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Some Thoughts On GIPSA Day In Fort Collins
Aug 27, 2010 12:10 PM, Troy Marshall
The big GIPSA circus is underway today (Friday) in Fort Collins, CO, but two small events occurred this week that confirmed for me the intentions and effects of these proposed new rules....
Why All The Industry Discontent?
Aug 27, 2010 11:54 AM, Steve Kay
Cattle producers should be pretty happy right now. Prices for calves, yearlings and fed cattle were all 13% higher the last week of July than a year ago, with live cattle prices up 11% for the first seven months, vs. the same period last year....
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Current Issue: August 2010
Is the current cattle industry business model sustainable?)
Wes Ishmael
“Despite worldwide population demand for beef, the U.S. beef industry is contracting,” says Barry Dunn, dean of South Dakota State University’s College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences...
Beef industry dogged by E. coli contamination issueAug 5, 2010 2:54 PM, Dave Sjeklocha Since 1993, our industry has struggled mightily with E. coli O157:H7 – a strain of bacteria that lives in the intestines of healthy cattle and is also found on the hide... |
Expanding Your Ranch In Today’s Cattle MarketAug 5, 2010 1:53 PM, By Wes Ishmael, Contributing Editor Just the whiff of higher calf and feeder-cattle prices used to be enough to unleash industry optimism, sending cow-calf producers scurrying to retain or buy more heifers to expand and exploit the cattle cycle... |
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