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The Trump administration has hit pause on beef tariff reductions after ranchers raised alarms over rising imports affecting local producers. Domestic beef production now takes center stage as prices soar.

Expect some ripples in the meat market as a major settlement aims to bring transparency to pricing. Here’s what you need to know.

On National Agriculture Day, a new awareness campaign is set to help consumers better understand where their food really comes from.

With new tariffs in play, some goods are safe while others aren't. What can the farming industry expect now, and down the road?

Blue Mountain Community College is accepting applications for Level 2 of its Master Butcher Certificate Program.

U.S. beef recently regained access to Indonesia as a barrier over halal certification was cleared.

Meat sales hit a record high of $104.6 billion in 2024.  The pounds sold increased by 2.3% compared to 2023, and consumers, on average, purchase meat more than once per week.  That keeps meat the largest fresh department in grocery stores.   ...

The Food Price Index increased 0.4% in January.  The food at home index rose ½% over the month as four of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased.  The indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 1.9% over the month, as the ...

The National Chicken Council strongly urged USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to withdraw its proposed rule, “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets. The group says the rule represents an impermissible attempt to make an end-run around established judicial precedent for requiring a showing of injury to competition to sue and win under Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

According to the USDA, farmers on average saw an increase in what they received price wise for their commodities in the final month of 2022.  The increase in USDA's latest agricultural prices report was 3.1% from the previous month and both commodity indexes crop and livestock reported month-over-month increases in what producers received price wise.  The ove...