Industry News

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 2026 Beef Cattle Roundtable on Dec. 2 at the Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza, 401 S. Buchanan St., in conjunction with the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show. The roundtable, scheduled from 3:30-7:30 p.m., will bring together beef cattle producers, industry leaders and stakeholders ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — One of the beef industry's most costly challenges is invisible to the human eye but costs billions of dollars each year. Every year, the U.S. beef industry loses an estimated $3.7 billion from beef that is discounted or discarded because it turns brown before its sell-by date, ...

The cattle markets have been an eventful topic over the past month or so. The list of market-moving news includes slaughter and processing plant closures, the border reopening to Mexican cattle, a tight Cattle on Feed report and an announced tariff waiver for ground beef imports. Not surprisingly, cattle prices ...

Beef imports continue to be the subject of political attention that has resulted in a myriad of variable and inconsistent policies and actions. Cattle and beef markets have been buffeted by a barrage of political interference that has clouded markets and contributed to producer uncertainty and delay in responding to market ...

U.S. agricultural trade has faced a lot of headwinds in recent years. Events such as the global pandemic, international military conflicts, increased competition, a slowing global economy, domestic weather events, a 75 year low in cattle inventory, slumping crop prices, high input prices, and a relatively strong dollar have adversely ...

AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director officially released movement restrictions for areas of Texas previously deemed as New World screwworm (NWS) Infested Zones. Following months of coordinated surveillance and eradication activities, designated areas of Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, La Salle, and Webb Counties were released from NWS ...

On Friday, Aug, 21, 2026, President Trump announced that the United States would allow 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to enter the country over the next 90 days without being subject to out-of-quota tariffs. The announcement also stated that these imports would be sold at 25% below current market ...

The past several years of lower cow inventories, fewer fed cattle, higher values of live cattle and profitability across the sectors of beef production, and particularly, high retail beef prices lead many of us to ask: “Is there a price point at which consumers are no longer willing and able ...

In the words of the country/western singer, Ian Munsick, “There are to many towns and not enough cattle.”  That song lyric is being repeated over and over in Texas’ conversations. There are a lot more towns and less cattle.  The landscape has changed and is changing. This is more than casual conversation ...

Fed cattle slaughter ran 8.6 percent below last year through June but fed beef production fell only 5.4 percent. The difference is carcass weight. Steer dressed weights opened 2026 near 985 pounds and, through mid-July, had eased only to about 962. The seasonal decline is expected, but the overall level ...