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Profitability for cattle producers – especially the cow-calf operator – is expected to improve to levels the industry hasn’t seen since 2013-15, according to CattleFax CEO Randy Blach.
On Oct. 4, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on the EPA to pause their Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sackett v. EPA, a case that will determine the EPA’s authority to regulate bodies of water under the Clean Water Act.
It’s sometimes easy, occupied as we are with the success of our own patch of ground, to remember just how vast and interconnected the beef industry is.
As a calf roper on the high school rodeo team in the early aughts, I used to scoff at other teenagers’ inability to throw a calf on the end of a rope. Countless kids would throw a beautiful loop, dismount gracefully, jet down the rope, and … struggle. “Hapless” is the word that comes to mind.
American Foods Group LLC is opening a new state-of-the-art beef processing facility in Warren County, Missouri, that is expected to generate $1 billion in annual economic impact in the state of Missouri.
Walmart announced on Aug. 31 that it had signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Sustainable Beef LLC, a rancher-owned company based in North Platte, Nebraska.
View a map that includes facilities announced to process 500 head or more. Smaller planned facilities were not included.
The online dates noted are the last known or publicized completion date for these projects.
Producers and state cattle organizations continued work within a key committee of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association to address major points on market transparency and price discovery.
The USDA announced Oct. 4 an additional $100 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to help private lending for the expansion of meat and processing capacity, in addition to other food supply chain infrastructure.
On Sunday, May 30, JBS Foods, the world’s largest meatpacker, was the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the closure of nine of its plants in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 1.
