Should Hogs Live In Skyscrapers?

Raising swine in high-rises seems like the premise of a dystopian television show—but it’s happening in real life. And from my perspective, it’s frightening. Last fall, the world’s largest free-standi...

Prairie to Plate: Impact Analysis of Blockchain on the Global Livestock Industry – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Prairie to Plate: Impact Analysis of Blockchain on the Global Livestock Industry” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The livestock industry include...

Kenya’s Samburu People Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Climate Change

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has advised that at least 4.2 million people in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) urgently need humanitarian assista...

Opinion: Stock market bulls have a new story to sell you. Don’t believe them — they’re just in the ‘bargaining’ stage of grief

Might the bear market’s losses at its recent low have gotten so bad that it was actually good news? Some eager stock bulls I monitor are advancing this convoluted rationale. The outline of their argum...

Where’s the beef? Rancher sentenced to 11 years for ripping off Tyson Foods of nearly $250 million in ‘ghost cattle’ scam.

A Washington state rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for a nearly quarter-billion-dollar ripoff of Tyson Foods Inc. TSN, -1.22% in which it sold the meat processor more than 260,000 hea...

The Bulls Still Own This Market. But Cracks Are Starting to Show.

Text size Riskier and more speculative pockets of the market have led the rally, which has coincided with a decline in bond yields. NYSE If it looks like a bull market and acts like a bull market, it’...

Why stock market bulls are cheering the S&P 500’s close above 4,231

The S&P 500 index on Friday finished above a chart level that delivered a dose of encouragement to stock-market bulls arguing that the U.S. bear-market bottom is in, though technical analysts warn...

Sit Out the Next Few Months, Say These Analysts. A Recession Is Unavoidable.

Text size American flags outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The S&P 500 came close to finishing Friday’s session in a bear market, adding fuel to a rapidly in...

Cattle Ranchers Take Aim at Meatpackers’ Dominance

For years, many ranchers have blamed meatpacking giants for low cattle prices. Now, some cattlemen say they have a solution: Process the beef themselves. On 80 acres in western Nebraska, a group of ca...

Can Whistleblowing On Meatpackers Curb Retail Prices? Stay Tuned

Today, meat production has consolidated to fewer players. Just four major meatpackers – Tyson, … [+] Cargill, JBS S.A. and Marfrig Global Foods S.A. (through National Beef Packing Co.) – control...