Category: Industry News

American Angus Association partners with IMI Global
Strategic collaboration drives profitability for independent cattle producer For today’s cattle producers, it is more important than ever to be able to differentiate their cattle

Rumblings From the Great White North: Fake Meat Business Falters
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor It wasn’t too many years ago when urban media headlines proclaimed the imminent demise of the “real” beef market in

FAKE MEAT TAKES A GRILLING IN 2022
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Hard times seem to have fallen on the plant-based protein industry in the past 12 months. Heads went up in

Mid-Term Elections Patience and Acceptance
By Micky Burch, Contributing Editor November 9 saw many Americans take to the ballot box and exercise their right to vote, prioritizing issues from inflation,

Politics, Yuck!
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor I have long been an advocate of limited government. It is obvious that I have little influence because it has

Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Inductees
14th Annual Banquet in New Orleans on Jan. 31 CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Oct. 31, 2022) – Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inductees and industry award winners

Weekly USMEF Audio Report: USMEF to Honor Lighthizer, Saunders at Upcoming Conference
Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, who headed the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under the Trump administration, has been selected to receive the U.S. Meat Export

Producer Owned Beef Packing Plant Launched In Amarillo
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor There’ve been thousands of cattle deals made in Amarillo. The Ware family’s Amarillo National Bank (ANB) has financed many of

Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Senators Propose Funding Increase for USDA International Marketing Programs
Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation to increase annual funding for the USDA Market

Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Halstrom Details Latest Red Meat Export Results, Including Another $1 Billion Month for Beef
U.S. beef exports again topped $1 billion in July and posted the fifth-largest volume on record, according to data released by USDA and compiled by