BEEF

With Select supplies shrinking and consumer demand locked on higher-quality beef, the traditional Choice-Select spread no longer tells the real market story.

As the federal government settles with Agri Stats over data-sharing, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary Brooke Rollins launch a high-stakes investigation into beef market concentration and potential price-fixing.

Brad Kooima discusses the drivers behind current cattle market volatility and how supply shortages are shaping packer strategies.

Landmark deals demonstrate that America can maintain tariffs to shrink the goods trade deficit while opening new markets for U.S. farmers, says Ambassador Jamieson Greer.

Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the Covid-19 pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for aid under USDA’s Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program from July 20 to Sept. 17.