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The November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) showed this month’s 2025-26 U.S. corn outlook is for increases in supply, exports and ending stocks. Total supply is 144 million bushels higher as larger beginning stocks are partially offset by lower production.
Mexico’s minister of agriculture said there is no set timeline for reopening the border to the U.S. for live cattle shipments due to the continuing fight to control New World screwworm. Officials had hoped an estimated goal would emerge for live cattle imports to resume.
Officials for the Trump administration launched a new initiative Wednesday to build and prioritize key actions in the beef cattle ranching industries to protect ranchers’ “critical role in the national security of the United States.”
A growing number of Republican senators jumped into the fray assailing President Donald Trump’s plan to import beef from Argentina, expressing similar concerns to cattlemen groups that the plan interferes with market dynamics now favoring beef producers.
A new push by President Donald Trump to import beef from Argentina, on the heels of a controversial deal to send $20 billion in aid to that country, has raised serious concerns among U.S. beef producers.
Starting in late July and throughout August, weekly cattle slaughter slowed seasonally but to levels that were the lowest since 2015. Adjusting for one fewer slaughter days in 2025, August saw a 10% decline in cattle slaughter, the largest year-over-year decline for any month in 2025.
The September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) showed this month’s 2025-26 U.S. corn outlook is for greater supplies, larger exports and a slight reduction in ending stocks. Projected beginning stocks for 2025-26 are 20 million bushels higher based on a lower use forecast for 2024-25, with reductions in imports and corn used for ethanol partially offset by an increase in exports.
On July 25, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its biannual Cattle report. The previous July edition of the report was released in 2023, as the July Cattle report was not conducted in 2024. According to the report, on July 1, 2025, all cattle and calves were estimated at 94.2 million head, down 1.2 million head, or 1.3%, from July 1, 2023.
