Livestock
U.S. pork exports are trailing last year’s record setting pace.
The small village of Cooperstown is arguably the most important place to travel for fans of one sport. How did it become such a draw? It all goes back to one man’s cow pasture...
According to the Office of the USTR, the safeguard will allow U.S. exporters to meet Japan’s growing demand for high-quality beef while minimizing the odds that Japan will increase tariffs.
An 8,000-head per day state-of-the-art beef processing facility utilizing robotics and other high-tech features was announced in Rapid City last week. Groundbreaking would be as early as next year.
Memorial Day weekend is known as the unofficial kickoff to grilling season. Even with the push to more plant-based proteins, meat is still in high demand. Millennials are one of the largest groups of meat eaters.
The recovery from this year’s high path avian influenza outbreak is taking place much quicker than in 2015, despite the fact that the virus is more virulent.
Gas prices are above $4 a gallon in every state for the first time ever, and with the average price of gasoline posting another new record Thursday, it’s causing shoppers to alter their appetites at the grocery store.
This year’s return of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been devastating for the industry but there are many differences from the 2015 outbreak.
Kansas State research looks at dosage and timing of iron injections in order to maximize pig growth.
The case occurred in a person who had direct exposure to poultry and was involved in the culling process of poultry with presumptive H5N1 bird flu, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking panel member reveals he had ‘spirited conversations’ and ‘unsuccessfully attempted to secure the expert opinion of the Office of the Chief Economist on S 4030.’
North Dakota’s weather took a sharp turn with a blizzard Easter week. With multiple blizzard making it though for ranchers, and then heavy rain that fell this past weekend, portions of North Dakota are seeing flooding.
Higher prices at the grocery store don’t seem to be causing consumers to veer away from the meat counter. Robust meat demand abroad is also setting sail, despite inflation and shipping struggles.
The Senate Ag Committee will hold a hearing this week on a revised bill that proposes to establish a regional mandatory minimum threshold for the percentage of cattle purchased under negotiated grid or pricing terms.
Beef producers are always looking for an efficient steer to feed. Perhaps none was better than a calf raised near Kokomo, Ind.
High winds and eerily dry conditions across Kansas and the Southern Plains have created what’s been a battleground for continuous wildfires this year, as the fires are robbing some ranchers of vital grass.
Central North Dakota seems to be the bullseye for the blizzard, with forecasts showing that area could see more than two feet of snow, along with winds that could cause white-out conditions.
Groups are calling on USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to recall any antibioitic-positive beef that was destined for USDA-approved “raised without antibiotics” labeling programs.
Cases in commercial poultry operations and backyard flocks are mounting across the U.S., a result of infected droppings from migrating birds. The USDA says there are no immediate human health concerns.
USDA says the launch of the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) will address increases in supplemental feed costs in 2021. Phase 1 of the payments is expected to total $577 million.
Easter egg supplies could be at risk due to the expanding outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Jury deadlocks over price-fixing, bid-rigging allegations by poultry executives. Prosecutors suggest a third trial but the U.S. District judge wants a explanation from the head of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division first.
U.S. and Japanese officials announced an agreement allowing American producers to meet Japan’s growing demand for U.S. beef while lowering the risk of Japan imposing higher tariffs in the future.
Selected as Grand Champion Jr. Market Steer from a field of 1,750, Vanilla Ice sold for a record $1 million at the 90th Anniversary of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has now been confirmed in Iowa, Kansas and Illinois.
On this episode of “American Countryside,” host Andrew McCrea travels to the place where the piggy bank was born.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture employee was paid to allow tick infested and diseased cattle to enter the country, according to an indictment filed in a Laredo federal court last week.
Based on the National Weather Service North Central River Forecast Center’s latest forecast, there is a 90% chance that the Red River will exceed the major flood stage this spring.
Nobody alive today has seen weather this dry in Northern California during January and February, normally the two wettest months of the year. That’s a dramatic turnaround from record snowfall in December.
Cash cattle saw average prices move slightly higher for the week while CME futures tumbled lower. USDA’s reported cattle on feed February 1 inventory was the highest for that month in the series going back to 1996.