Beef Central

Smithfield feedlot to further test the market for major grainfeeding assets

Another large Australian commercial feedlot is about to be put to the market, continuing an extraordinary recent sequence of ...
The Journal

Cattle on Feed shows increase in feedlot inventory

The United States Cattle on Feed report showed an increase of 3% on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report from feedlots with a ...
The Journal

King Ranch, Inc. announces strategic investment into Cobalt Cattle

King Ranch, Inc., Houston, Texas, announced April 9 that it has acquired a 50% stake in CobaltCattle, the nation’s fourth-largest cattle feeding operation with six feedyards in Colorado, Kansas and ...

Tyson closing one of its largest beef processing plants

Faced with rising processing costs and shrinking profits in its beef business, Tyson (TSN) is closing its Lexington, Nebraska ...
NPR

Agriculture industry takes steps to reduce methane, a potent greenhouse gas

The biggest source of climate-warming methane in the U.S. is animal agriculture. America's biggest cattle feedlot operator is funding new research, with motives beyond reducing greenhouse gases. The ...