Less than a dozen countries contribute the vast majority of beef around the world. See which countries are on the list and the type of cattle they raise.

Overall, the USDA reports that the number of cattle in the United States decreased by 2% from 2023 to 2024. In 2024, American consumers ate about 59 pounds of beef per person, a bit more than 2023 ...

Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "One of the best barometers to measure the demand for beef worldwide is to count the ...

XINGUARA, Brazil -Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth – and some trouble. His family's immense farms were accused of submitting ...

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service just suspended cattle trade with Mexico over the detection of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. Here's what it could mean for you.

Eric Brandt runs a 125-acre, grass-fed cattle ranch, raising some 250 beef cattle and selling mostly to high-end organic markets in the U.S. ... Beef demand is rising around the world.

Livestock account for 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest portion coming from methane that cattle release when they burp. Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot ...

Since zero tariffs for cattle and beef went into effect between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in 1994, the U.S. has lost about 285,000 beef cattle farms and ranches, our national cattle herd has ...

New World screwworm (NWS) has been detected in Mexico only 700 miles from the U.S. border. With the impending threat, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) says it’s not a matter of if ...

NATURAL EVOLUTION. Drive seven hours northwest of Brisbane, and you are in prime Queensland cattle country. The route from the state capital to Injune, and the base for Jeremy and Julie Shaw and ...

As we’ve argued in the past, the world is rapidly closing in on peak beef. It’s possible that the carbon hoofprint of the global cattle herd is already in decline.