Author: Mike Callicrate

Mexican Farmers Reject Token Increase in Corn Price; Nationwide Protests Continue

Mexican Farmers Reject Token Increase in Corn Price; Nationwide Protests Continue GRETCHEN SMALL October 29, 2025 . 5:37 PM 2 min read Negotiations between the Mexican government, corn growers and representatives of the corn milling industry collapsed this past Monday, Oct. 27, when the industry reps and the Secretary of Agriculture set a price for…



Making Sense of the Current Cattle Market and Argentine Beef, By Gilles Stockton

By Gilles Stockton The last time cattle prices peaked above the cost of production was in 2015. All it took to crash that market was for Congress to rescind country of origin labeling of beef (mCOOL). The price of cattle fell by forty percent (40%) and the following seven years left us with a very…



‘Ridiculous’: Local ranchers react to President’s beef plan

Video link By Mackenzie Stafford October 23, 2025 5:55 PM Published October 23, 2025 6:47 PM 19 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Local cattle ranchers are calling out a move from the White House as U.S. beef prices continue to rise. Farmers blame higher prices on extreme weather and other factors depleting the number of…



R-CALF USA Statement on USDA’s Plan to Rebuild the U.S. Cattle Industry

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and X here, or view the web version here.     R-CALF USA Statement on USDA’s Plan to Rebuild the U.S. Cattle Industry…



R-CALF USA Statement on Government Effort to Lower Beef Prices

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and X here, or view the web version here.   R-CALF USA Statement on Government Effort to Lower Beef Prices BILLINGS, Mont. (Oct. 17, 2025)…



Walmart looks to tighten its grip on the beef supply chain

Aerial photos of Walmart’s facility in Olathe, Kansas, on Aug. 2, 2025. photo by David Eulitt for Investigate Midwest Posted in Investigative / Enterprise: Agribusiness Walmart looks to tighten its grip on the beef supply chain Ranchers and agricultural advocates warn the nation’s cattle industry is in dire straits as Walmart and Brazilian-based JBS expand…



R-CALF USA Joins Letter to Trump Urging Strong Antitrust Enforcement

    By: R-CALF USA Marketing 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 X here or view the web version here.     R-CALF USA Joins Letter to Trump Urging Strong Antitrust Enforcement BILLINGS, Mont., Oct. 13, 2025 — Last…



Alan Guebert – Making rural America less healthy again

Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 Alan Guebert If Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his boss, President Donald J. Trump, “make America healthy again” I will eat any one of the 15 or so hats that somehow have taken up residence in my small…



Tyson, Cargill Agree to Multi-Million-Dollar Settlements in Beef Price-Fixing Case

October 8, 2025By Chris Moore Image by Getty Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit alleging they conspired to inflate U.S. beef prices by limiting supply. According to court filings Monday in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota, Tyson will pay $55 million and…



Do Maker-Owned Markets Offer the Transformational Change Needed to Feed Ourselves?

Do Maker-Owned Markets Offer the Transformational Change Needed to Feed Ourselves? Posted on October 6, 2025 by Mike Callicrate Rural communities have been ravaged by Wall Street and global corporations. The communities that once fed us are unable to feed themselves. Safeway stores in Lamar and La Junta, Colorado are closing, leaving empty store fronts…