Just as the cattle industry is recovering from the recent winter storms in the Southern Plains and cold weather in the Northern Plains, R-CALF is calling for another COOL front in the form of a new proposal for country-of-origin-labeling (COOL). According to R-CALF, the volume of imported beef, cattle, beef variety meat, and processed beef hit an all-time high of almost 2 MMT in 2020 equivalent of beef. As the chart below shows, beef imports started out on normal seasonal patterns similar to 2019, but after the drop in production in April and May due to COVID, imports of beef increased starting in June and peaking in July, dropping back down to normal by October.
R-CALF drafted this legislation back in May – at t...
What You Need to Know Today: Crude oil prices extended their rally today, supported by several developments, including escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure and growing concerns about supply disruptions. The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to remove 50 perc...
Key Takeaways: The agricultural trade surplus has become a sizable deficit: the balance swung from a $40.1 billion surplus in 2011 to a $40.7 billion deficit in 2025. Imports kept growing while exports lost momentum: between 2020 and 2025, agricultural imports increased 45 percent, compa...
USDA released its October Cattle on Feed report Friday, showing 11.4 million cattle in feedlots with capacity for 1,000 head or more, slightly below last year. September placements were the lowest for the month since records began in 1996, marking the third consecutive month of placements sett...
Total Red Meat & Poultry September 2026 total red meat and poultry stocks totaled 1.97 billion pounds, down 1.4 percent from August despite typically increasing 0.8 percent during the month, and were 1.5 percent below September 2025 levels. The decline pushed total inventories to a new five...
