Terrain's Dave Weaber says placements of cattle into feedlots will continue to shrink, long-feared beef slaughter capacity ...

Brazil, one of the world’s few remaining sources of abundant cattle, is heading into a period of shrinking supplies that ...

Beef is not just another line on your grocery receipt, it is a barometer of how strained the entire U.S. cattle system has become. As you look toward 2026, the latest federal outlook signals that ...

American beef cow slaughter fell during the fall quarter by 19 percent from the same period in 2024, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data released in the wake of the recent federal ...

Cattle inventories hit 1950s lows while prices surge 29 percent as drought and economics drive widespread herd liquidation.

Beef has quietly become one of the most punishing line items on your grocery receipt, with prices setting fresh records just ...

Four big meatpackers control most of the beef slaughter. Farm groups say less market competition means lower prices for cattle. But new company Cattlemen’s Heritage plans to build a facility on the ...

Still, the timing of the Swift plant closure comes shortly after the stinging news that Tyson Foods will be closing its beef packing plant in Lexington, Neb., and reducing its Amarillo, Texas, beef ...

BAKER CITY, Ore. — A new federal program for grading beef quality could add hundreds of dollars of value per head of cattle in Baker County and elsewhere. The remote grading pilot program, which ...

BURLEY — Eighteen months after having to temporarily suspend operations due to three mishandled slaughters, Ida-Beef again botched a cow’s death, federal inspectors say. The company received a fourth ...

Officials in Spencer are considering a new ordinance that could permit a meat locker or other business within city limits to process more types of meat. Don Hemphill, legal counsel for the City of ...