Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eggs are expensive these days. Now, so is beef. Beef prices have been surging in recent years, but not as much as they did in the ...

Soybean futures hit new highs for the move and 1-year highs in the January contract as the market continues to trade a China deal that includes soybean purchases. Brian Grete, Senior livestock and ...

Corn futures were slightly higher to start Wednesday in tandem with soybeans. Vince Boddicker with Farmers Trading Company says some of this is short covering or corrective buying as the market was ...

Despite the cattle inventory plummeting to the lowest level in 73 years, the number of cattle on feed remains surprisingly strong. The average all-fresh retail price for beef hit record highs in six ...

BUTLER, Mo. — Nationwide drought conditions over the last three years have left cattle producers with a shortage of grazing acres, hay and water. "Two years ago we sold a tremendous amount of cows," ...

The cattle herd is progressively shrinking, and as of Jan. 1, it totaled 87.2 million head. This year’s inventory is the fewest since 1951, when the herd totaled 82.1 million. Each subsequent peak in ...

A rapidly shrinking supply of cattle could lead to more exorbitant beef prices. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, there were 87.2 million cattle and calves in the United States as of ...

CHICAGO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - JBS will ‌permanently close a facility outside Los ‌Angeles that prepares beef for sale at U.S. grocery stores, the world's largest meat company said on Friday, as tight ...

Bernt Nelson, economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation explains some of the current challenges the cattle markets are facing as the threat for New World Screwworm persists. Bernt Nelson, ...

Eggs are expensive these days. Now, so is beef. Beef prices have been surging in recent years, but not as much as they did in the second half of 2024. Trends suggests that prices will continue to ...