Recent political statements caused cattle prices to plummet despite unchanged market fundamentals, potentially delaying herd ...

Consumers are still filling up on beef despite rising prices, with demand strong in the face of a historically low supply of beef cattle in the U.S. Shoppers across the country are seeing higher groce ...

In 2023, the cost of farmland rose by 7%, which means that land is becoming increasingly unaffordable to the younger generation of family farmers. But is it worth it? "There's a family down the road ...

R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard says the cattle market is fundamentally broken citing years of an inverse relationship between falling cattle prices and increasing retail beef prices when the only ingredient ...

Cattle producers are enjoying record prices, while beef packers are suffering under negative margins. The shortage of ...

Backed by the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), USDA aimed to help rebuild local meat processing capacity. Along with stated goals to increase economic opportunities for small ...

For beef cattle in particular, the current strong prices are largely a result of a low cattle inventory (94.2 million head as of July 2025), the lowest level since USDA began tracking this figure ...