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Prime Beef Production Keeps Climbing
Southeast Regional Ag News
Recent grading data show Prime beef outpacing Select by more than two-to-one.
R-CALF Farm Bill Priorities
Line on Agriculture
R-CALF USA, led by CEO Bill Bullard, is advocating for specific measures in the farm bill currently under Senate review. Key points include the need to revise a cattle procurement tool that allows meat packers to manipulate prices through unpriced formula contracts, which removes cattle from competitive price discovery markets
More Cattle Coming In, Less Cattle Leaving Feedlots
Line on Agriculture
Dry conditions are pushing more cattle into feedlots, which is up 2% versus a year ago.
More Beef Imports Could Shift Markets
California Ag Today
A proposed policy change is drawing concern from ranchers across rural America.
Southeast Cattle Producers Watch Beef Import Debate
Southeast Regional Ag News
Ranchers across the region are monitoring possible changes to U.S. beef import policy.
The Growing Role of Imported Beef
Southeast Regional Ag News
As U.S. production declines, global supply is stepping in to support ground beef demand.
A Global Story Behind Every Burger
California Ag Today
Increasing beef imports are playing a key role in maintaining U.S. ground beef availability.
Pressure Builds on Beef Packers
California Ag Today
New insights show how limited cattle supplies are forcing gradual but significant industry changes.
Fewer Cattle, Big Consequences
Southeast Regional Ag News
A new newsletter from Derrell Peel explains how shrinking herd sizes are forcing changes in beef packing capacity.
Analyzing Cattle Depreciation
Line on Agriculture
Buying a high-priced cow means looking at the long term valuation of her life and the depreciation that can occur.
WASDE: Elevated Corn Use Strains Feed Supply as Mexican Border Closure Clouds U.S. Cattle Outlook
Line on Agriculture
The USDA's latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report shows elevated numbers amid uncertainty about future demand. One market analyst notes that the U.S. is currently feeding 525 million more bushels of corn than last year, but this is unsustainable due to the Mexican border shutdown.
Catttle Market Protections
Line on Agriculture
The cattle industry is facing a "perfect storm" of high prices, low cattle herd inventory, and external threats like the New World screwworm.
Cattle Markets Volatile Reaction
Line on Agriculture
Why the cattle market's overreaction to the POTUS's indicates a broken system, suggesting it is too thin and overly sensitive to rumors and statements.
Part 1: Cattle Group Supports POTUS Cattle Packer Probe
Line on Agriculture
R-CALF USA highlighted a longstanding issue where cattle prices have not reflected beef prices, with cattle prices falling from 2021 while beef prices hit records.
Cattle Market Sensitivity
Line on Agriculture
The Trump administration's comments on lowering consumer beef prices have caused significant volatility in the cattle markets, according to R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard.
Managing Cattle Market Emotions
Line on Agriculture
The emotional impact of cattle market fluctuations on producers, particularly those who sell annually.
Long Last High Beef Prices Come With A Cost to Producers
Line on Agriculture
When and if the consumer becomes priced out of the beef market, it will take a lot of time and money to bring them back to beef, according to one state beef industry leader.
Trump’s Beef Import Proposal Rattles U.S. Cattle Markets
Southeast Regional Ag News
Farm leaders warn that importing beef from Argentina could undercut prices and threaten one of the few stable sectors in the American farm economy.
Record Beef Prices Squeeze Herd Expansion
California Ag Today
High prices may boost profits today, but they are also making it harder for the next generation of ranchers to enter and grow in the cattle industry.
Cattle Industry Signals
Line on Agriculture
The latest USDA cattle on feed report was below expectations