Grace Miller
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- Sep 9, 2026
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The Beef Bulk-Up: Health tradeoffs emerge as cattle get heavier (opens the original)
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Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a three-part series that examines the forces driving U.S. producers’ efforts to create heavier cattle, and what rising weights mean for the future of beef production. When Temple Grandin set foot in a meat processing plant 15 years ago, she rarely noticed lame cattle. And in those days, it was rare for one to drop dead from congestive heart failure. Now, she says, such problems are becoming more and more common. More cattle arriving at slaughter p
The Beef Bulk‑Up: America’s cattle are getting bigger, bringing larger returns and new complications (opens the original)
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Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series that examines the forces driving U.S. producers’ efforts to create heavier cattle, and what rising weights mean for the future of beef production. When Don Schiefelbein sizes up the forces reshaping the beef market, one conclusion outweighs the rest: Heavier cattle bring heavier checks. Cattle across the U.S. are increasingly getting bigger, and with a clear motivator. For every pound that gets added to each animal, cattle feede
Farmer sentiment up again from last month (opens the original)
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Farmer sentiment is on the upswing, rising for the second month in a row, according to Purdue University-CME Group’s Ag Economy Barometer released Tuesday. And, for the first time since June of last year, a higher percentage of the farmers surveyed expected their operations to be better off, rather than worse off, financially a year from now. The index of future expectations increased by 11 points this month, but the index of current conditions only increased by 1 point. The current conditions i
Democrats call for investigation into Sysco acquisition (opens the original)
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Four Democratic lawmakers have signed letters calling for a Federal Trade Commission investigation into an “anticompetitive” acquisition by Sysco of Jetro Restaurant Depot. The sale between the two restaurant supplier giants was announced on March 30, and the transaction is valued at $29.1 billion, according to a Sysco press release. The acquisition is expected to close by the third quarter of Sysco’s FY27 in March. “Together, Sysco and Jetro Restaurant Depot will enhance value for small indepen
APHIS updates federal order to restrict spread of potato wart (opens the original)
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced stricter requirements, which will take effect Oct. 5, for potato imports from Prince Edward Island to curb the spread of potato wart. A case of potato wart was discovered in Prince Edward Island earlier this year by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, but it says risk is limited to one farm. However, potato wart spores can stay dormant in soil without a host plant for over 40 years, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Th
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