Beef News

JBS Debuts on the NYSE – Day One, Immigrant Workers Ok’d in Slaughterhouses… But What About the Children?

Jun 15, 2025

JBS’s NYSE debut on June 13, 2025 glossed over a dark undercurrent—just one day later, ICE green-lighted undocumented labor in meatpacking plants even as JBS pledges to purge child labor through compliance funds and tip‑lines. That $4 million settlement may buy headlines, but who’s actually verifying zero‑tolerance on-site, and why is the government pausing enforcement for adults while prosecuting staffing firms for employing teenagers? As investors cheer the stock debut, the real question is: are vulnerable children still being treated as collateral damage in the drive for profit?

UK to Mandate Electronic ID in Cattle — U.S. Producers Sound Alarm

Jun 14, 2025

England’s coming mandatory EID tags have U.S. ranchers sounding the alarm, warning it paves a path toward centralized data control and AI-driven agriculture oversight. R‑CALF USA’s Bill Bullard argues that even massive plants like Cargill’s—which process thousands of cattle daily—don’t benefit from such tracing, exposing the scheme as a control tool, not a safety one. The message is clear: protect rancher data now—or lose it to unseen bureaucratic systems.

“I’d Be Better Off Selling Cocaine Than Raw Milk”: FDA Retreat Spurs Bipartisan Revolt

Jun 14, 2025

North Carolina’s reversal of a raw milk ban has ignited a national debate over food freedom, pitting consumer demand against outdated federal control. As the FDA suspends milk safety testing amid workforce cuts, questions swirl about whether the government can regulate what it no longer monitors. And in a time where selling raw milk can bring harsher penalties than cocaine, many are asking: who is the real threat?

“If the Spring’s Depleted, I’ll Lose Everything”: Ranchers Face a National Water Heist

Jun 13, 2025

A 66‑mile pipeline is poised to drain Pine Valley’s aquifer to quench booming Cedar Valley—a move ranchers fear will devastate springs, livestock, and heritage. This scheme echoes a growing national pattern of rural sacrifice, where inter-basin water transfers and municipal grabs hollow out farmland across the West. With expertise showing groundwater dries springs first, it’s time to ask: is urban growth worth rural extinction?

“It’s Doggone Depressing”: Solar Panels Swallow America’s Farmland

Jun 11, 2025

Across the heartland, farmland is being stripped, scraped, and sacrificed—not for food, but for solar arrays. Reuters confirms topsoil in Indiana’s corn belt has already been bulldozed and replaced with sand, rendering once-rich land useless. Farmers like Bryan “Tate” Mayo Jr. are watching centuries-old family farms vanish, asking: “If we lose this land, where will our food come from?

New Jersey to Bulldoze 150-Year-Old Family Farm for Housing Mandate

Jun 11, 2025

A beloved 150-year-old family farm in Cranbury, NJ, is under threat of eminent domain as the township scrambles to meet state-mandated affordable housing quotas. Locals say the town chose “the most loved land in town” despite having other options—and delivered the eviction threat by mail without conversation. With the clock ticking toward a June 30 deadline, the Henry family is launching a last-ditch fight to save their legacy from concrete.

Virginia’s Family Farms Face the Cost of Housing a Third of the World’s Data

Jun 11, 2025

Fauquier County Supervisor Daron Culbertson says selling his family farm to a data center developer was the only economic option left. But for many, it’s just the latest red flag in a growing pattern: Big Tech is carving up rural America while local leaders cash out.

From Missouri to Mexico: Ranchers Warn FDA—‘This Isn’t Theoretical

Jun 10, 2025

A false report of New World Screw Worm in Missouri sent cattle markets into turmoil, exposing deep vulnerabilities in U.S. food security. Ranchers are now urging the FDA to approve ivermectin as a frontline feed-through defense. With border breaches escalating biosecurity risks, the call is clear: act now or pay later

Ranchers Demand Return Of Bull$hit Bezos Money To Reduce Cow Burps

Jun 9, 2025

A $4.85 million Bezos-funded methane genetics grant to the Angus Foundation has pushed ranchers to their limit—this isn’t efficiency, they say, it’s the start of climate regulation by stealth. Surprisingly, studies show wild bison emit as much methane as cattle, yet didn’t destabilize the climate. With genetic data growing and auctions looming, independent producers fear losing control of their herds.