JBS executives have warned that the U.S. beef industry has more processing capacity than current cattle supplies can support.

The overall number of U.S. beef and dairy cattle has shrunk to its lowest level since 1951. Drought, rising operating costs and increased consolidation are among the causes.

ELDORA, Iowa (AP) -- A group of Iowa cattlemen hope to put more money back into their own pockets by purchasing a meat processing plant and making their own value-added products. The Iowa Quality Beef ...

The company plans to lay off at least 2,000 workers as it shutters a Pennsylvania beef processing facility and makes changes ...

USDA is spending $110 million to expand meat processing through more than 50 grants for projects in 30 states, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday. The agency will distribute $83 ...

The world’s largest meatpacker, is preparing to close a beef-processing plant in Pennsylvania, the latest facility to close ...

Just four companies dominate about 85% of the beef processing market, which means higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers and cattle feeders are ...

With beef cattle herds at a 75-year low, the cow-calf side hustle has sent dairy replacement prices over $4,000, forcing ...

Lisa and Oscar Mayorga are part of a family ranch in Montana that sells grass-fed beef direct to consumers. The ranch has about 100 cows. “We do organic, grass-fed and grass-finished so the cattle don ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. An $83 million settlement in a large class action lawsuit led in part by a Montana nonprofit ...