2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (466+ words) “Freljest” is my coined word made up of the first two letters of the names of business thought leaders Frederick Smith, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. IMHO, these are four of the most prolific, domineering, influential, creative, competitive…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (334+ words) The Meat Institute raised concerns about the Trump administration’s consideration of mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef, arguing that reinstating the policy would increase costs throughout the beef supply chain. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sept. 4 directing USDA, in…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (236+ words) Meatingplace today launched a new online platform for meat processing plant operators to secure the tools and supplies they need to run their plants more efficiently and at a lower cost. Meatingplace Marketplace is a partnership between Meatingplace and Supply…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (260+ words) Tyson Foods surprised Wall Street this week by lowering its outlook for the 2026 fiscal year, but the company’s loss-making beef segment still has better prospects going forward, BMO Capital Markets agribusiness and protein analyst Andrew Strelzik said in a note…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) Are you enjoying the boost to meat consumption that the enduring protein craze and MAHA politics have brought? The shift in the zeitgeist certainly brings a sigh of relief. But just a sigh. Meat still has to do some heavy…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (191+ words) Ed Finkel: What factors led to the recent spinoff from Middleby? Mark Salman: Middleby became the victim of its own success. Middleby had three separate verticals. One was food processing, and we were growing fast, and we had a lot…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (200+ words) Frank Fuhrig joined Meatingplace in 2024. A native Midwesterner based in the Washington, DC, area, he has decades of experience reporting and editing across daily newspapers, international wire services and the think tank world. Frank first covered the agriculture beat in…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (338+ words) The door to Nigeria’s enormous market has opened wider after Africa’s most populous country greatly expanded the meat products eligible for importation from the United States, according to updates to USDA’s Export Library. The country had previously only allowed a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) The United States’ historically tight beef market has claimed another victim. According to a post on its Facebook page, Cusack Meats in Oklahoma City — which was founded in 1933 and has operated out of the same address since the 1940s — concluded its…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (238+ words) Politicians in Illinois said they are working to help constituents curb the impact of the closure of Tyson Foods’ beef packing plant in Joslin. The response follows Tyson’s Aug. 13 announcement of closing the Joslin facility and a case-ready plant in…...