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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association comments on Merck Animal Health’s response to Tyson’s ban of Zilmax-fed cattle.
Merck Animal Heath will suspend sales of Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada, while the beta-agnostic feed additive is under additional scientific audit after Tyson issued a ban on purchasing Zilmax-fed cattle.
A large Canadian beef recall has spread to several hundred U.S. supermarkets.
The “Meat MythCrushers” campaign is an effort to crush some of the more popular myths associated today with meat and poultry.
Steve Kay, of Cattle Buyer’'s Weekly, says today’s reports can be regarded as slighly positive.
With the passing of Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer upon us, sellers of highly marbled, finished cattle are wondering where the demand is.
JBS USA will spend $95 million to expand its Grand Island, NE, beef production facility.
Cash cattle prices have declined for several weeks, and the looming question for feeders this week is if $115 is the bottom?
Feedyards only saw one active packer bidding on cattle in the south last week.
The basis will need to continue to narrow for feedyards to see significant cash cattle price improvement.
Cattle prices are derived from the total value that consumers place on beef products.
One of the interesting notes in the cattle market over the last year has been the relatively low level of steer slaughter.
Last week brought continued pressure on the cash fed cattle market in all regions, and the result was prices $3 to $4 per cwt. lower.
The U.S. beef industry has evolved significantly over the past five years with a consumer-driven emphasis on value-added products.
This week’s market promises to be interesting as feeders must decide how they want to trade now that the cash-futures basis is more favorable to feeders.
A federal class action lawsuit was filed against America’s four largest beef packers alleging a price-fixing scheme that dates back to 2015.
The University of Idaho will build a new meat science and innovation center on its Moscow campus.
E. coli is responsible for forcing a recall on ground beef sold to restaurants primarily in the southeast and it could be related to a larger outbreak that has sickened 156 people in 10 states.
R-CALF USA has filed a class action lawsuit against America’s four largest packing companies claiming their actions since 2015 have depressed prices paid to ranchers.
Cash fed cattle prices finally turned higher in the south, following in the steps of the north to add $2 per cwt to the cash market.
Burger King is starting a pilot project in 59 restaurants to start selling a plant-based Whopper and if successful the Impossible Whopper could be found in more than 7,000 locations nationwide.
A recall has been announced by JBS and USDA after more than 43,000 lb. of ground beef was found to be possibly contaminated by extraneous materials, specifically, pieces of hard plastic.
Cash cattle trade was like a roller coaster ride with disappointing downs, and faith restoring gains for the north.
The downward movement in the market feels like it should be short lived, but is dependent on how willing producers are to fight for a price.
A softer cash fed cattle market leaves cattlemen wondering if the spring highs are in for 2019.
The south Texas beef packer formerly known as Kane Beef has reopened under the name of STX Beef.
DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.
Size matters for producers as smaller birds mean bigger profit and fast-food demand for small birds is helping prop up margins.
While COVID-19 infections spiked at Tyson’s Waterloo, Iowa, plant, supervisors allegedly placed bets on how many workers would become infected. Tyson CEO Dean Banks suspended the managers and announced an investigation.
When a plant increases operational capacity, there is an increase in total industry capacity which in turn has economic ramifications through the cattle cycle as the inventory is expanded or liquidated.