
USDA Pushes Paraguayan Beef Imports
If Paraguayan beef is allowed into the U.S., some estimates point to producers here losing $12 million to $23 million annually.
Oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange and Brent crude traded on the Intercontinental Exchange pulled back early Tuesday.
The week of June 4 we'll be watching continued details on the debt ceiling package and prepare for the latest WASDE report. These are just some...
Auctions are a unique rite of passage. Blogger Jennifer Campbell shares her reflections on this time-honored tradition.
Victoria Myers is an award-winning agricultural journalist, on The Progressive Farmer Magazine's editorial staff since 1989, when she was hired as the cotton editor. Since that time she has diversified into several coverage areas, including: conservation, extra income, farmland values and cattle. She coordinates and writes for the magazine's Cattlelink section, is responsible for content in the weekly Cattlelink e-newsletter and helps supply DTN with some of its livestock articles. Myers is based in Birmingham, Alabama.
If Paraguayan beef is allowed into the U.S., some estimates point to producers here losing $12 million to $23 million annually.
Once a beef calf hits the ground, the clock is ticking. What happens, or doesn't happen, as each hour passes will determine, to a large extent, whether that calf thrives. Here are some tips on what you can do from the first few...
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Key industry groups for cattle producers are taking opposing positions on the PRIME Act, which some believe would encourage more local processors and more market competition and others see as a threat to food safety.
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USDA continues to put financial resources behind new processors. Here are a few of them.
The long-term outlook for cattle prices is expected to stay strong into 2025.
Landwatch Recent Farmland Sales
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The percentage of graded prime beef is now at 10%, continuing its drop as beef supplies tighten overall.
Cattle producers want to take a larger share of beef's retail price by going direct to their loyal consumers.
Of the estimated 2,002,700 farm operations USDA reported existed at the end of 2022, 50.8% had sales under $10,000 for the year.
The Texas State Fire Marshal's Office reported the fire at South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt that killed some 18,000 cows was accidental, but further investigation into equipment failure continues.
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For cattle producers losing cattle under recent severe spring blizzard conditions, it's important to document losses and be timely in filing for loss payments.
The CFTC charged that Dichao Xie used inside information from his employer in personal trades on feeder cattle futures and options.
Online cooks encouraging people to wash their ground beef before cooking it are being called out for spreading bad information.
Cattle producers want to take a larger share of beef's retail price by going direct to their loyal consumers.
Four new studies from Cotton Incorporated update use strategies and data for feeding cotton byproduct to cattle, including the effect whole cottonseed may have on bull fertility.
Producers with poor-quality hay must weigh the costs of supplementing against the challenges of poor breed-back in the cow herd.
The label would be voluntary, but a new proposal from USDA would require that meat and egg products labeled as "Product of USA" or "Made in the USA" are from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the U.S.