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    Weekly protein report: Tight US cattle supplies continue driving historic beef prices

    calendar icon 30 May 2026
    clock icon 17 minute read

    Weekly protein report: Historic cattle shortage increases pressure on beef processors

    Processing Meat Processing Packaging
    calendar icon 9 May 2026
    clock icon 16 minute read

    Tyson widened projected beef losses as the US cattle herd falls to its smallest size in 75 years, driving sharply higher input costs

    Weekly protein report: Biosecurity risks remain a market problem for cattle producers

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 1 May 2026
    clock icon 18 minute read

    Ongoing uncertainty around screwworm underscores how animal health threats can quickly alter marketing decisions, trade flows and price direction

    Weekly protein report: DOJ launches criminal probe into beef industry pricing practices

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases Foot-and-mouth Disease
    calendar icon 25 April 2026
    clock icon 15 minute read

    A high-stakes antitrust investigation into major packers raises concerns over pricing mechanisms and could have significant implications for cattle marketing and contracts

    Weekly protein digest: Drought threatens momentum in rebuilding the herd

    Herd Management Environmental Management Health & Disease
    calendar icon 18 April 2026
    clock icon 22 minute read

    Persistent dryness in key US regions is raising concerns about forage availability, potentially slowing heifer retention and causing delay in rebuilding the herd

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    February - March 2026

    Weekly protein digest: NCBA debunks disease rumors, warns of market fallout from misinformation

    Health & Disease Processing Facilities and People
    calendar icon 21 March 2026
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    Industry leaders say false claims of a new cattle disease highlight how misinformation can disrupt markets, undermine producer confidence and threaten consumer trust

    Weekly protein digest: Union issues strike notice at one of America’s largest beef plants

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 14 March 2026
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    Workers at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado could strike as early as March 16 after contract talks stall. The facility employs about 3,800 workers and is one of the largest beef processing plants in the United States.

    Weekly protein report: Brazil warns conflict could disrupt up to 1 million tons of beef exports

    Processing Meat Processing Markets
    calendar icon 7 March 2026
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    Exporters warn that rising war surcharges and delayed vessels are quickly increasing the cost of moving beef internationally

    Weekly protein report: Beef imports to US set to rise again in 2026 amid historic supply lows

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 1 March 2026
    clock icon 13 minute read

    Processors are increasingly relying on foreign supply to offset domestic shortfalls, reinforcing how tight the US production base remains

    Weekly protein report: Cargill to permanently close Milwaukee beef plant amid cattle shortage

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    calendar icon 21 February 2026
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    Cargill will shutter its Milwaukee ground beef facility by late May, eliminating 221 jobs as tight cattle supplies continue to pressure packer margins. The move follows other industry pullbacks as historically low herd numbers constrain throughput

    Weekly protein digest: USDA expands border defense against New World Screwworm

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 14 February 2026
    clock icon 11 minute read

    Federal officials complete a new sterile fly dispersal facility in South Texas to strengthen protection of the US cattle herd from NWS

    Weekly protein digest: USDA expands screwworm defense along Texas border, citing livestock risk

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 7 February 2026
    clock icon 10 minute read

    USDA is shifting sterile fly operations closer to the US-Mexico border as a precaution against New World screwworm, underscoring heightened biosecurity vigilance across cattle farms
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