09/08/2010 08:21AM
Bill Bullard of R-CALF USA discusses potential impacts of the proposed GIPSA rules on the US cattle industry.
09/08/2010 07:37AM
A survey of cattle-industry leaders suggests the average price for cash cattle will decrease $0.41 to 96.12 this week.
08/31/2010 08:33AM
A survey of cattle-industry leaders suggests the average price for cash cattle will decrease $0.89 to 98.16 this week.
08/31/2010 07:44AM
The folks at FSIS issued a recall, one of the oddest in my extensive memory of these things and I can remember all the way back to the Hudson incident – 25 million pounds of ground beef patties produced during the summer of 1997. I’m trying to figure out why they even bothered.
08/30/2010 10:50AM
Many sectors of the agriculture industry, especially animal agriculture, felt the effects of the recession before other sectors of the economy. As a result, the ag industry responded by cutting herds back and letting oversupply to flow through the marketplace.
08/26/2010 01:42PM
Agreements are in place to pay all but one of the mechanic's liens listed in a civil lawsuit against Northern Beef Packers.
08/25/2010 02:46PM
While HSUS President Wayne Pacelle may have struck a more conciliatory tone in his remarks to the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, Dr. Jerry Lahmers thinks the end goal of HSUS remains the same. And he says the board will not be swayed by that agenda.
08/23/2010 07:41AM
A runaway cow that wandered Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhoods and sections of the South Mountain Preserve for eight weeks is calling attention to Arizona's Open Range Law.
08/16/2010 09:25PM
According to the USDA's latest Crop Progress report, the U.S. corn crop is in generally good condition as harvest season inches closer.
08/16/2010 03:58PM
According to Reuters Brazil's JBS SA posted a 97 percent drop in second quarter profits. The company still netted $3.7 million reais ($2.09 million).
JBS' figures now incorporate the results from the Pilgrim's Pride acquisition.