The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) is urging the federal government to provide direct financial assistance to meat processors facing significant losses from newly imposed Chinese tariffs. China recently introduced a 25% retaliatory tariff on Canadian pork and other goods, effective March 25, following a domestic anti-discrimination investigation.

Dietary indigestible protein (IDP) may be a better indicator of potential negative dietary effects than total protein, likely because IDP is available as substrate for microbial fermentation in the hindgut resulting in the production of harmful metabolites. Fermentation of fibre, on the other hand,

The figure underscores the competitive landscape of imported beef in China, with the U.S. emerging as a key player alongside Argentina, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and Uruguay. We can assess the impact of tariffs on these countries using price elasticity estimates from previous research (Hossen and Muhammad, 2025).

Looking more narrowly at calendar year 2024, the U.S. beef industry experienced higher per capita consumption AND higher inflation-adjusted retail prices clearing the market. That combination clearly signals positive domestic beef demand growth that underpinned improved economic viability of industry stakeholders.

A highlight of this year’s efforts was the Kansas ProStart Invitational held in Wichita March 3-4. This statewide culinary competition challenged high school teams to apply their classroom knowledge in a real-world setting.

2018 was the peak in sales for the current cattle cycle as shown in the chart above.

Elanco garnered approval for Lubabegron (marketed as Experior) in 2018. The Lubabegron compound increases cattle growth performance while decreasing nitrogen produced per pound of carcass weight.

Key reports that farmers should watch which could have significant impacts on commodity markets the week of April 21, 2025

The 68 new projects will help address gaps in animal disease outbreak emergency response, increase producers’ use of gold-standard biosecurity measures, train producers and responders to carry out animal disease outbreak response activities, help states and tribes develop and exercise animal disease emergency response plans, and aid producers who are impacted by animal disease outbreaks

Ranchers should know the variety of effects the wildfires have on rangelands.