BEEF
Today’s market creates both the opportunity and the incentive is to pay down debt, and create a solid financial statement as opposed to herd building.
The Nebraska and Iowa/Minnesota reporting regions continue to lead the way with a trading range from $239 to $244/cwt.
One of the oldest U.S. Wagyu breeders, the Reeves family from Washington has been raising Wagyu since the 1990s.
After a record performance in 2024, U.S. beef exports to Central America are reaching new heights again this year.
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Oklahoma State University receives a historic state funding appropriation to support the construction of a new, state-of-the-art veterinary teaching hospital.
Finding solutions to trade challenges were a significant part of discussions during last week’s U.S. Meat Export Federation Spring Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
USDA says funding increase will ensure American-produced meat and poultry can make it to market and onto the tables of families across the country.
Experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute share guidelines for tracking herd health.
During the spring USMEF conference, herd rebuilding, market disruption and building demand were discussed.
Live cattle futures continue to ignore the strength in spot cash trade with a sharp downside correction last Wednesday, extending into Thursday, pulling $5/cwt.
A trio of sharks—Illinois cowboy, Midwest matron, and polished Georgia fixer—ran a stunning con based on bogus cows.
A company’s population is a factor affecting its beef trade. Population and per capita consumption drives total beef consumption.
A growing number of states are passing legislation that puts constraints on cultivated meat.
Fundamental supply and demand have taken control of spot fed cattle values over April Live Cattle futures lows.
U.S. ag products, including beef and ethanol, experienced a $5 billion victory today with the U.S.-UK trade deal.
As trade negotiations continue with China and Mexico, USMEF’s Dan Halstrom and Illinois pig farmer Chad Leman share their perspectives on what’s ahead for pork and beef producers.
Improvements in genetics, management practices and technology are working together to produce higher fed cattle weights and increased carcass quality.
A new study is helping researchers determine where and how to battle ticks that can change a person’s life for the worse with one bite.
Motion-activated field cameras, GPS collars, wolf scat analysis and cattle tail hair samples are helping University of California, Davis, researchers shed new light on how an expanding and protected gray wolf population is affecting cattle operations, leading to millions of dollars in losses.
Oklahoma State University multidisciplinary scientists are teaming up to research how cover crops can improve the environmental impacts of cattle foraging.
Livestock producers say thanks to veterinarians for being valued members of their team.
Importers from Japan toured ranches, feedyards and processing facilities in Idaho and Kansas to learn more about the industry.
The fed cattle market was sharply higher last week with a $4.29/cwt. upward move.
Farmshare helps connect producers more directly with end buyers in the market by way of independent processing facilities.
Trade is important to the U.S. beef industry — both exports and imports.
With four companies controlling 85% of the beef market and 67% of pork, four U.S. senators are seeking to beef up enforcement of anticompetitive practices in the meatpacking industry.
Beef exports higher to Korea and Canada while uncertainty looms for China
The Protein PACT unites stakeholders across the animal protein industry to accelerate progress toward global sustainable development goals, focusing on people, animals, communities and the environment.
Last week’s fed cattle trade was highlighted by sales late Friday that featured substantially higher prices as packer demand for spot market cattle pressed prices higher in all regions.