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      "slug": "us-beef-prices",
      "title": "Record Beef Prices: The Smallest Herd Since 1951, the Packer Probe and the Import Fix",
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      "role": "Leads the federal response through beef-industry plans, processor funding, herd-retention programs, trade actions, and market oversight.",
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      "id": 1991,
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      "date": "2026-10-09",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "USDA cuts its beef production forecast again and leaves the cattle price forecast exactly where it was",
      "summary": "The October WASDE lowered 2026 red meat and poultry production, with beef cut for the second half as lighter carcass weights and lower steer and heifer slaughter outweighed heavier cow slaughter. The 2027 forecast came down too, on lighter dressed weights and feedlot placements in the second half of 2026 running below expectation, which is expected to slow marketings into the first quarter of 2027. Against all of that, the board left its cattle price forecasts for 2026 and 2027 unchanged — the herd keeps shrinking on paper without USDA moving the number that reaches a shopper.",
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          "url": "https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/wasde1026.pdf",
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          "quote": "The forecast for 2026 red meat and poultry production is lowered from last month as lower beef and pork production is partly offset by increased broiler and turkey production."
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        {
          "url": "https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/wasde1026.pdf",
          "outlet": "U.S. Department of Agriculture",
          "published": "2026-10-09",
          "quote": "Cattle price forecasts were unchanged for 2026 and 2027."
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      "id": 1990,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n1990",
      "date": "2026-10-09",
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      "title": "Farm Bureau urges USDA to retain meatpacking rules",
      "summary": "The American Farm Bureau Federation said it wanted the rules to remain in place. It also asked that the rules be highlighted in the report sent to the president.",
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          "url": "https://www.rfdtv.com/farm-bureau-presses-for-contract-protections-as-usda-reviews-meatpacking-rules",
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          "published": "2026-10-09",
          "quote": "“We want to make sure that those rules stay in place and are highlighted in the report that is sent to the president"
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      "date": "2026-09-09",
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      "title": "Douglas reopens again after a weeklong pause over inoperable cattle chutes",
      "summary": "The only cattle crossing on the US-Mexico border went back into service on Tuesday after USDA paused it in late August, having been told that the chutes on the Mexican side had become inoperable following welding modifications. The stoppage showed how thin the reopened channel still was.",
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          "url": "https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2026-09-09/douglas-cattle-border-crossing-reopens-after-weeklong-pause-for-technical-problem",
          "outlet": "KJZZ",
          "published": "2026-09-09",
          "quote": "The Douglas border crossing reopened to cattle Tuesday after a more than weeklong pause - making it the only point on the U.S.-Mexico border where live cattle imports can cross."
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        {
          "url": "https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animals/animal-health/livestock-and-poultry-disease/stop-screwworm/current-status",
          "outlet": "USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service",
          "published": "2026-09-11",
          "quote": "On August 24, 2026, USDA reopened the Douglas, AZ port to cattle imports from Mexico, guided by overlapping safeguards and a science-based import protocol jointly agreed upon between the United States and Mexico."
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      "date": "2026-09-04",
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      "title": "Executive Order 14425 orders a review of mandatory beef country-of-origin labeling",
      "summary": "Executive Order 14425 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to review authorities that may allow mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef products. The Secretary was directed to consult the United States Trade Representative within 90 days.",
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          "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/supporting-americas-ranchers/",
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          "quote": "Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall review all statutory and regulatory authorities that may permit the establishment of mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef products."
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      "date": "2026-09-04",
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      "title": "Executive Order 14424 tells USDA to expand Packers and Stockyards investigations",
      "summary": "Executive Order 14424 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize and expand investigations of possible Packers and Stockyards Act violations. The order called for attention to practices that restrain commerce or manipulate prices.",
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          "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/promoting-fair-competition-in-livestock-markets-and-expanding-market-access-for-american-meat-producers/",
          "outlet": "White House",
          "published": "2026-09-04",
          "quote": "The Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) shall, consistent with the Act, and all other applicable law: prioritize and expand investigations into potential violations of the Act by packers and other covered entities, with particular attention to unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practices; undue or unreasonable preferences or advantages; and practices that restrain commerce or manipulate prices."
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      "id": 993,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n993",
      "date": "2026-08-31",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Rollins announces the Ranchers First Initiative to rebuild the herd",
      "summary": "USDA packaged a set of actions aimed at getting ranchers to hold back heifers rather than sell them, including a Beef Retention and National Development endorsement for Livestock Risk Protection, a SPUR guaranteed loan programme for regional processing, and a Regional Processor Continuity Effort. The release noted that with recent closure announcements, nearly 20 percent of beef processing capacity would be available as the herd grows.",
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          "url": "https://www.rfdtv.com/usda-secretary-rollins-announces-ranchers-first-initiatives-to-rebuild-the-great-american-beef-herd",
          "outlet": "RFD-TV (USDA release)",
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          "quote": "USDA is going to secure tomorrow's herd through the new Beef Retention and National Development (BRAND) endorsement for Livestock Risk Protection (LRP)."
