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 | Mar 10, 2026 | Policy, Farm Policy, Imports
The last time America had this few beef cows, Eisenhower was president. The USDA NASS January 2026 Cattle Report confirmed it in plain numbers: 27.6 million beef cows that have calved — smallest since 1961. Total cattle and calves at 86.2 million, a 75-year low. The...
by Beef News | Mar 7, 2026 | Policy, Farm Policy
The American beef industry is colliding with two realities at the exact same moment. The first is physical.The second is political. Physically, the United States cattle herd has fallen to 86.2 million head, the lowest level since the early 1950s. The national cow base...
by Beef News | Feb 22, 2026 | Farm Policy, Business, Health
For four decades, American farmers have been told chemical inputs are necessary to maintain production. At the same time, side-by-side field trials have quietly shown that diversified systems can match conventional yields after transition — and outperform them in...
by Texas Slim | Dec 2, 2025 | Farm Policy, History, Land Rights
Before the Federal Reserve, a cattle loan was exactly that: a short-term note tied to a specific herd, payable when the beef hit the railhead. Ranchers either paid up or lost the herd. There was no backstop, no extension, no creative accounting. The system was...
by Beef News | Nov 8, 2025 | Policy, Business, Farm Policy
They said it would start a trade war.They said it would confuse consumers.They said it would cost too much. And now, 25 years later, they’re saying it again. But this time, the lies are unraveling. On November 7, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the Department of...
