brands on Tuesday that would expand its business beyond fresh and frozen chicken into a variety of packaged meats, including Ball Park hot dogs and Jimmy Dean sausages.
The beef checkoff, through the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative (NEBPI), hosted the second “Meat Your Beef” retail and foodservice influencer immersion event for May is Beef Month at the Gibbet Hill Cattle Company in Groton, Mass., on May 14.
A $2.1 million bankruptcy trial against a failed beef packing plant in Aberdeen, S.D., is expected to last through the rest of week.
A college student sickened at a Detroit-area restaurant has sued a packing company that recalled 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.
China is so desperate for good beef that Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest will be taking sample parcels of steak in his luggage on his next trip.
Fed cattle market is on a slight decline while other markets hold steady.
Fewer cattle entering the packing plant means less beef in the freezer.
Federal food safety officials say ground beef recalled by a Detroit business may have been sent to stores in 10 states.
Corbitt Wall gives the weekly USDA Feeder and Cattle Summary for the week ending May 23.
Mexico expands imports as Vilsack joins Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Mexico City.
ABC’s news anchor Diane Sawyer, two of the network’s correspondents and other defendants in a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against the company related to its coverage of a meat product could be deposed following a ruling by the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Officials say a Detroit-based business is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with the bacteria E. coli.
For the 21st month in a row the amount of cattle on feed has decreased from the previous year.
The beef market continues to chug along at a record pace.
A new government report shows major Kansas feedlots are feeding the fewest number of cattle since 1999 for the month of May.
JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat producer, reported an unexpected 69 percent decline in first- quarter profit after currency-hedging costs partly erased gains from its poultry businesses.
Selecting the right USDA grade of beef for your dish will help guarantee culinary success.
A North Dakota meatpacking plant that began as a facility to process beef according to Islamic law is going on the auction block.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Market News gives the weekly feeder and stocker cattle summary for the week ending May 16.
Cattle prices have started to moderate after reaching unexplained record highs in the first four months of the year.
Today, Gov. Sam Brownback signed a proclamation declaring May as Kansas Beef Month.
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