by Beef News | Apr 1, 2026 | Business, Beef News Radar, Imports, Policy
The price data is real relief. Don’t mistake it for recovery. The USDA NASS Agricultural Prices report released March 30 put February beef cattle prices received by farmers at $239/cwt — up $9 from January and $36 year-over-year. That’s cash-flow oxygen for...
by Beef News | Mar 25, 2026 | Policy, Business, Imports
USDA launched productofusa.gov with a hero image, an animated floating label, and a tagline: “Tastes Like Freedom.” The site promises “100% Transparency” and walks American producers through a three-step process for displaying the Product of...
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...
