The 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 …
Beef
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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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Ag News Stories
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 …
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$1.1B Next Generation Processing Facility Planned for Western SD
by Colter BrownRapid City, S.D. – Kingsbury & Associates and Sirius Realty of Rapid City, SD. and Greenville, SC, have announced plans to construct an 8,000 head per day processing facility in …
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Congressional Report Challenges Packer Practices During Pandemic
by Colter BrownA recent congressional report spotlighted how executives at major meatpacking companies lobbied the Trump administration to require employees to work in spring 2020 when COVID-19 was causing packing plants to …
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Beef Imported from South America Found to Contain “Hard Plastic”
by Colter BrownThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for raw ground beef products imported from South American due to concerns that …
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Rising Retail Prices Will Increasingly Test Consumers’ Appetite for Meat
by Colter BrownU.S. consumer demand for retail meat remains exceptionally strong despite higher prices stemming from increased production costs and supply chain limitations. However, once the full effects of producer price inflation …