by Beef News | Apr 2, 2026 | Beef News Radar, Business, Policy
Brazilian plant, American problem JBS Greeley strike enters third week — 5% of U.S. beef supply at risk The picket line in Greeley, Colorado is now entering its third week, and the cattle complex is beginning to feel it. About 3,800 workers walked off the job at...
by Beef News | Apr 1, 2026 | Business, Beef News Radar, Imports, Policy
The price data is real relief. Don’t mistake it for recovery. The USDA NASS Agricultural Prices report released March 30 put February beef cattle prices received by farmers at $239/cwt — up $9 from January and $36 year-over-year. That’s cash-flow oxygen for...
by Beef News | Mar 25, 2026 | Policy, Business, Imports
USDA launched productofusa.gov with a hero image, an animated floating label, and a tagline: “Tastes Like Freedom.” The site promises “100% Transparency” and walks American producers through a three-step process for displaying the Product of...
by Beef News | Mar 16, 2026 | Farm Policy, Business
By Trent Loos – Written for the High Plains Journal I have received a number of phone calls in the past 30 days from guys who have been in their local FSA office asking about the $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program. They called me because each one of them...
by Beef News | Mar 11, 2026 | Business, Farm Policy
Everyone in Washington is talking about rebuilding independent meat processing. Nobody is talking about the reason every attempt fails before the money clears. It isn’t bureaucratic inefficiency. It isn’t underfunding. It isn’t even regulatory burden...
by Beef News | Feb 24, 2026 | Imports, Business, Policy
For seventy years, Lubbock Feeders stood as one of the foundational engines of the South Plains cattle economy — a 50,000-head yard that fed more than five million cattle and anchored an entire local ecosystem of corn growers, truckers, veterinarians, packers, and...
