Industry
Short supplies of cattle and hogs are pushing prices upward at the sale barn and the supermarket.
Japan, the world’s largest pork importer, may accelerate tariff talks with Canada to increase pressure on the U.S. to ease demands for cuts in agricultural protection, the Asian nation’s biggest hog farmers group said.
Japan, the world’s largest pork buyer, will lower its tariff on pig meat shipments from Australia in a bilateral trade agreement that also reduces import duties on beef.
Record-high prices for U.S. beef burgers and pork chops are helping to make 2014 the most profitable year ever for chicken producers.
Cattle and beef prices are at record levels in every industry sector, from cow-calf to retail beef prices. These record prices are obviously supported by a very unusual set of supply and demand circumstances.
A $2 per cwt. decline in cash prices cut into cattle feeding margins last week while beef packing margins took a leap forward.
Cattle futures rose to a record as ranchers struggle to boost the U.S. herd from a 63-year low.
This year is definitely one that’s going to require a plan that drives your marketing moves. In addition to structure, flexibility is key to capture a run up in prices along the way.
The federal government has cited the Tyson Foods plant in Hutchinson, Kan. for safety violations after a worker’s hand was severed last summer.
Brucellosis is no longer on the list of causes of abortion for cattle and is not the public health scourge that it once was, but it is still a worry for livestock producers.
A Windsor, Colo. meat company is expanding a recall of meat and poultry that was produced in unsanitary conditions.
Hog futures rose the most in five months on signs that U.S. slaughtering plants are buying more animals as pork demand improves.
There are signs of improved demand for U.S. pork as supplies of animals tighten.
The European Union’s common agricultural policy will set the direction from 2014 to 2020 for farmers who produce 20% of the world’s wheat, milk and pork.
Eight associations seek to delay the implementation of the proposed country-of-origin labeling rule until the WTO determines compliance.
The new video Is part of continuing Glass Walls Project to increase transparency in the meat and poultry industry.
The American Society of Animal Science says a recent report blaming antibiotic use in food animals for the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria overlooks important facts.
Japan opens beef trade; conversely, trade barriers and other obstacles seem to be emerging at a rather alarming rate in 2013.
Labeling would require the origin designations to include information about where each of the production steps occurred.
The first month of 2013 offered a mix of good news and challenges for exports of U.S. beef and pork during January
Cattle futures gained for the sixth time in seven sessions on signs of increasing demand for beef in the U.S. as meatpacking plants process fewer animals.
Higher feed costs and lower herd numbers are primary factors.
U.S. pork exports for the first 11 months of 2012 continued to exceed the record-setting pace of 2011.
For drought-forced livestock income, there is help in the form of income deferment and averaging.
The forecast for 2013 red meat and poultry production is reduced from last month as lower pork production more than offsets higher beef production.
The forecast for 2013 red meat and poultry production is reduced from last month, largely reflecting lower beef and pork production.
U.S. pork exports in September were steady with last year’s volume, while beef exports were well below a year ago, says the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
Higher pork and poultry production more than offset lower beef production.
Despite a continued slump in U.S. red meat export volume, the value of beef and pork exports remained slightly ahead of 2011.