Patrick Thomas

The U.S. beef industry isn’t expecting a sharp uptick in exports to China any time soon, despite President Trump’s visit to Beijing this week. Industry executives expect China to renew import licenses for hundreds of beef plants after the country allowed many to expire last year. U.S. officials hav

Patrick Thomas shows how graphic design can empower activism and enable collective action in a time shaped by protest and collaboration.

Investor optimism that China will start buying more U.S. corn, pork, beef and poultry sent shares in agricultural companies and commodities futures higher on Monday. The White House said China will buy $17 billion of U.S. agricultural goods annually through 2028 in addition to soybean purchases Chi

A standoff between Cargill and the union representing one of its beef plants is rattling cattle prices Wednesday. Live-cattle futures were down close to 1% as the agriculture giant locked out about 2,000 employees at one of its beef processing plants after labor negotiations stalled.The company’s

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden said he expects China to honor its pledge to buy more American soybeans this year. Vaden said at The Wall Street Journal’s Global Food Forum that China has started placing orders for soybeans that are being planted right now across the U.S.The country pl

Long maligned by bigger groups, farmers and ranchers outside of larger agricultural trade groups have been given a seat at the table.

Investors and bank loans fueled Brian McClain’s ‘house of cards’ beef operations, which burned through $170 million.

Kroger shares are sliding after the biggest U.S. supermarket operator by sales said its costs—and consumers’—remain troubling. “Our operating costs have been growing faster than our sales,” said CEO Greg Foran. “That's not sustainable. And frankly, it's not acceptable.”Across Kroger’s 2,700 store

Four months into his job, Kroger CEO Greg Foran says he’s been to more than 100 stores, and only two of five were in very good condition. “The gap between our best stores and the rest of the fleet needs to improve,” Foran, a former Walmart exec, said on Kroger’s earnings call today. “Closing it is

President Trump backed his opponent, but Zach Lahn is the Iowa GOP’s nominee for governor. Democrats are highlighting his time out of state.