A JBS owned case ready meat operation in Denver has voted unanimously to strike. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 members from the Denver Processing plant, authorized the…
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The all-fresh retail beef price in October was $7.25/lb., down slightly from $7.32/lb. in September and down 4.0 percent from the record high of $7.55/lb. one year ago. In 2022,…
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By Shelby Rosasco, UW extension Beef Specialist and assistant professor Managing cattle at high altitude is common for many cattle producers across Wyoming and the Mountain West. Cattle grazing at…
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3rd Annual Rendezvous City Beef Roundup Celebrates All Aspects of Beef
by Colter BrownThe 3rd Annual Rendezvous City Beef Roundup will take place on Saturday, September 10th, 2022, at the CWC Campus in Riverton, Wyoming. The Rendezvous City Beef Roundup is designed to…
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SDSU Renovating Research Station focusing on Outreach to West River Cattle Producers
by Brett McRaeThe Cottonwood field station was originally established in 1907 by the agricultural experiment station at South Dakota State University, with research focused on crops and soils. It is one of…
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Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) condemned the flawed “Food Compass” study funded, in part, by fake meat promoter Bill Gates. “The idea that M&M’s, potato chips and cereal…
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The nation’s largest food distributor is accusing the big 4 meat packers of fixing prices and manipulating markets. Sysco has filed a lawsuit against Cargill, JBS, Tyson and National Beef,…
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A new webinar from USDA’s Economic Research Service looks at price spreads for beef, going back to the 1970s. The disparity between what retailers, wholesalers, farms and byproducts take as…
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Elanco Beef Specialist: Feed Efficiency is Key to Protecting Margins at High Input Costs
by Brett McRaeDr. Nathan Pyatt, Beef Technical Consultant with Elanco spoke with Northern Ag Network’s Brett McRae about some of the factors weighing on feedlot margins and profits for cow calf producers.…
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Rapid City Beef Packing Plant Announces Partnership With Farmers Union Industries
by Colter BrownThe proposed $1.1 billion beef packing plant in Rapid City, South Dakota, got some backing this past week when the group heading the project also announced the plant would be…