U.S. Department of Agriculture
The average weight of cattle slaughtered in the United States is increasing in 2014, as rising prices for cattle and beef, coupled with declining feed costs, have induced growers to feed cattle for longer periods.
Less beef production but prices should continue to rise, according to USDA.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking input from the public to guide its development of a new industry-funded promotion, research and information order (also known as a “checkoff program”) for beef and beef products.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Texas company is recalling nearly 91,000 pounds of ground beef products that might be contaminated with pieces of metal.
In USDA’s latest Cattle On Feed report, inventory numbers, placements and marketings all decreased July.
The USDA-AMS is seeking public input on possible revisions to the U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef to adjust for recent improvements and trends in animal raising and feeding.
Corbitt Wall of USDA Market News gives this week’s Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary for the week ending July 18.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Markets News gives the feeder and stocker summery for the week ending June 27.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Markets News gives the weekly Stocker and Feeder Cattle Summary for the week ending June 13.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Market News gives the weekly Stocker and Feeder Cattle Summary for the week ending June 6.
Mexico expands imports as Vilsack joins Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Mexico City.
Federal food safety officials say ground beef recalled by a Detroit business may have been sent to stores in 10 states.
Corbitt Wall gives the weekly USDA Feeder and Cattle Summary for the week ending May 23.
Selecting the right USDA grade of beef for your dish will help guarantee culinary success.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Market News gives the weekly feeder and stocker cattle summary for the week ending May 16.
Corbitt Wall with USDA Market News gives the weekly Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary for the week ending May 2.
Corbitt Wall with USDA gives the weekly Feeder and Stocker Cattle Summary for the week ending April 18.
More than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations focusing on expanding exports – including the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) – were awarded funds by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Corbitt Wall with USDA Market News gives the Weekly Feeder and Stocker Weekly Summary for the week ending April 11.
Federal officials have approved a Northern California company’s plans to take over a shuttered slaughterhouse that was at the center of a major beef recall.
Corbitt Wall gave the weekly USDA National Feeder Cattle Summary for the week ending March 14.
Corbitt Wall gives the Feeder and Stocker Cattle summary for the week ending February 28.
USDA’s annual cattle inventory report confirmed what the industry had been suspecting for the past year — another year of contraction.
Corbitt Wall gave the weekly USDA Feeder and Stocker Cattle summary for the week ending Feb. 21.
Corbitt Wall gives the weekly USDA Feeder and Stocker Cattle Market summary. Demand is pretty good and with tight supplies it could get wild.
A North Dakota company has recalled more than a ton of beef franks due to misbranding.
A Northern California company has recalled more than 40,000 pounds of beef products because it was produced without a full federal inspection.
U.S. Cattle on Feed report shows cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the U.S. for feedlots with steady domestic beef demand.
Even with USDA’s higher forecast of 2013 beef production, lower expected corn yields and higher prices continue to stem growth in the U.S. beef herd.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Scott George, a dairy and beef producer from Cody, Wyo., tells why.