Cattle Markets

South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson was joined by Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar this week in introducing the Cattle Contract Library Act. The bipartisan bill would establish a cattle contract library …

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack updated lawmakers Thursday on the department’s plans to expand meat processing capacity while the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee indicated he expects to extend the …

In response to a request from Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, AFPC, at the Department of Agricultural Economics in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  – The beef cattle industry is bouncing back from the pandemic, and continued progress is expected in 2022. Beef prices are near record high, and consumer and wholesale …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that beginning Monday, August 9, 2021, it will issue two new USDA Market News reports based on Livestock Mandatory Reporting data that …

Legislation to create tax incentives supporting small and mid-sized meat processing plants was introduced by Republicans in the House and Senate. The Hagstrom Report says the goal of the bill …

LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — Jon Schaben a cattle producer and sale barn owner from Dunlap, Iowa, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday the disparity between live cattle prices and …

(DTN) – With multiple years of frustration by cattle producers over the price spread between fed cattle and boxed beef, economists Wednesday pointed to supply and demand — as well …

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow Thursday announced a hearing titled “Examining Markets, Transparency, and Prices from Cattle Producer to Consumer.” The Michigan Democrat, along with the committee’s ranking Republican …

U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have announced new, bipartisan legislation to address anticompetitive practices in the meat and poultry industries that threaten the …