Author: Dr. Laura Hayes

Consumers continue to care the most about price and food safety when eating . Even in light of severe market disruptions. Concern for employee welfare, supply chain and availability seem to have gained prominence due to the COVID-19. Younger respondents report being more concerned than older ones regarding cattle emissions …

The US is a global leader in cattle production with more than 80 million cattle (USDA, NASS 2020a) and nearly 730,000 farms with cows (USDA, NASS 2019). The US has the largest annual production, the third largest cattle herd, and the largest fed-cattle in the world (FAO 2018 ).

From sow barn managers to CEOs, they agree the threats facing the global pork have similar themes. Here’s a look at what nine pork leaders have to say about the top the pork needs to keep an eye on in the second half of 2022. “If you had asked me two years ago, I would have said African swine fever (ASF).

An Overview of the in Georgia. An Overview of the in Georgia. Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Dr. Frank Flanders and Scott Register April 2006. Objectives. Students will be able to: Explain the importance of the in Georgia. Name 4 meat cuts. 696 views …

The has spent decades optimizing factors on the farm and beyond that impact ’s quality and grade and help neutralize climate change. More strategic grazing management practices ensure the farm is protecting open space, serving as wildlife habitat and accelerating grasslands carbon storage in the soil through carbon …

Last October, it failed again, by five votes. In between the two votes, a major merger took place that made the meat even more powerful on Capitol Hill. Tyson Foods, the giant poultry …

There are several reasons why the is bad for the environment. One of the biggest concerns is the production of greenhouse gases, such as methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Research has shown that ruminant livestock, such as cows, are responsible for between 7% and 18% of global methane emissions from human-related activities.

About 4% of U.S. retail and food service sales is comprised by with a value of roughly $4 billion. About $3 billion of that is unlabeled that is sold as conventional , making data gathering on these products difficult to obtain. Conversely, about 1% ($1 billion) of the total market share is …

The wholesale pricing by packers shifted from being consistent with a perfectly competitive pricing in the pre-cartel period to being consistent with the oligopoly and monopoly pricing in the cartel period. The retail pricing by food retailers was consistent with an oligopoly pricing in both periods.

On average, cull cow prices have been $98 per cwt. (2021 dollars) and decrease approximately $1.18 per cwt. for every additional 1,000 head slaughtered. The cow slaughter to cow price ratio in 2022 YTD has been similar to 1996 and 2010-2011. These correspond to periods of drought, most noticeable the drought which occurred from 2010-2013.

Structure, Management Practices, and Production Costs of U.S. Cow-Calf Farms. by Jeffrey Gillespie, Christine Whitt, and Christopher G. Davis. The cow-calf segment of the U.S. is diverse in farm size, structure, and location, with farms located in every State and ranging from very small to very large.

The reduction in cattle and supplies in 2024 is likely to come unevenly across the year, with supplies relatively more adequate early and tighter later. In terms of fed cattle supplies, the year begins with feedyard inventories above year-ago levels.² However, those inventories are likely to be spread out over the first half of the year.

Fines for those violations totaled $22,000, settled down from an original fine of $32,100. Inspectors recorded machine guard violations in 2012 as well, earning the company $83,414 in penalties …

It currently includes 45 chapters covering 6 primary topic areas, including , Economic , Forage, Nutrition, Breeding, Herd Health, and Environment for Raising Cattle. The first-ever Spanish translation of the is also available in the Eighth Edition.

The is experiencing international export bans, increased freight costs and graziers are seeing a significant drop in demand from the overseas market, but there is a silver lining to …

The giant meat producer JBS was accused of making misleading claims about its greenhouse gas emission goals to boost sales among environmentally conscious consumers in a lawsuit filed by New York …

SA outlook 2022. The processing sector in South Africa has experienced its fair share of ups and downs in 2021, battling the fall-out from COVID-19 like severe supply chain backlogs, more pressure on pricing (pushing it upwards), and ongoing disease management burdens like Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks.

Read Competition in the U.S. . Historically, the growth of the has been hampered by the various entities (breeders, cow-calf producers, stockers, backgrounders) within the ’s supply chain.

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The Biden-Harris Administration announced on Monday that it would dedicate $1 billion from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to curb consolidation and boost competition in the livestock , which it blames for rising prices at the grocery store. The plan was well received by farm groups and some supporters of stronger antitrust laws …

The program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported and products. States may retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s …

These standards approximate achievement of the HP2020 goal of a 25% in human illnesses for the compliance fractions. The performance standard only applies to ground -producing establishments with average daily volume greater than 50,000 pounds (volume categories 5, 6 and. Compliance fraction.

MLA Managing Director Jason Strong gave an overview of both the opportunities and challenges for Australian at the latest BeefUp Forum, held recently at Mareeba in northern Queensland. Even though there’s a massive 50 million tonne demand globally for , Australia produces only 3% of the total. That means intensifying competition from …

In the 1970s, the pork and industries finally followed the lead of the poultry in adopting factory farming as the preferred business model for meat production. Designed to maximize production and profits while minimizing expenses without regard to animal welfare, factory farms breed, raise, kill, and process hundreds of thousands …

This article analyzes the dynamics of the U.S. in light of the alleged input and output price-fixing cartel of the four largest packers revealed in the antitrust lawsuits filed …

Concerns about production in public conversations will affect everything from medications to animal handling and pre-harvest practices, Martin predicted. She shared her experiences in animal welfare auditing on a recent broadcast of the Podcast Show. One area likely to see changes in the next 10 years will be access to antibiotics …

The ability of dairy farmers to market cull cows and veal calves may be affected by the final rule on Pathogen Reduction and HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) Systems, a sweeping reform of USDA food safety regulations that was published on July 25, 1996. Although the regulations apply only to slaughter and processing plants …

One of the which cause the cattle to grow slowly in Indonesia is the absence of government regulation to protect farmers from middle-man-traders. Although the cattle price in the market is high, the farmers get littie benefit from it, due to the farmer’s poor bargaining position.

