AgWeb

Unpacking the Beef: Report Clarifies Cattle Market Realities, Packer Challenges & Trade Tensions

Cattle producers are enjoying record prices, while beef packers are suffering under negative margins. The shortage of ...
KCUR

Walmart opened its own beef plant in Kansas, tightening grip on the nation's supply chain

The beef processing plant in Olathe, Kansas, marked a turning point for Walmart. But ranchers and agricultural experts warn ...
KELOLAND News

‘We have such a brittle system’: Cattle producers react to President Biden’s $1 billion announcement to expand meat processing

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Ethan Lane is not a former rancher. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota cattle producers, Gov. Kristi Noem and President Joe ...
MEAT+POULTRY

Ag Secretary rolls out new cattle plan following beef pricing discussions

WASHINGTON — Following President Trump’s recent comments about the United States possibly importing more beef from Argentina, ...
Agri-Pulse

Beefpacking expansion plans surge even as cattle numbers drop

A proposed 8,000-head-per-day beef processing facility in South Dakota is joining a packed roster of planned and existing plants that could be forced to compete for shrinking cattle inventories in the ...
CBS7 on MSN

Cattle supply hits 70-year low, local ranchers weigh in

M IDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Across the United States, all food prices are trending upward, but none more noticeably than beef.

Americans see record-high beef prices as cattle ranchers see Trump turn on them | Opinion

The cost of beef has skyrocketed and President Donald Trump has made American cattle ranchers hoof-stomping mad with policies ...
In These Times

Oklahoma Tribes Are Fighting Corporate Consolidation of the Cattle Industry—and Building Food Sovereignty

HOMINY, OKLA.— Cole McKinney leapt onto the edge of a metal fence and began banging its side, trying to spook a nearly 700-pound bison into turning around inside its pen. But the bison repeatedly ...
Main Line

Beef prices, processing need changes

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in early June sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture committees to address areas of concern in the cattle and beef industry. The association ...
AgWeb

Carving Out Convenience: Young Cattle Producer Serves Up Success With Vending Machine of Meat

Walk into the Green Grass Cattle Company & Mercantile in Weston, Mo., and you’re immediately greeted with a slice of nostalgia. From a recently acquired feed store, to a storefront featuring beef, ...
KMBC Kansas City

Cattle escape Valley Oaks Meat Processing Plant, two euthanized for in downtown Blue Springs

YOUR THURSDAY COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES BLUE SPRINGS POLICE SAY THREE STEERS ESCAPED A PROCESSING PLANT TODAY. THIS HAPPENED AT VALLEY OAK. JUST AFTER NOON THE CATTLE MADE THEIR WAY DOWN MAIN STREET ...
Iowa Public Radio

Planned Iowa Beef Processing Facility Brings Hope To Cattle Ranchers Who Face Market Challenges

Four big meatpackers control most of the beef slaughter. Farm groups say less market competition means lower prices for cattle. But new company Cattlemen’s Heritage plans to build a facility on the ...