Beef - General
Peer Ederer will present K-State’s prestigious Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture on Oct. 7.
The summer slump has cut average industry cattle feeding margins by a third yet profits remain historically large. Pork margins also retreat from recent highs.
Sign-ups are now open for the 2024 College Aggies Online Scholarship Program Last year, $20,000 in scholarships were awarded.
The K-State Meat Demand Monitor evaluates how consumers prepare beef steaks, pork chops and chicken breasts.
Softer prices were the norm following the holiday and cattle feeding margins declined 18% on a $2 per cwt. fed cattle retreat.
Despite shifting sentiment on immigration, demographic trends will necessitate a moderate path on immigration.
The Biden-Harris Administration invests $110 Million through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) and the Local Meat Capacity (Local MCap) Grant Program.
The company has been cutting back on meat purchases and has made efforts to return to profitability by shuttering chicken, beef and pork plants, as well as laying off corporate employees.
Exports of U.S. beef and pork continue strong despite headwinds in select foreign markets.
A rally in cash cattle prices lifted cattle feeding margins more than $100 per head and left packers mired in red ink. Pork margins have held firm in the mid-$40s for six weeks.
The Meat Institute says the proposed rule change to the Packers and Stockyards Act is attempting to set meat production back by encouraging litigation and limiting how livestock producers can market animals to packers.
New proposed USDA rule will better protect farmers, ranchers, and other covered market participants by making clearer how prohibitions on unfair practices will be enforced under the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Communication between one generation to another can seem like talking a different language. “I suggest you approach looking at another generation with curiosity rather than judgment,” says Kim Lear of Inlay Insights.
Stress is a factor in most professions, but particularly for veterinarians and especially for those just beginning their careers. Here’s what to look for, and what to do about it, as the profession responds.
Mexico’s chief NAFTA negotiator and Canada’s top agricultural official say their countries remain committed to completing the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations.
The Livestock Subtitle of the bill creates a National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures bank, but no funds were earmarked for the vaccine bank.
Hit hard by retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and China, the U.S. pork industry suffered a horrific July, and the spillover is likely to affect beef.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., issued the following statement on efforts to advance antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings.
Three universities will partner to lead a new national institute on antimicrobial resistance.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has prepared an initial assessment of the potential U.S. pork and beef industry losses that could result from Japan’s participation in these agreements.
The need for livestock protection increases as overseas disease threats continue to emerge.
How are you showing up on the farm? Do your actions meet up with your goals? Rena Striegel, a farm succession planning consultant, encourages the next generation of on-farm leaders to do some self-reflection.
Little change was found for livestock feeders last week as near identical week-to-week market prices held margins solidly in the black. Beef packers saw modest improvement with higher wholesale beef prices.
“If handled improperly, transition events can be the death of your business. Or it can strengthen your business and clearly outline who you are and where you want to go,” says Dick Wittman.
Formulating your farm’s succession plan is likely not a straight line. Polly Dobbs, an Indiana attorney who is part of a seven-generation farm family, says it’s important to stay focused on your end goals.
We asked previous awardees of the Top Producer Next Gen Award to reflect on lessons they’ve experienced in business and management.
April pork exports reached the highest volume and value since May 2021, while beef exports were the largest in 10 months and valued at just under $900 million.
After briefly exceeding $400 per head, cattle feeding margins tumbled $75 last week, but the balance didn’t go to the packer as their losses increased. Pork margins held firm.
New polling shows majority of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents support legislation mandating “lab-grown meat” labeling and other restrictions.