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Livestock: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Spotlights Market, Policy Debates – DTN Dec 22, 2021
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is watching out for when USDA will move ahead with its funding plans for new packing-plant capacity. Highlighting some policy successes for NCBA in 2021, […]
Beef Industry Needs to See Some Changes, Stat – DTN May 27, 2021
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of living through history and seeing the beef industry deteriorate. In August 2019, we saw the Tyson Foods packing plant fire […]
USDA: No Cattle Market Wrong-Doing – DTN Jul 24, 2020
USDA cannot conclude right now if anyone in the cattle industry violated the Packers and Stockyards Act in the aftermath of two major market disruptions over the past year. After […]
Livestock: Is Beef Herd Expansion Near Its End? Jul 23, 2019
Looking back a decade or so, the high feed price era from 2007 to 2013 caused downsizing of the beef industry. Beef cow numbers reached a low in 2014 which […]
Livestock: Cattle on Feed Inventories Nearly 5% Above Last Year Aug 27, 2018
USDA released its August Cattle on Feed report last Friday, providing an update with respect to the current on feed inventory along with estimated placements on feed during July, which will influence […]
Beef Export Tariffs Not Equal: Japan – U.S. is 38%; Australia is 29.3% – DTN May 17, 2018
Asked how U.S.-China talks on trade tariffs affect U.S. beef exports to China, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) international program assistant Vice-President Greg Hanes used the “chicken-and-egg thing” metaphor. Chinese […]
Livestock: Cattle Inventory Growth Slowing, Beef Production Still Increasing Feb 5, 2018
USDA released its annual Cattle inventory report last week and the report confirmed that, although the U.S. cattle herd was still growing during 2017, the rate of growth slowed sharply compared to […]
Livestock: U.S. Beef Sales to China to Remain Limited in Near Term Jan 26, 2018
Total U.S. beef exports are projected to increase another 2.5 to 3.5 percent year over year in 2018 to a new record level, including some growth in exports to China. […]
U.S. Trade Policy: Lessons Learned from the Japanese Beef Market Jan 19, 2018
For ten consecutive years, Japan has increased its meat consumption; consumption increased by 3.4% last year over the previous year to produce the highest level of growth in five years. […]
Livestock: Japanese Beef Imports Rise – DTN Dec 19, 2017
Despite the Aug. 1 tariff hike from 38.5% to 50% on frozen beef, Japan’s imports have continued rising year over year. While tariffs will hit U.S. beef shipments, recent trade […]
