by Beef News | Jun 17, 2025 | Immigration, Farm Policy
They paused the raids. Then un-paused them. For a moment, it looked like meatpackers and hoteliers had secured a get-out-of-jail-free card—courtesy of last-minute lobbying and soft-handed memos. But less than 72 hours later, the White House yanked the leash back....
by Beef News | Jun 15, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
UPDATED ON JUNE 17, 2025: Trump doubles-back and continues ICE raids in the agricultural sector. On June 13, 2025, Brazilian meat giant JBS quietly slipped onto the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JBSAY, fulfilling its long-sought ambition to tap American...
by Beef News | Jun 14, 2025 | Technology, Farm Policy, Health
Starting summer 2026, England will require all newborn calves to have electronic ID (EID) tags, replacing visual-only ear tags for effective disease tracing through a new cattle movement reporting system — a sweeping modernization of livestock tracking that aims to...
by Beef News | Jun 14, 2025 | Farm Policy, Business, Health
In an extraordinary reversal on May 6, 2025, North Carolina lawmakers scrapped a proposed ban on raw milk sales in the annual Farm Act, opting instead to study broader availability after a wave of bipartisan pressure and public outrage. Once condemned by Agriculture...
by Beef News | Jun 13, 2025 | Farm Policy, Climate, Water
In southwestern Utah, ranchers are warning that Cedar Valley’s thirst may be the canary in the coal mine for rural America. A proposed 66‑mile pipeline by the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District aims to pull 15,000 acre‑feet of groundwater annually from...
by Beef News | Jun 11, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
Solar energy is eating American farmland alive—and no one’s hitting the brakes. While media cheer every new solar installation as a “win” for the climate, the land underneath those panels tells another story: it’s prime cropland, disappearing fast. According to...
