Insights and Stories on National Beef

CEOs of four large U.S. meatpackers to testify in Congressional hearing

Apr. 13, 2022 at 7:41 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The chief executives of U.S. meatpackers Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS and National Beef Packing have agreed to testify at a Congressional hearing discussing cattle markets and price increases for consumers, House agriculture committee chairman David Scott said Wednesday. “It is very important, very vital, and very […]

Quebec group seeks to sue beef packers over pricing

Mar. 30, 2022 at 2:54 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. meatpacking workers often absent after plants ordered to reopen

Jun. 15, 2020 at 8:38 pm CDT

By Andy Sullivan Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound to one-week high

Apr. 16, 2020 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

R-CALF suit alleges U.S. packers conspired to suppress fed cattle prices

Apr. 23, 2019 at 5:58 pm CDT

By jonathan-stempel

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

Apr. 9, 2018 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied more than three per cent on Monday in a short-covering and bargain-buying rebound from life-of-contract lows posted last week, traders said. Some contracts, including actively-traded June, rose by as much as the daily three-cent limit as a steady slide […]

By Karl Plume

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

Apr. 9, 2018 at 4:41 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone […]

By Ana Mano