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Kansas Sens. Moran and Marshall call for Department of Homeland Security coordination after unannounced federal enforcement shakes farms, packing plants and rural communities near Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal.
A lifelong livestock advocate shares the bitter irony of developing a red meat allergy on the family farm and her battle to regain a normal life.
Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity says wheat was adding geopolitical premium on Tuesday as peace talks failed over the weekend but the grain complex was also positioning ahead of the USDA reports.
Brad Kooima with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the presidential executive orders will not have any immediate impact on the cattle industry or the market.
A day before Trump paused tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of beef imports, WSJ reports he met privately with JBS co-owner Joesley Batista, tying the move to a firm under DOJ scrutiny as cattle producers push back.
Seeking to ease historic grocery inflation, the administration opens the doors to foreign beef, but the U.S. cattle industry says the move will hurt domestic herds. The announcement on Friday sent the futures markets lower.
From JBS Souderton’s $30 million value-added pivot to Tyson’s Nebraska shutdown, the processing sector is restructuring around high-efficiency plants, heavier carcasses and automated lines.
The reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 24 is expected to have a short-term impact on cattle markets, but analysts say the return of Mexican feeder cattle will not fundamentally change long-term supply.