by Beef News | Jul 31, 2025 | Policy, Business, JBS
Trump’s 76% tariff on Brazilian beef was billed as a blow to foreign meat. But for JBS—the world’s biggest meatpacker, based in Brazil—it’s just vertical integration with a red, white, and blue ribbon. Let’s be blunt: The name changed. The supply chain didn’t. The...
by Beef News | Jul 30, 2025 | Policy, Business, Farm Policy
A South Dakota rancher sells three steers at auction. Before he sees a dime, $3 is skimmed off the top. It doesn’t pay his feed bill. It doesn’t fix his fencing. It goes to fund ads, research, and meetings he’ll never attend—promoting beef he can’t trace, run by a...
by Beef News | Jul 28, 2025 | Policy, Business, Farm Policy
It was supposed to be patriotic. In 2020, President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to keep meat plants running during COVID, casting himself as a defender of the American food supply. In 2024, he doubled down, reviving his “Made in the USA”...
by Beef News | Jul 23, 2025 | Business
Beneath the neon and robot servers at 7001 Santa Monica Boulevard, Tesla quietly delivered something groundbreaking: a national brand menu sourced entirely from local, real producers—no factory farms, no global supply chains. Chef Eric Greenspan is behind...
by Beef News | Jul 22, 2025 | Farm Policy, Business, Culture, Milk
It starts with a rotary parlor and a thousand cows. Before the sun comes up in Mandan, North Dakota, Dawson Holle is managing crews, driving the semi to pick up corn or straw, and fielding legislative calls from the Capitol. He’s 21. He’s the youngest elected lawmaker...
by Beef News | Jul 13, 2025 | Beef Maps, Business, Health
A Beef Maps x Beef News Special Report Along the winding bends of the Usumacinta River and through the shadowy jungle trails of Chiapas and Tabasco, a silent but massive cattle laundering operation thrives—tailored for profit and protected by impunity. Every day,...
