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The changing corn environment

by Harlan Hughes contributing editor

Part 1: Uncharted waters Managing a beef cowherd in today's corn environment is like sailing uncharted waters. Ranchers' past experiences may not be of...

Getting The UPPER HAND

By Walt Barnhart

Despite setbacks in 2007, beef industry leaders believe they're doing a good job of keeping pathogens at bay when it comes to their products. They also...

Losing Immigrant Labor

By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Even before Homeland Security put a ratchet to the threads of American commerce, few were willing to discuss it openly. And now, with the elevated threat...

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BEEF Introduces Web Site “Briefing Room”

“The Briefing Room,” the latest in BEEF’s online presence, provides up-to-the-minute industry news, products, technology and business announcements...

Marketing In A Bear Market

By Troy Marshall

I received an email this week from a cattleman who wasn’t feeling particularly optimistic about profitability in his cow-calf program over the next couple of years. He asked ...

The Politics Of Ethanol Seem To Be Changing – A Little

By Troy Marshall

Even though ethanol has been the primary driver in our industry the last couple of years, the beef industry has always been on the outside looking in on the ...

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AG Secretary Schafer at NCBA

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut

Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

Buy/sell margins - part III

The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

Planning for successful breeding

What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...

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