USDA’s Semi-Annual Cattle Inventory report confirmed a 61-year low in the beef cow herd, and barring some major change in the weather, the cattle inventory may not be done shrinking yet.

February 14, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ESTToday at 1:00 p.m. EST Porter argued that pasture-raised, organic and grass-fed cattle are somehow worse for the environment than factory-farmed, feedlot beef.

In the late 1990s, there was an outbreak of mad cow disease in humans in Great Britain, which caused the country to suspend beef consumption for several months.