Three days after President Trump was inaugurated, one of his first exercises of presidential power was withdrawing the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The remaining 11 nations are expected to sign the final trade agreement in March, and…
South Korea has been one of the top-performing markets for U.S. beef and pork over the past year. U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Korea Director Jihae Yang explains that the U.S. industry has been very successful in rebuilding consumer confidence…
As tensions escalate between the U.S. and China, one crop is emerging as the most powerful weapon in a potential trade war: the soybean. China is the biggest buyer of American soybeans, picking up about a third of the entire…
Surrounded by mountains in a remote part of southwestern China, Xinguangan's first large-scale, modern pig farm is getting ready to produce its first offspring. By the end of the year, 10,000 sows will live inside two huge barns on this…
A strain of bird flu that's deadly to poultry but poses no immediate public health concern has been detected in Missouri, state agriculture officials announced Sunday. The Missouri Department of Agriculture said in a news release that the virus was…
A lack of rainfall and a developing drought is raising caution flags for American cattlemen. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows 67 percent of the United States is in an abnormal drought. The majority of the dry conditions are lingering in…
Popularity of ground beef continues to grow, and packers are responding to the increase in demand. Cargill Protein is investing $4.2 million at its Columbia, S.C. plant to expand beef grinding capabilities for consumers in the East Coast. The investment…
Additional packing capacity marked 2017 as a stand out year for hog producers. Large export and domestic demand also kept cattle supplies robustly current. Now, consumers are finally getting to take home the bacon and steaks, respectively. Pork production hit…
The U.S. pork industry has enjoyed unprecedented export growth in the last five years: New markets show potential and traditional markets are strong because prices have been favorable. But the U.S. is producing more pork than ever before, which means…
By the end of 2018 all cattle producers in Canada will pay a national C$2.50 beef checkoff per animal sold. Previously the Canadian Beef Cattle Checkoff was C$1 per animal marketed and it had been at that pricing since 2002.…