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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against major meatpackers, ruling the cattle ranchers’ claims lacked legal standing. Meatpacking giants Cargill Inc., JBS SA, Tyson Foods Inc., National Beef Packing Co., and Swift Beef Co. escaped a list of allegations by ranchers who indirectly sell them cattle through various […]
STURGIS, SD – A new webinar from USDA’s Economic Research Service looks at price spreads for beef, going back to the 1970s. The disparity between what retailers, wholesalers, farms and byproducts take as value has widened over the years, leaving farm value percentages lagging in the minds of many market analysts. Presenters William Hahn, Hayden […]