Union officials said 99% of the plant’s 3,800 unionized workers voted to strike. More than 2,600 showed up at the picket line by early Monday afternoon and others were expected to check in over coming ...

About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said is the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in ...

Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "As cattle numbers continue to drop, one might think cattle prices would keep rising, but they are not. I’ve been ...

VIJAYAWADA: In a major step to curb illegal cattle transportation and prevent cruelty to animals, the Animal Husbandry Department of Andhra Pradesh has introduced a Digital Transport Certificate ...

This week, following deliberations over the course of two days, the House Committee on Agriculture voted to advance its version of the Farm Bill—H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Meat Institute (formerly the North American Meat Institute) today (Feb. 10, 2026) published updated versions of the Animal Welfare Audit and the Meat Industry Recommended Animal ...

RIVER FALLS, WIS. — Approximately 33.4 million cattle are slaughtered each year in the United States, and all slaughter establishments must render animals immediately unconscious to comply with the ...

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 ...

As of Jan. 1, 2026, the U.S. beef cattle herd stands at 86.2 million head, continuing a downward trend. Despite a year of strong prices, USDA’s annual Cattle Inventory Report released Friday shows the ...

UNION TWP. — Two people are facing felony animal cruelty charges alleging they starved and mistreated cattle on a farm in Union Township. William Marshall, 73, of Trailing Pine Road, and Rhonda ...