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)…
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…
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…
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 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 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)…
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…