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JBS Reports Best Quarter Ever
JBS S.A., the Brazil-based parent company of JBS Swift, reported its best consolidated quarter in company history....
More Officials Join Against JBS Purchase of National Beef
Four more state attorneys general have joined the Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to block the purchase of National Beef Packing Co. by JBS S.A....
Country Natural Beef calls off vote on unionizing
Country Natural Beef has called off an election to settle whether workers at feedlots that handle their cattle want to join a union. ...
New Meat Plants in Uganda
Two beef plants will soon be in business in Uganda. The plants will be set up in Nakaseke and Lyantonde says the Minister for Animal Husbandry, Major Bright Rwamiram....
Yield grade requires modification
The USDA Yield Grade equation is skewed, West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) researchers conclude. With the adoption of visual instrument grading, calculated...
Think twice before building
I got a call the other day from a university researcher looking for information about the beef-packing industry. She said she was helping to put together...
Meat Industry Illness and Injury Incidence Rates
Meat industry injury and illness incidence rates now stand at the lowest level ever recorded, according to data recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) covering 2007 annual safety results...
JBS Vows to Fight DOJ Lawsuit
JBS Swift USA president and CEO Wesley Batista said the Brazilian company will vigorously defend its proposed merger with National Beef Co. after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Oct. 20 to block the deal. ...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
