A record weekly surge in U.S. diesel prices is raising transportation and operating costs for cattle producers, threatening ...

A growing number of American sheep farmers are turning utility-scale solar installations into grazing land, creating a dual-income model that pairs vegetation management contracts with meat production ...

The American cattle herd is at a 75-year low. That supply squeeze is leading to skyrocketing beef prices and layoffs in the meatpacking business. Here & Now's Lisa Mullins speaks with Monty Lesh, a ...

Across the country, ranchers have fewer cattle than at any point since 1952, leading to rising beef prices. Farmers are still expected to accumulate more debt this year.

Though still well into the red ink at -$182.68/head, beef packer margins were improved last week with the Comprehensive Cutout Value gaining $7.31/cwt. This margin was against a cattle cost of $242.57 ...

Cattle price spreads widen beyond norms as processing plants exit. Calf prices challenge stocker and feedlot operation economics.

Futures prices suggest that corn and soybean meal prices are likely to remain below their long-run averages well into next ...

Total dollars generated at the top of the beef quality grade mix have outpaced Choice or Select sales by a wide margin.

Beef has built a rapidly widening price gap over competing meats in the grocery store. This trend has become increasingly pronounced since the early 2000s, but as beef supplies have tightened over the ...

The U.S. beef cattle market should continue flying high but also faces turbulence in 2026 thanks to the lowest inventory in 75 years, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation economist. “With ...