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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.
WASDE Report is Out and USDA Data Questioned
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report shows the 2025-26 U.S. corn outlook is for greater exports and lower ending stocks, and the USDA is facing doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders, and economists.
A Historic Split
California Ag Today
The dairy industry is producing near record volumes in 2026 while maintaining the smallest heifer pipeline since the late 1970s.
Sheep numbers.
Idaho Ag Today
Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service provides updates on inventories of sheep and goats.
Chicken Wings for Super Bowl and Bird Flu Warnings
The Agribusiness Update
While New England is known for clam chowder and Seattle for salmon tossing at fish markets, nothing is hotter than chicken wings for the Super Bowl.
US Sheep Inventory Down, Goat Inventory Up
Line on Agriculture
The National Agricultural Statistics Service has released updated figures for U.S. sheep, lamb, and goat inventories as of January 1, 2025.
US Cattle Inventories 2% Lower Than 2024
Line on Agriculture
The USDA's latest cattle on feed report indicates a tightening of cattle supplies in the U.S., with inventory levels 2% lower than last year. This is largely due to reduced cattle imports from Mexico, which have been halted due to concerns over foot-and-mouth disease.
Tariff Impact Strategy
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A recent report takes a look at tariffs and the impact on American agriculture for this year and next.
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.
U.S. Cattle Inventory Low and Higher Beef Prices Okay
The Agribusiness Update
The U.S. cattle inventory is historically low, and that trend could take some time to turn around, and when retail prices reach record-high levels, the demand usually plummets quickly, unless that product is U.S. beef.
Soil Health Isn't a Buzzword and Tariffs and Price Concerns
The Agribusiness Update
Soil health isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the foundation of productive farms, resilient crops and long-term sustainability, and back-and-forth tariffs have prompted additional concerns about prices.
Rollins Surveys North Carolina Damage and Tariffs and Price Concerns
The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins surveyed damage from natural disasters and met with Forest Service members in North Carolina, and back-and-forth tariffs have prompted additional concerns about prices.
Time for Cattle Herd Size Panic?
Southeast Regional Ag News
Dr. Rachel Endecott, rancher and former beef cattle extension specialist, chats with Haylie Shipp about the impact of cow size as it relates to the cattle herd.
Comparing Apples to Oranges to Cow Size
California Ag Today
As of January 1, the U.S. cattle herd was tallied at 86.7 million head, the lowest since 1951. Do we panic? Well…it is definitely something to consider – the herd size, not the induced panic – but there is something else at play. The beef supply hasn’t seen as steep of a drop off.
January Cattle Inventory Lower and NCBA Approves Policy Priorities
The Agribusiness Update
USDA's January Cattle Inventory report shed light on the state of the U.S. cattle industry, and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Executive Committee approved its policy priorities.
Cattle Price Crystal Ball
Southeast Regional Ag News
Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says several upcoming reports are going to give us a better look at where cattle prices could end up in 2025.