Although production sounds relatively harmless compared to other environmental , unfortunately it is the driving force behind many of them. production is one of the most wasteful industries on the face of the planet, and this drastic misuse of resources doesn’t seem to be nearing an end anytime soon.

Our evaluations strongly indicate Extension’s workshops that focus on pertinent and emerging have a significant impact on farm operations. Evaluations indicate 70% of our 2020 workshop participants intended to make changes on their operations based on what they learned through Extension. More than half of 2020 …

dustry. Some proposals would take the away from the free-market philosophy that has guided the throughout its history to this point. This report is a comprehensive review of and cattle market with a primary focus on surrounding . Summary Conclusions

We received sort of a warning shot across the bows about the vulnerability of our processing when a large fire occurred at a Kansas packing plant late last summer. The price of cattle dropped by 10 percent, while the price of to grocery stores increased by $1.50 per pound. The Kansas plant supplies about 5 percent of U.S .

Sustainability and the U.S. Supply Chain. July 29, 2016. production requires a significant amount of energy, water and land, while producing waste and greenhouse gases. As global populations continue to rise, so will the demand for . To find sustainable solutions, scientists need to first understand the impacts of each phase of …

For example, many of the risk factors and management strategies to prevent respiratory disease are understood, but only used by a relatively small portion of the . This is an animal health issue that will require leadership and discussion to gain widespread adoption of practices that benefit cattle welfare.

Nevil Speer serves as an consultant and is based in Bowling Green, KY. Nevil Speer has extensive experience and involvement with the livestock and food including various service and consultation projects spanning such as market competition, business and economic implications of agroterrorism, animal identification, assessment of price risk and market volatility on the …

Based on individual interviews with stakeholders from across the cattle , White reported key findings for fed cattle from the 2022 NBQA included the following points: — Food safety is an …

What do animal health cost the each year? Offals condemned due to disease or parasites are estimated to cost the many tens of millions of dollars each year alone. But add to that the even more significant impact in compromised liveweight gain in a slaughter animals due to animal health challenge – directly …

There were major files up for discussion this week at the trilateral meeting of cattle representatives from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Dennis Laycraft, executive vice president of the Canadian Cattle Association, was on hand representing Canada’s interest at the meeting, tackling the biggest policy and political facing the . Shaun Haney met with Laycraft at the …

From a -heavy diet to growing crops that don’t feed people – the biggest challenges facing the agriculture … When you talk about the environmental with the US food …

An update on exports and the hormone dispute. In 2018, the U.S. exported more than 1.6 billion pounds of to Japan, South Korea, and Mexico. Overall U.S. export volume was 12.3 percent greater in 2018 in comparison to 2017. Total exports have added $317.53 per head to fed slaughter cattle value.

Significant reductions in resistant Salmonella species recovered from packing houses were reported (20% in 2010 to 7.6% in 2014). Multi-drug resistant Salmonella isolates from feedlots also declined in this last reporting interval: 67% in 2009 to 7% in 2014. Despite this bright and cheery news, in some populations of pathogens, resistance …

Other studies have also found that workers in the meat and poultry suffer mental health due to their working environment. “ We get hurt physically, but mentally as well,” said …

This situation shows that the results of analyses performed on the ordination of three-dimensional measurement of sustainability at cattle farms are stable enough. The result for S-Stress is <25%, and R2≈1, meaning that the RAPBEEF calculation results for the sustainability of slaughterhouses can be accepted.

cattle welfare is an emergent research field. Decisions producers make, such as how to house cattle, can impact their overall welfare. Environmental features that can influence the microclimate and cattle welfare include floor type, space allowance, shade availability, and inclusion of enrichment (EE) devices or ventilation features.

While some investigators have suggested that there has been a 204% rise in the supply of meat products (period 1960 – 2010) ( Basu, 2015 ), other recent studies have reported increases in meat consumption as high as 500% (1992 – 2016) ( Katare et al., 2020 ). What is clear is that nutritional habits have notably changed in the last century.

not been affected by COVID-19. Through July 2020, year-to-date U.S. exports of were down 8 percent compared to 2019 (-ERS, 2020a). The spread of the virus throughout the United States caused additional, more acute disruptions to livestock and markets. Starting in March 2020, private precautions taken by people and

The findings are telling: a 10% increase in production per acre is associated with a 9.0% decrease in carbon footprint. This strong relationship is predominantly due to the large amount of land that production uses and its high carbon cost. production remains a leading cause of deforestation and other land-use change globally …

Reluctance to rebuild the cowherd is due to any number of factors. Most notably, forages (hay and pasture) are in short supply. For instance, this year’s hay inventory carryover into the current crop year (starting May 1) stands at just 14.5 million tons (and only 2.5% above the previous low established in 2013).

Call 1800 900 090. Contact us online. Report a biosecurity concern. The Australian red meat encompasses the production and processing of cattle, sheep, goats and buffalo, for export and domestic consumption. cattle and sheep are the dominant industries. The authority to deal with particular red meat is vested …

in the U.S. Cattle • Structural Changes • Structural change is a source of concern, fear and frustration for many participants • Economic forces will continue to influence structure and impact how business is conducted