Source: USDA
The 2024 beef production forecast is adjusted slightly higher, on reported slaughter data through early September. The latest slaughter data point to heavier-than-previously-expected carcass weights and slight adjustments to the cattle slaughter mix. The 2025 beef production forecast...
A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused agricultural giants Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta, and others of conspiring with wholesalers and retailers to fix seed and crop protection chemical prices, allegedly causing farmers to pay more. U.S. District Judge...
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation news release
For more than 40 years, Farm Bureau has asked every presidential candidate to provide responses to issues likely to impact and affect farmers and ranchers and rural communities in the next 4 years....
Source: Beef Board news release
The Cattlemen's Beef Board (CBB) will invest approximately $38 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing, and producer communications during fiscal 2025, subject to USDA approval.
In action at the...
Source: USDA news release
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the availability of an updated guideline that makes recommendations to strengthen the documentation that supports animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat or poultry product labeling. Today's action builds...
A federal grand jury in Charlotte has indicted Clint Clifford Sicking, 40, from Muenster, Texas, for his involvement in a $780,000 livestock theft scheme, as announced by U.S. Attorney Dena J. King for the Western District of North Carolina.
The...
Source: American Feed Industry Association (AFIA)
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The AFIA released its “Our Industry, Our Promise,” report, offering a detailed overview of the U.S. animal feed and pet food industry's contributions to both the national and global economies, while highlighting...
Source: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA)
Leaders of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) issued statements in response to news of the indictment of Charles and Heather Maude, multi-generational family ranchers in western South Dakota,...
Source: National Cattlemen's Beef Association news release
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is reminding cattle producers to consult with their tax attorneys regarding the Corporate Transparency Act, with key deadlines approaching at the end of 2024. NCBA's grassroots members...
Two North Dakota couples, CJ and Calli Thorne, and their neighbors Luke and Courtney Taylor, have recently acquired Yellowstone River Beef in Williston, North Dakota. The acquisition of the USDA-inspected facility was finalized in May.
Yellowstone River Beef, located at...
