With US cattle numbers near multi-decade lows, imports are projected to rise up to 3% this year
Cargill will shutter its Milwaukee ground beef facility by late May, eliminating 221 jobs as tight cattle supplies continue to pressure packer margins. The move follows other industry pullbacks as historically low herd numbers constrain throughput
Federal officials complete a new sterile fly dispersal facility in South Texas to strengthen protection of the US cattle herd from NWS
USDA is shifting sterile fly operations closer to the US-Mexico border as a precaution against New World screwworm, underscoring heightened biosecurity vigilance across cattle farms
7 March 2026
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