
AUDIO: Interview with Gilles Stockton, cattle and sheep rancher in Grass Range, MT
Gilles Stockton discusses how vertical integration has already taken out thousands of independent cattle feeders. Cow calf producers are feeling vertical integration through subtle instances such as the USDA pushing for mandatory RFID tags and the push for certain bloodlines.
Current Cattle Market Daily Headlines for February 26, 2021
World’s top meat supplier envisions separate plant-based company https://finance.yahoo.com/news/world-top-meat-supplier-envisions-100000499.html The world’s largest meat supplier, JBA SA, plans to set up a new global company focused solely on plant-based products....Current Cattle Market Daily Headlines for February 25, 2021
Cattle feeders: Competing to sell cattle for the lowest price https://www.cattlerange.com/comprehensive-cattle-market-reports-analysis/cattle-industry-news/cattle-feeders-competing-to-see-who-will-sell-for-the-lowest-price/ In February of 2013, fed cattle were trading...Current Cattle Market Daily Headlines for February 24, 2021
USRSB sustainability modules for feedyards and auctions https://www.drovers.com/news/industry/usrsb-sustainability-modules-feedyards-and-auctions The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) has released additional sustainability modules for both the feedyard and...
VIDEO: Discussion with Oklahoma rancher Jerod McDaniel
Jerod McDaniel believes that the mess we have in the cattle industry is one that can’t be untangled. It’s obvious that the system is rigged, but for some reason we all continue to play. “A lot of the cattle industry problems fall right at the feet of the producers themselves who have refused to take the bull by the horns and say we aren’t going to take this anymore.”