by Beef News | Jun 10, 2025 | Health, Farm Policy, Science
On May 27, an unconfirmed report alleging the emergence of New World Screw Worm in Missouri sent cattle futures into a downward spiral, rekindling fears of devastating economic consequences reminiscent of pre-1960s infestations. Although the report was swiftly...
by Beef News | Jun 9, 2025 | Science, Business, Farm Policy
A $4.85 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund and the Global Methane Hub to the Angus Foundation—part of a larger $27.4 million Global Methane Genetics Initiative—was pitched as a voluntary program to breed cattle that burp less methane. What’s clear now, however,...
by Beef News | Jun 5, 2025 | Health, Science
The USDA Organic seal was designed to assure consumers of food produced without synthetic chemicals, genetic engineering, or corporate shortcuts. However, it has become a marketing tool for large agribusinesses, facilitated by lax enforcement, pre-announced...
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 | 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 Breeauna Sagdal | Apr 28, 2025 | Business, Health, Science
When former president Joe Biden reallocated the USDA’s credit line to implement a Voluntary Carbon Market, and prioritized Climate-Smart Agricultural practices, the largest privately owned food conglomerates were subsidized with public funds for ideological...
