The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is backing new legislation that would establish federal labeling standards for plant-based and cell-cultivated protein products, arguing consumers deserve clearer information at the meat case.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Negasunt Powder (coumaphos, propoxur, and sulfanilamide topical powder) for the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm infestations.

A devastating parasite that burrows into the flesh of its hosts is inching dangerously close to the United States, the Texas Department of Agriculture warns. The New World screwworm has been found just 62 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nuevo León.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorizations for four animal drugs aimed at preventing and treating New World screwworm, a parasitic threat that can cause severe and often fatal tissue damage in livestock and other animals.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is warning producers to be on high alert following confirmation of the northern-most New World screwworm detection in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, only 90 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

April began on Wednesday of “Holy Week” leading up to Easter Sunday and the ending of Lent. Historically, April cattle futures are the highest for Spring as the grilling season kicks off on Memorial Day. This year so far nothing is normal. Here in Louisiana our row crop farmers usually start planting corn in March. This year, because of dry conditions corn planting was mostly done by March 1 and then in Mid-March we had 3 days of temperatures in the 20’s and many fields had to be replanted.

Mexican cattle exports fell off sharply in 2025, sending shockwaves through the North American beef supply chain and raising urgent questions about the long-term sustainability of U.S. cattle feeding operations.