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    Weekly protein report: Tight US cattle supplies continue driving historic beef prices

    calendar icon 30 May 2026
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    Weekly protein report: Historic cattle shortage increases pressure on beef processors

    Processing Meat Processing Packaging
    calendar icon 9 May 2026
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    Tyson widened projected beef losses as the US cattle herd falls to its smallest size in 75 years, driving sharply higher input costs

    Weekly protein report: Biosecurity risks remain a market problem for cattle producers

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 1 May 2026
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    Ongoing uncertainty around screwworm underscores how animal health threats can quickly alter marketing decisions, trade flows and price direction

    Weekly protein report: China livestock sector on alert as new foot-and-mouth strain emerges

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases Foot-and-mouth Disease
    calendar icon 25 April 2026
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    FMD serotype SAT1 detection across distant provinces raises containment concerns, triggers nationwide vaccine push

    Weekly protein digest: Drought threatens momentum in rebuilding the herd

    Herd Management Environmental Management Health & Disease
    calendar icon 18 April 2026
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    Persistent dryness in key US regions is raising concerns about forage availability, potentially slowing heifer retention and causing delay in rebuilding the herd

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    Weekly protein digest: JBS plant strike raises red flags for cattle markets

    Health & Disease Processing Facilities and People
    calendar icon 21 March 2026
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    A walkout at one of the nation’s largest beef plants is threatening regional slaughter capacity, with analysts warning of near-term pressure on fed cattle prices and potential volatility across the supply chain

    Weekly protein digest: US beef rapidly recaptures market share in Colombia

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 14 March 2026
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    US beef exports to Colombia surged in 2025 amid removal of restrictions tied to avian influenza concerns in US dairy herds

    Weekly protein report: Shipping crisis could shake global cattle and beef markets

    Processing Meat Processing Markets
    calendar icon 7 March 2026
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    War surcharges, vessels waiting offshore and port access issues are raising costs and complicating global beef trade flows

    Weekly protein report: Beef imports to US set to rise again in 2026 amid historic supply lows

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 1 March 2026
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    With US cattle numbers near multi-decade lows, imports are projected to rise up to 3% this year

    Weekly protein report: Cargill to permanently close Milwaukee beef plant amid cattle shortage

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    calendar icon 21 February 2026
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    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

    Weekly protein digest: USDA expands border defense against New World Screwworm

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 14 February 2026
    clock icon 11 minute read

    Federal officials complete a new sterile fly dispersal facility in South Texas to strengthen protection of the US cattle herd from NWS

    Weekly protein digest: USDA expands screwworm defense along Texas border

    Health & Disease Notfiable Diseases New World Screwworm
    calendar icon 7 February 2026
    clock icon 10 minute read

    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
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