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A highly concentrated beef market has meant higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers in the Midwest and Great Plains want a new option by organizing their own processing plants.
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The weather event that killed thousands of cattle in southwest Kansas last month was a rare combination of extreme factors. But it highlights the ongoing risk that heat stress poses for cattle, especially as climate change pushes temperatures higher.
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The wide ranging plan is entirely voluntary, but leaders say they have buy-in and each of the action items are economically feasible without drastic changes to beef prices or profits for producers, processors and retailers.
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Beef prices are rising at the grocery store, but Iowa cattle producers aren’t getting what they feel their cattle are worth from meatpackers. So they're hoping bipartisan bills in Congress will get them more leverage.
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With grilling season coming, meat eaters in the United States may be treated to slightly lower prices.Many factors contribute to the price consumers pay…
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People are eating a lot of meat, both in the U.S. and around the world, and that could be good news for the cattle sector in 2020. Things are looking up…
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Beef cattle ranchers are getting wise to the science of genetics.
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It has been a rough few months for the world’s largest meat company. Known for its rapid expansion across the globe, Brazil-based meatpacking giant JBS...
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A case of mad cow disease has been found in a cow in Alabama. U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists confirmed Tuesday that an 11-year-old cow found...
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President Trump made campaign promises to pull the U.S. out of big international trade deals and focus instead on one-on-one agreements with other...