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          "url": "https://www.wbiw.com/2026/08/31/new-actions-build-on-usdas-2026-plan-to-fortify-the-american-beef-industry/",
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          "quote": "With recent processing closure announcements, nearly 20% of beef processing capacity will be available as the herd grows."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n992",
      "date": "2026-08-26",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "A second proclamation adds 300,000 tonnes, allocated to countries other than Argentina",
      "summary": "The August proclamation raised the aggregate in-quota quantity by 300,000 metric tons for 2026, administered first come, first served in three 100,000-tonne tranches opening September 1, October 1 and October 31. The volume was allocated entirely to \"other countries or areas,\" leaving the February Argentine allocation untouched, and the Agriculture Secretary and USTR were told to check whether the imports were in fact selling 25 percent below the market price.",
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          "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/further-ensuring-affordable-beef-for-the-american-consumer/",
          "outlet": "The White House",
          "published": "2026-08-26",
          "quote": "(3) The additional 300,000 mt described in clauses (1) and (2) of this proclamation will be administered on a first come, first served basis in three 30 day tranches."
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          "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/31/2026-17842/further-ensuring-affordable-beef-for-the-american-consumer",
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          "quote": "(2) The additional 300,000 mt described in clause (1) of this proclamation will apply only to lean beef trimmings classifiable under HTSUS statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091, and 0202.30.5097."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n1005",
      "date": "2026-08-25",
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      "title": "ERS forecasts a 9.8 percent rise in 2026 beef and veal prices",
      "summary": "The Economic Research Service forecast that beef and veal prices would increase 9.8 percent in 2026. Its forecast interval ranged from 7.0 percent to 12.6 percent.",
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          "url": "https://ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618",
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          "published": "2026-08-25",
          "quote": "Beef and veal prices are forecast to increase 9.8 percent in 2026, with a forecast interval of 7.0 to 12.6 percent."
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      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n991",
      "date": "2026-08-24",
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      "title": "The first cattle in more than a year cross at Douglas, Arizona",
      "summary": "Nearly 700 animals came through the border wall at Douglas on the Monday the port reopened, the first cattle to cross in more than a year. APHIS chief veterinary officer Alan Huddleston said the inspection included screwworm-sniffing dogs and called the reopening a proof of concept that, if it holds, would lead to more ports opening along the border.",
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          "url": "https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2026-08-25/u-s-mexico-border-reopens-to-cattle-as-new-world-screwworm-ban-lifts",
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          "published": "2026-08-25",
          "quote": "The cattle that came through the border wall Monday went through a rigorous inspection procedure, said Alan Huddleston, the chief veterinary officer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS. The added layers of protection included inspections by specially trained screwworm-sniffing dogs, Huddleston said."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.fox34.com/2026/08/25/border-reopens-mexican-cattle-imports-us-works-contain-screwworm/",
          "outlet": "KCBD",
          "published": "2026-08-25",
          "quote": "LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The U.S. reopened the border crossing in Arizona to cattle imports from Mexico on Monday, as part of a phased plan to control the spread of the New World screwworm."
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      "id": 989,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n989",
      "date": "2026-07-24",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "USDA says the Douglas port will reopen to Mexican cattle in phases from August 24",
      "summary": "After more than a year of closure, Rollins said it was safe to reopen the Douglas, Arizona port in 30 days and resume cattle movement, with a phased schedule and a jointly agreed import protocol. Douglas would be the only crossing open, a fraction of the pre-closure trade.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
        "Brooke Rollins",
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        "Mexico"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/24/united-states-mexico-cattle-industry-imports-resumption-screwworm/",
          "outlet": "The Texas Tribune",
          "published": "2026-07-24",
          "quote": "\"Thanks to the work of the federal government as well as state, local, and industry partners, it is now safe to reopen the Douglas, Arizona, port in 30 days to resume the hundreds year old movement of cattle.\""
        },
        {
          "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/u-s-to-reopen-border-to-mexican-cattle-imports-after-screwworm-ban/",
          "outlet": "Fortune (Associated Press)",
          "published": "2026-07-27",
          "quote": "The United States announced Friday it will begin reopening the border to Mexican cattle imports on Aug. 24, more than a year after it imposed the measure due to the spread of the New World screwworm in Mexico."
        }
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      "id": 1004,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n1004",
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "U.S. beef-cow inventory is 28.5 million head",
      "summary": "The United States had 28.5 million beef cows as of July 1, 2026. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that the figure was 1 percent below the prior year.",
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          "url": "https://data.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2026/07-24-2026.php",
          "outlet": "USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service",
          "published": "2026-07-24",
          "quote": "There are 28.5 million beef cows in the United States as of July 1, 2026, down 1% from last year."
