by Beef News | Jun 4, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
You’re not imagining it—your steak is getting more expensive. But what the headlines aren’t telling you is why. The U.S. cattle industry is heading off a supply cliff, and the bottom is nowhere in sight. According to the USDA’s May 2025 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry...
by Beef News | Jun 2, 2025 | Health, Farm Policy, Science
In at least eight U.S. states this spring, lawmakers are pushing bills that would protect chemical giants like Bayer and Syngenta from being sued when their products cause cancer. The mechanism is simple: change the legal definition of “failure to warn.” These...
by Beef News | Jun 1, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
In early 2025, the USDA quietly terminated two major programs that had funneled over $1 billion toward “local food procurement”—but often in name only. The Local Food for Schools (LFS) and Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) programs were both discontinued by the...
by Beef News Wire | Jun 1, 2025 | Farm Policy
Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA The U.S. has a long, successful history of preventing, containing, and eradicating foreign animal diseases from the U.S. cattle herd. This success was accomplished through decades of cooperation between the USDA and America’s cattle producers....
by Beef News | May 31, 2025 | Farm Policy, Health, Science
For nearly a decade, imported beef could carry the “Product of USA” label—even if the animal was born, raised, and slaughtered overseas. All it took was a quick repackage inside U.S. borders. No disclosure. No accountability. Just patriotic branding on foreign meat,...
by Beef News | May 30, 2025 | Farm Policy, Business, Health
After nearly a decade of deception at the meat counter, Congress may finally be forced to tell the truth. A bipartisan group of senators—including John Thune, Mike Rounds, and Cory Booker—has reintroduced the American Beef Labeling Act, a bill that would...
