National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) reports:
San Antonio, Texas, will host CattleCon 2025, the largest cattle industry event in the country, Feb. 4-6, 2025. Thousands of cattlemen and women will gather to learn, conduct business, network and have fun.
San Antonio...
Source: CoBank news release
The U.S. beef cow herd reached its lowest level in decades this summer as prolonged drought conditions in major cattle producing regions led producers to aggressively cull their herds. The sharp reduction in beef cow numbers...
Source: National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) news release
Today, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo--a decision that reins in the legal concept of Chevron deference and reduces...
Source: USDA news release
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the launch of the Distressed Borrowers Assistance Network, an initiative designed to provide personalized support to financially distressed farmers and ranchers across the nation. Through a series of...
Source: USDA
See the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report.
Summary
Beef/Cattle: A temporal shift of cattle slaughter from early to late 2024, as well as higher expected fed cattle weights, helped boost the beef production forecast by 130 million pounds...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Sackett family in Sackett v. EPA - the court's most recent consideration of which features are subject to federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction. In its holding, the...
The detection of New World screwworm in Mexico has significantly impacted the U.S. cattle industry, prompting the USDA to pause live cattle imports from Mexico. Efforts are underway to establish a pre-clearance program to safely resume trade.
The proposed program...
Source: Purdue University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million for research on health issues in cattle and swine. The projects are among $13 million in investments...
Source: National Cattlemen's Beef Association news release
Leading national and state cattle industry organizations have announced their support for the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act
introduced by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Joni Ernst...
Several factors may explain why cattle markets have not reached new record highs recently. From January through August, beef imports increased by 20.87% (523.7 million pounds), with South American suppliers, particularly Brazil, finding it economically viable to pay U.S....
