U.S. beef exports tallied another record year in 2018, racking up a whopping $8.3 billion in sales. The Japanese market played a major part in that success, accounting for over …
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USDA is seeking nominations for four vacancies to serve on the American Lamb Board starting in 2020 – a producer with less than 100 lambs, a producer with more than …
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A new study shows tariffs impacting U.S. equipment manufactures will cost the U.S. GDP $29 billion a year for ten years, or $290 billion total, if continued. The Association of …
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Arllington, Virginia — U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) welcome today’s announcement by President Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that Brazil has agreed …
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LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska Cattlemen is working to assist cattle producers impacted by natural disasters by launching a new disaster relief fund. “Recent snow and flooding have wreaked havoc on …
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Congressmen Greg Gianforte (R-MT) and Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) reintroduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to relieve certain sectors of the trucking industry from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s …
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This week the American Sheep Industry folkstook their annual ASI Spring Trip to Washington D.C. On Tuesday Dr. Scott Hutchins – the nominee for U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy under …
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Study Clarifies U.S. Beef’s Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States. An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team has completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource …
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After months of negotiations, Brussels and Washington have reached an “agreement in principle,” which would see the EU ring-fence part of its hormone-free beef quota for U.S. suppliers. A Commission …
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OMAHA (DTN) — Despite some lobbying last month by the crop-insurance industry, the Trump administration’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 again calls for reducing crop-insurance premiums, lowering income eligibility …
