Beef - General
A federal judge has denied a motion for dismissal of the lawsuit alleging price fixing and market manipulation by America’s four largest beef packers.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack joined AgriTalk Monday to explain the change to ELAP to help drought affected ranchers pay for feed transport and meat packers being charged with profiteering during the pandemic.
The modern protein buyer has been forced to become accustomed to much higher prices across beef, pork and chicken as price inflation hasn’t waned. Demand outstripping supply seems to be the theme across each sector.
Checkoff-funded campaign touting beef’s science-based sustainability story is challenged by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group with ties to animal activists.
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest about $38.9 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing, and producer communications during fiscal 2022.
Anaplasmosis is a serious disease often transmitted by ticks that has historically been a problem for southern producers. Now, veterinarians say the disease is spreading north and encourage producer vigilance.
Agriculture associations urge President Biden to address ocean carrier practices causing increased costs and delays for American businesses as “the problem not only persists, but is becoming more dire.”
An overnight fire at the JBS beef facility and a temporary computer glitch at Tyson’s Dakota City facility disrupted beef packing on Monday sending futures prices sharply lower.
By-products such as cattle hides have increased in value dramatically over the past 13 months. Steer hides, which represent nearly one-third of by-product value, were 115% higher in August than last year.
Firefighters responded to a fire at the Grand Island, Neb., JBS beef facility on Sunday night.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has concluded their investigation into the two BSE cases in Brazil, paving the way for exports to continue to China later this month.
In the haste to go after packers in order to gain producer trust, the government may be using consumer price inflation as a means for greater leverage against packers, suggests John Nalivka.
Hidden Hollow Hideaway Cattle & Guest Ranch is the 2021 recipient of the Montana Leopold Conservation Award®. The ranch is located near Townsend in Broadwater County, and is owned by the Flynn family.
Proper handling and administration of vaccines should follow BQA standards to decrease the likelihood of infection upon exposure to a pathogen and to minimize tissue damage to consumable protein products.
The American Beef Labeling Act was announced by four U.S Senators on Wednesday that would reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef.
From an American flag one year to a POW tribute the next, Wilber Meyer’s field artwork has grown. And for the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this year’s tribute is by far the biggest, extending beyond the Ohio farm field.
Both beef ad pork export totals remained strong during July, with beef export value rising 45% and pork export value rising 20%, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
Advanced Animal Diagnostics’ QScout® BLD is a rapid, on-farm diagnostics tool providing livestock producers with the information they need to make informed management and treatment decisions.
Chronic wasting disease in Texas’ deer threatens the economic boost hunting provides rural communities and landowners. Texas Parks and Wildlife and Texas Animal Health Commission are working to slow the disease spread.
The U.S. CattleTrace Symposium will bring together cattle producers, industry professionals and technology manufacturers to learn and discuss animal disease traceability and value-added opportunities.
Chinese beef importers said the suspension of exports by top supplier Brazil due to two cases of BSE had no immediate market impact, with some still making purchases in anticipation of a quick resumption of trade.
Brazil has suspended beef exports to China after confirming two cases of “atypical” bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in two separate domestic meat plants, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday.
The Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association is working to help the state’s cattle producers gather feed and supplies to assist those hit hard by Hurricane Ida. Here’s how you can help.
Steer, cow and hog by-product values have each reached their highest level in nearly six years. Steer hide and offal values are nearly double last year’s price and 43.5% higher than the five-year average.
USDA published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit comments regarding the labeling of meat and poultry products made using cultured cells derived from animals under FSIS jurisdiction.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration approved an extension of the exemption from hours-of-service (HOS) requirements for livestock haulers through the end of November.
Last week’s fed cattle slaughter was curtailed due to infrastructure issues at two packing plants. The steer and heifer head count on Wednesday was just 86,000 head, followed by 90,000 head on both Thursday and Friday.
NCBA and the Public Lands Council (PLC) have denounced the administration’s elevated focus on federal wilderness designations as an overly broad tool for reaching climate goals.
An environmental group that wants to end public-land grazing has outbid a rancher in central Idaho for a grazing lease on state land. It’s an alarming precedent cattlemen fear will play out again in the future.
The combination of smaller yields and fewer acres harvested will translate into another year of rising hay prices, says the Livestock Marketing Information Project.