Beef - General
NCBA announces its “75% plan,” a regional approach to improve cattle market price discovery without mandating participation by producers or packers.
The House Ag Committee passed the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 by unanimous vote on Thursday. Supporters say the act would give greater transparency to cattle markets and more leverage to producers.
The dollars tagged for such purposes are part of the Build Back Better program, the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief plan.
The bonus is intended to encourage employees to get inoculations, after thousands of U.S. meatpacking workers became infected with the coronavirus last year.
Who should be telling the story of agriculture? The Shark Farmer says it may not be who you first think.
Cheyenne, Wyoming’s mayor fueled speculation about possible relocation of the Western Legacy beef packing project with his comments in a weekly column in Wyoming media.
Once operational in late 2024, American Foods Group’s new beef facility in Warren County, Missouri, will process 2,400 head of cattle per day.
Welcome to a festering landowner-hunter conflict and a lawsuit launched by rural property owners against the state. If persistent hunting dog encroachment affects a farming operation, is compensation in order?
Pollinators placed on international conservation organization’s Red List as endangered. Habitat loss, climate change, pesticides and disease were cited as some of the major factors in the species’ decline.
The House recently passed the Lower Food and Fuels Cost Act which includes a special USDA investigator. However, there’s divide on if this is the right approach to restoring competition in the cattle market.