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The U.S.-Mexico beef market has taken a massive hit from the screwworm parasite, which has spread from Mexico to Texas and New Mexico. AP Photo/Isabel Mateos, file

Soaring US beef prices likely to rise further thanks to trade tensions and disease outbreaks

The tightly integrated North American beef market, under pressure from drought and the spread of the screwworm, could get further roiled by trade uncertainty.
Beef production provides a valuable contribution to human health while also impacting the natural environment. Brandee Gillham courtesy of the Colorado Department of Agriculture.

Colorado ranchers and consumers can team up to make beef supply chains more sustainable

Beef is a source of complete protein for humans, but its production results in greenhouse gas emissions.
U.S. farmers, including those who grow soybeans, are under pressure from various Trump administration policies. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies

In the past, farmers have balanced their political beliefs against market logic. How much pressure can farmers endure?
Beef dominates American diets. In 2022, Americans consumed almost 30 billion pounds of beef. Johnrob/E+ via Getty Images

How beef became a marker of American identity

On July 4, 1891, Oklahoman farmer Oscar Weber Bilby served his neighbors the very first hamburgers on buns.
Canadian rap artist Drake was forced to pull a diss track he had produced that used an AI-generated voice of Tupac Shakur. Prince Williams/Wireimage via Getty Images

Drake’s beef with Kendrick Lamar isn’t nearly as important as his tiff with Tupac Shakur’s estate over using the dead rapper’s voice

The AI train has left the station. Now, guardrails need to be hastily built to keep the technology from running the music industry off the tracks.

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