They come, they extract, and they leave – Cattle and beef industries go down in flames. August 21, 2026 With the cooperation of the U.S. government, the beef industry has been industrialized, globalized, and financialized by a handful of unrestrained multinational corporations and their oligarch owners. With control over Congress and cozy ties to the…
Ranchers, cattle feeders, and consumers are being defrauded by the lack of labeling transparency. At the last minute, mandatory country-of-origin labeling (mCOOL) for beef was included in the Senate version of the Farm Bill. Next, the entire Senate will need to pass the Farm Bill without deleting mCOOL. Finally, mCOOL has to survive the reconciliation…
Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that discusses the anomalous changes that have occurred along the entire beef supply chain over the past 3.5 years. It is in three formats: written, audio and video. Anyone is welcome to use it for broadcasting or reporting. Domestic Beef Supply Chain on Road to Ruin Commentary by…
Callicrate Note: Wondering what happened in Colorado with the successful ballet initiative to feed kids healthy local food? We haven’t seen any local purchasing of meat. Farm to school expands + pear farmers face a make-or-break harvest A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team August 18, 2026 Farm to school program now used by…
Fewer buyers, fewer choices: Tyson closures and market concentration A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team Tyson plant closures raise concerns for cattle producers and competition What happened: Tyson Foods announced plans to close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing plant and a Utah case-ready facility, while putting its Pasco, Washington, beef plant up for…
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The farm Bill claims to tackle affordability problems by increasing foreign labor, and consumers complain about the cost of a burrito. August 15, 2026 By JR Burdick Recently, X has been embroiled in a controversy over the cost of a $20 burrito, and I have been mulling over a July article in Terrain by Ben…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer By: R-CALF USA Communications Director Jaiden Moreland Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and on X here, or view the web version here. Concentrated Packers Are Reshaping…
By P.J. Huffstutter August 13, 20264 Tyson to shut operations at plants in Illinois and Utah, looks to sell Washington plant Company says it will shift capacity to other sites to maintain similar cattle slaughter levels Closures mark the latest signal of trouble for the beef processing industry CHICAGO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Tyson Foods…
Internal oil and gas industry documents released through investigative reports and lawsuits show that major corporations knew about the link between fossil fuels and climate change as early as the 1950s and 1960s. Rather than accepting public culpability, internal memos reveal a calculated shift toward manufacturing scientific doubt, deflecting responsibility, and framing the crisis as…