The cattle herd is progressively shrinking, and as of Jan. 1, it totaled 87.2 million head. This year’s inventory is the fewest since 1951, when the herd totaled 82.1 million. Each subsequent peak in ...

Cattle numbers are at a 75-year low, and Jenny Schlecht thinks rebuilding is unlikely for now. The intense nature of raising ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The agency surveyed over 36 thousand producers across the country and found beef-cattle numbers have decreased, compared to last year. There are nearly 28 million head of beef cattle ...

Bernt Nelson, economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation explains some of the current challenges the cattle markets are facing as the threat for New World Screwworm persists. Bernt Nelson, ...

Livestock economists said the Jan. 30 cattle inventory report showed what they expected—the nation’s beef herd is not expanding. The United States all cattle and calves count was 86.2 million head as ...

A rapidly shrinking supply of cattle could lead to more exorbitant beef prices. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, there were 87.2 million cattle and calves in the United States as of ...

Drought conditions that loomed over a large portion of the U.S. earlier this year will continue to threaten the nation's agriculture industry into 2023 as experts forecast a continued drop in cattle ...

I concluded my Q3 2025 Barchart report on the cattle and hog futures markets with the following: The forward curves for beef and pork futures highlight the expectations for continued tightness and ...

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Beef cattle inventories across the United States are at their lowest point in more than six decades, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In its biannual cattle report, the USDA reported a ...

Cattle see fund selling resume but is the low really in and did the LRP program contribute to the selloff? Hogs consolidating, while corn and wheat are up with liquidation easing on first notice day ...