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 Texas Slim | Mar 10, 2026 | Smuggling, Culture, Imports
I TOLD YA’LL A BIG STORY WAS COMING Captain Sidd took me to the seat of the Chinese Mafia. That’s not a metaphor. That’s not a tease. In December 2023, my dear friend Captain Sidd engineered what we called the Ride of Passage — a motorcycle run...
by Beef News | Feb 24, 2026 | Imports, Business, Policy
For seventy years, Lubbock Feeders stood as one of the foundational engines of the South Plains cattle economy — a 50,000-head yard that fed more than five million cattle and anchored an entire local ecosystem of corn growers, truckers, veterinarians, packers, and...
