Southeast Pork Alliance formed with six state associationsAt its Southeast Summer Conference six state pork organizations announced the formation of the Southwest Pork Alliance (SPA). Membership for the new group includes the Kentucky Pork Producers Association, Tennessee Pork Producers Association, Mississippi Pork Producers Association, Alabama Pork Pro...
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Cargill Workers Vote to End Dispute That Idled U.S. Beef PlantCargill employees voted to end a labor dispute that halted cattle slaughtering at a beef plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, since April and left about 1,700 workers without pay, the company and workers’ union said on Monday. The U.S. beef industry is in a period of upheaval as prices have soared to r...
Managing the market we have, not the one we hoped forThere were plenty of reasons to feel constructive about the pork market last week. Slaughter remains anything but burdensome, with recent federally inspected hog numbers around the low 2.28 million-head area. Our team is still expecting August and September, in aggregate, to remain below year-ago le...
JBS USA to invest in Souderton beef plant modernizationJBS USA intends to transition the company’s Souderton, Pa., beef processing facility into a dedicated value-added operation, a modernization plan that will require a $30 million investment over the next 10 years. The reveal of this new plan for the Souderton plant follows a June 12 announcement of t...
China buying adds risk to soybean marketIn May, US President Donald Trump announced a $17 billion agricultural deal with China that featured new commitments to purchase US farm commodities, including a target of 25 million tonnes of soybeans annually. In the months that followed, Chinese soybean purchases trickled in at a pace that fueled...
Six State Organizations Launch the Southeast Pork Alliance to Strengthen Regional IndustrySix state pork organizations officially announced the formation and launch of the Southeast Pork Alliance, a producer-led regional partnership designed to strengthen the pork industry through collaboration, shared resources, advocacy and innovation. The Southeast Pork Alliance brings together the f...
New Blood Test Shows Promise for Detecting Johne’s Disease in CattleJohne’s disease has a diagnostic problem that has persisted for decades: infected cattle can harbor Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) for years while showing few or no clinical signs, and conventional tests may miss animals during that period. Now, researchers at the Australian C...
Tyson doubles downBy the time this gets published, Tyson’s announcement will be old news. Most important is the broader picture: Closure (Joslin, Ill., beef plant) and/or liquidation (Pasco, Wash., beef plant), in conjunction with the prior shuttering of the beef processing plant in Lexington, Neb., will result in to...
Consulting—Pork Market AnalysisU.S. Pork Market Outlook: Q3 2026 Supply Snapshot Despite a modest increase in domestic production, total pork available for U.S. consumption is expected to remain below year-ago levels in Q3 2026. Key supply-side highlights: Total supply for domestic consumption: 4.95 billion lbs +4....
Tyson Foods to close beef plants in Illinois, UtahWith losses in its beef segment possibly reaching $650 million in fiscal year 2026, Tyson Foods on Thursday (Aug. 13) announced beef plant closures in Illinois and Utah that could result in the loss of more than 3,000 jobs. The Joslin, Ill., beef plant employed around 2,500, and a Tyson case-ready ...
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