Beef - General
More than 125 pork producers head to Washington, D.C. this week to lobby Congress on industry issues.
A new economic analysis estimates ongoing retaliatory tariffs imposed by countries on U.S. agricultural exports will cost Nebraska producers nearly $1 billion in 2019.
Five start-up food companies marketing cell-based/cultured meat, poultry and seafood have formed the Alliance for Meat, Poultry & Seafood Innovation (AMPS Innovation).
A federal class-action lawsuit filed in Baltimore alleges Perdue, Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride and 15 other poultry-processing giants conspired to suppress worker wages.
New research is questioning the healthfulness of consuming large amounts of highly processed food ingredients, with one European study’s data indicate a worrying trend of earlier mortality.
“There’s a lot of enthusiasm with the trade, with customers in Japan,” says Dan Halstrom, U.S. Meat Export Federation president and CEO.
Consumers used to want farmers to be local, healthy or safe, but a new word is topping the chart this year, according to a new global study by Cargill. In a word, consumers want farmers to be sustainable.
In evaluating any study alleging that eating meat will sicken and ultimately kill you, it’s critical to identify who’s doing the research and what biases they might harbor, consciously or otherwise.
The Office of Homeland Security protects America’s livestock from biodefense risks and animal diseases that could crush the U.S. economy.
One of summer’s — and insects’ — worst curses is the red meat allergy that can develop after getting bit by the Lone Star tick. But a new treatment finally offers some hope for sufferers.
A British high school student didn’t get a pass — literally — after writing that halal meat was ‘disgusting’ on a college admissions test. Was she an Islamophobe? No, just a diehard vegan.
Chinese officials on Friday announced increased tariffs on a host of U.S. agricultural goods, including a 10% increase on beef and pork.
KFC will offer Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken alternatives in an Atlanta store.
If you were to read the ingredient labels, you’d be surprised to see the similarities between the new wave of shamburgers and high-end dog food. Which one’s more nutritious? Tough to say.
A Missouri judge has placed a restraining order on Senate Bill 391 that prevents counties from imposing stricter regulations on large livestock farms than the state regulations.
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new proposal adjusts the rules around the amount of time truckers can drive their loads and the rest requirements between drives.
As if there aren’t enough books telling us how to live, where to work and what to eat, a 10-year-old tome with (literally) a hundred maxims on food and diets still gets traction. Why? Beats me.
Elanco Animal Health has agreed to buy Bayer’s veterinary drugs unit in a cash and stock deal valued at $7.6 billion.
This week the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is placing ads in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post highlighting many of the ingredients in fake bacon and fake sausage.
The Diemel brothers’ business was based in the dairy community of Bonduel, Wisc., and the community has rallied around the Diemel family.
The shameless partisans at PETA have made a living claiming that we must avoid all contact with animals — especially food animals. Here’s Exhibit No. 275 why that message is all wrong.
Those once-trendy first-gen veggie patties have been eclipsed by the newer alt-meat products eagerly lionized on social media. But predictions of the old school’s demise are highly exaggerated.
After sampling the vaunted Impossible Burger patty at a local restaurant, I must say: It’s good, not great; edible, not memorable; decent, if not delectable — but it retails at twice the price!
Tyson officials said Friday night’s fire caused “major damage,” but the company is working “as quickly as possible” to return its Holcomb, Kan., facility to operation.
The 4R Advocate awards recognize farmers and fertilizer retailers for their commitment to nutrient stewardship.
Media reports claimed a study from the United Nations suggested consumers should eat less meat in order to curb climate change, but one animal science experts say those reports are misleading.
Antitrust lawsuits against several large U.S. pork packers were dismissed on Thursday, while key court dates were set in the antitrust suits against beef packers.
A “large fire” Friday night (Aug. 9, 2019) closed the Tyson Foods beef facility at Holcomb, Kan., and the company said the plant will be closed indefinitely.
After a fire Friday night that closed its Holcomb, Kan., beef packing facility, Tyson Foods says it will continue to pay employees and utilize other sites in its network to keep the beef supply chain moving.
Monday’s CME cattle futures opened and locked limit lower in reaction to the news Tyson was forced to close its Holcomb, Kan., beef processing facility due to Friday night’s fire.