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...
by Beef News | May 13, 2025 | Business, Farm Policy
The narrative goes like this: the American beef shortage is a result of drought, inflation, and pandemic aftershocks. But that’s only the surface-level excuse. The real story—one you won’t hear from the USDA or Tyson’s earnings calls—is far darker: The U.S. beef herd...
by Breeauna Sagdal | May 12, 2025 | Farm Policy, Business, Health
Deer carcass infected with New World Screwworm (NSW) Late Sunday afternoon, Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins announced an immediate embargo on livestock crossing the southern border of the United States. The embargo impacts live cattle, horse, and bison...
