Beef - General
This invasive species, never before reported in North America, has been confirmed in multiple Texas counties and is already causing significant damage to pasture acreage.
A K-State research team is studying ways to conserve the Ogallala Aquifer by finding value in every drop.
Officials say 400-plus beef establishments were not relisted by China back in April.
Forage management and progeny predictability are keys to good stocker operations.
While the reintroduction of wolves has led to significant challenges for local ranchers, some say they are willing to deal with the animals if they will return to their natural habitat.
APHIS confirms a New World screwworm case in a 22-month-old bovine transported from Veracruz to a feedlot in Nuevo León.
The company’s Fort Morgan plant employees are benefiting from its innovative housing investment.
How this California operation is turning genetics and data into profits by raising higher performing beef-on-dairy calves with its own Angus bulls.
From forage testing to heifer development, K-State’s Jason Warner shares the top 10 management practices producers should be mindful of in December.
Analysts agree recent data does not show signs of heifer retention.
The announcement to close the Lexington, Neb., plant and transition to one shift in Amarillo shocked the beef industry. While local impacts will be significant, analysts urge producers to remain calm as the market fundamentals steady following the reaction.
While the administration makes comments regarding strategies to decrease retail beef prices, they strategies inconsistent with the economics of the cattle industry, particularly when U.S. consumer beef demand has been a significant driver to beef prices.
The company will end operations in early 2026 in the plant that employs nearly 3,200 people and can slaughter almost 5,000 cattle a day and convert its Amarillo, Texas, beef facility to a single, full-capacity shift.
The change reverses part of a July trade action that had imposed elevated import duties on multiple categories of Brazilian goods and is the latest effort by the Trump administration to bring grocery prices down.
August data showed a relatively strong performance for U.S. pork exports. But beef exports were sharply lower than a year ago, impacted heavily by an impasse with China that has effectively locked U.S. beef out of the world’s largest import market.
Strong demand supports beef prices amid economic volatility, but herd investment and growth slows as producers grapple with increasing uncertainty due to political noise.
Leading ag meteorologists share the weather drivers they are watching.
Despite the strong political rhetoric at the center of cattle and beef prices, as well as meatpackers seeing major losses, economists say rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd will be the slowest in history.
Ag products not grown or produced enough in the U.S.—including coffee, fruit and some fertilizers—are being removed from Trump’s reciprocal tariff list. The move also lifts tariffs on one major ag import: beef.
Cattle market fundamentals remain unchanged while psychology shifts the market due to the President’s comments and industry interference.
Texas A&M’s Johnson shares tips on how to prevent and prepare for barn fires.
The ceremony will be livestreamed for those who cannot attend the event in Louisville.
Oklahoma State’s Derrell Peel says the beef industry needs time — not politics or policy — to solve beef supply and demand realities.
Chuck Backus established the first entirely solar (PV) powered ranch in 1979. For the next 45 years, he used his engineering background and scientific methods to transform the historic Quarter Circle U Ranch into an economically sustainable, research-driven operation.
President Trump orders an immediate investigation into major meatpackers over high prices and price manipulation.
The legislation has been reintroduced to expand local beef sales and reduce red tape for small meat processors.
Auburn’s Max Runge shares four considerations for famers considering using crop residue to custom grow cattle.
Water is key to fall and winter grazing, but ranchers should consider various options to contend with frigid temperatures.
Eleven teams representing seven countries showcased their skills and knowledge of the livestock industry and the Hereford breed.
As funding for activism grows, it’s more important than ever for those of us in the farm and food community to share our own stories. If we don’t speak up about what really happens on farms, we risk letting activists tell that story for us.