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      ]
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      "id": 987,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n987",
      "date": "2026-06-30",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "USDA puts $500 million into small and regional beef processors",
      "summary": "The Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers programme offered up to $500 million to independent and regional beef slaughter facilities, alongside a Small Processors Action Plan and a fourth $60 million round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. The theory was that more places to sell cattle would weaken the Big Four's hold on the market.",
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      "entities": [
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        "Brooke Rollins"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.rfdtv.com/usda-secretary-rollins-announces-ranchers-first-initiatives-to-rebuild-the-great-american-beef-herd",
          "outlet": "RFD-TV (USDA release)",
          "published": "2026-08-31",
          "quote": "June 2026: Secretary Rollins announced the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers (SPUR) Program, providing up to $500 million to independent and regional beef slaughter facilities."
        }
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      "id": 984,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n984",
      "date": "2026-03-31",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "USDA and Interior sign a grazing memorandum to open public rangeland",
      "summary": "The two departments agreed to expand grazing access and cut permitting delays on federal land, one of the supply-side answers to a herd that cannot grow without feed and forage. USDA later listed the memorandum among the actions it counted as its record for ranchers.",
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          "url": "https://www.wbiw.com/2026/08/31/new-actions-build-on-usdas-2026-plan-to-fortify-the-american-beef-industry/",
          "outlet": "WBIW (USDA release)",
          "published": "2026-08-31",
          "quote": "March 2026: USDA and the Department of the Interior signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand grazing access and cut permitting delays on public lands."
        }
      ]
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      "id": 982,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n982",
      "date": "2026-01-30",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "The US cattle herd falls to 86.2 million head, the smallest since 1951",
      "summary": "The NASS Cattle report put all cattle and calves at 86.2 million head on January 1, 2026, down 0.3 percent from a year earlier and the smallest US inventory in 75 years. Beef cows were down 1 percent at 27.6 million and the calf crop fell 2 percent, meaning the supply of animals that would reach slaughter weight in 2027 had already been set.",
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      "entities": [
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        {
          "url": "https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2026/01-30-2026.php",
          "outlet": "USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service",
          "published": "2026-01-30",
          "quote": "There were 86.2 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms as of Jan. 1, 2026, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Other key findings in the report were: Of the 86.2 million head inventory, all cows and heifers that have calved totaled 37.2 million."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.fb.org/market-intel/smaller-cattle-herd-creates-market-volatility",
          "outlet": "American Farm Bureau Federation",
          "published": "2026-02-02",
          "quote": "The January U.S. Cattle Inventory report shows the cattle inventory on Jan. 1, 2026, is 86.2 million head, down 300,000 head or 0.3% from 2025."
        }
      ]
    },
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      "id": 1000,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n1000",
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "FSIS begins enforcing voluntary U.S.-origin meat-label claims",
      "summary": "Food Safety and Inspection Service personnel began enforcement of voluntary U.S.-origin claims on regulated products before the products could enter commerce. The enforcement applied to claims including “Product of USA” and “Made in the USA.”",
      "type": "regulatory",
      "entities": [
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        "Food Safety and Inspection Service"
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      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA%20Beef%20Industry%20Plan%20White%20Paper.pdf",
          "outlet": "USDA",
          "published": "2025-10-22",
          "quote": "Effective January 1, 2026, FSIS inspection personnel will begin enforcing compliance on FSIS-regulated products that bear voluntary “Product of USA,” “Made in the USA,” and other U.S.-origin claims before they may enter commerce."
        }
      ]
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      "id": 999,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n999",
      "date": "2025-10-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Federal departments announce Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry",
      "summary": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, Department of Health and Human Services, and Small Business Administration announced actions for the American beef industry. The announcement identified the role of American ranchers in national security.",
      "type": "announcement",
      "entities": [
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        "Department of the Interior",
        "Department of Health and Human Services",
        "Small Business Administration",
        "Brooke Rollins",
        "Doug Burgum",
        "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.",
        "Kelly Loeffler"
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        {
          "url": "https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/10/22/secretary-rollins-announces-plan-american-ranchers-and-consumers",
          "outlet": "USDA",
          "published": "2025-10-22",
          "quote": "Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a suite of actions to strengthen the American beef industry, reinforcing and prioritizing the American rancher’s critical role in the national security of the United States."
        }
      ]
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      "id": 977,
      "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-beef-prices#n977",
      "date": "2025-05-11",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "USDA closes the southern border to live cattle over New World screwworm",
      "summary": "Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suspended imports of live cattle, horses and bison through every port of entry on the southern border, after the flesh-eating parasite was found on farms about 700 miles from the US line. Mexican feeder cattle had supplied roughly 5 percent of US feedlot placements, and the closure removed that supply just as the domestic herd was already shrinking.",
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