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Monthly fed cattle net returns have been negative since December 2014. A few months ago, it appeared that we would climb above breakeven this spring. However, that was before the recent drop in fed cattle prices.
Less beef was shipped to Mexico, Canada and Philippines than last year.
Tyson Foods Inc. has announced a proposal to build a new processing facility near its existing poultry plant in Green Forest, Ark.
Pork got top billing this week in grocery stores with Easter hams selling better than beef.
Attorneys for imprisoned kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin say they have found “overwhelming evidence” of prosecutorial misconduct that proves his 27-year prison sentence for money laundering is too harsh.
A yearling calf that escaped from a Butte, Mont. meat-packing plant had a brief taste of freedom before being shot as it made a break for the Interstate.
Kansas Gov. Brownback performs ceremonial ribbon cutting for the nearly $50 million investment.
Since the turn of the calendar, feeder cattle futures have been mainly trading sideways except for Thursday when the market moved the limit lower.
The stock market is off to a dismal start in 2016. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of a weakening economy.
The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry.
Fed cattle prices are higher for the second week in a row.
The futures market is showing signs of finding a bottom but nothing is guaranteed.
Today, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) arbitration panel announced its final ruling that the United States’ Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for livestock and meat imports have cost our trading partners over $1 billion dollars.
There are very few positives if any at all with regard to cattle and beef markets.
The choice retail beef price declined for the fourth consecutive month to $6.23 per pound in September.
A discussion on the successes, challenges, and areas for continued improvement of cattle handling throughout meat processing plants.
Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC experienced a record year of growth during fiscal year 2015 with 51.2 million lb. of product sold — a 2% increase compared to the previous year’s total.
Reason and logic in a normal year would indicate prices are near the bottom, but the market could continue to act contra-seasonally and dip further.
Fed cattle prices were sharply lower this week on good volume.
The September USDA Cold Storage report said there is a lot of frozen meat in the country.
Market prices for fed cattle in 2015 are headed in exactly the opposite direction of where they were headed the fall of 2014.
A company that markets food products to observant Muslims is expected to plead guilty to its role in exporting misbranded meat products.
Details of a chicken killing spree come to light in a crime that looks to be retaliation for a payment program pitting farmer against farmer in an effort to stay profitable in the poultry business.
Feedlot placements and marketings slide, while the WTO rules against COOL for a fourth time.
Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. chicken processor, said the primary effect of the current avian influenza outbreak has been lost export sales and that the company can cope with the resulting change in poultry supplies.
The April Cattle on Feed report said placements into large feedlots during March were up 0.4% and marketings were down 1.7% compared to March 2014.
Hamburger demand has kept lean beef prices up, it has also kept cull cow and bull prices on the increase.
The average price of fresh beef in grocery stores was a record $6.079 per pound during March. That was up 6.2 cents from the previous record set the month before.
Beef imports are up, while exports of beef are down.