Tyson to Close One of the Biggest Beef-Processing Plants in the U.S. Story by Patrick Thomas Tyson’s Lexington, Neb., plant employs roughly 3,000 people. © Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg News Tyson Foods, America’s largest meat supplier, is planning to close one of its largest beef-processing plants in Nebraska at a time when a cattle shortage in the…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release November 19, 2025 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this week’s update on Facebook here, on X here, or view the web version here. Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that explains what…
Plus: Tell Congress to restore honest meat labeling. View this newsletter in your browser. FARM ACTION FOCUS: TRUMP’S MEATPACKER INVESTIGATION AND WHAT COMES NEXT On November 7, President Trump announced a new Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into possible price manipulation in the beef industry. The Big Four meatpackers—Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef—control most…
The 1980’s and a Prayer to Make It Weighing yearlings on the Sullivan Ranch on Antelope Mesa. “Little” Jerry Sullivan on the fence, Kenny Anderson and Roy Hughes mounted, Afton Harmon running the scales. Circa Fall 1982 By Shad Sullivan I remember there was a cow-chip on the desk with an ink pen stuck into…
Montana Cattlemen’s Association Press Release Release Date: November 13, 2025 Contact person: Gilles Stockton (406) 428-2183 Email: mca and gillesstockton@gmail.com Everything Except for What is Most Important. Back in April, an ad hoc group of cattle producers met to form the “Common Ground Coalition” and published what they consider to be the policies needed for…
Trump’s DOJ Meatpacker Investigation Explained—and What Must Happen Next November 11, 2025 On November 7, President Trump announced that he had directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate possible price manipulation and unfair practices in the beef industry. The announcement comes as the “Big Four” meatpackers—JBS, Tyson, Cargill, and National Beef—use their outsized power…
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 Alan Guebert My mother was born into dirt, poverty, and hunger on a tenant farm in east central Nebraska in April 1932. She was the third child–fourth, including her brother Gordon, who died before she was born–of her parents, Lottie and Harry, young…
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. Opinion: Americans Deserve to Know Where Their Beef Comes From November 5,…
The Story of ‘Country of Origin Labeling’Leave it BetterNov 04, 2025 Farmers are pissed. Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Beohner, orchestrated the repeal of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) – Cattle markets crashed, while Big Food laundered imported beef into Product of the USA. Full video: How the Federal Government Betrayed American Farmers…
Sen. Cramer Asks DOJ to Continue Investigation into Beef Markets The probe initially began in 2020 under the first Trump administration, but interest in the subject has picked up recently in the wake of the announcement that more cattle would be imported from Argentina. October 30, 2025 Gabriel Ostler Full video: https://www.kvrr.com/2025/10/30/sen-cramer-asks-doj-to-continue-investigation-into-beef-markets/ FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)…