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Three keys to growing demand
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Troy Marshall contributing editor
The beef industry has long understood that from a demand standpoint, the mission is quite simple. We need to increase the number of customers, the average...
The changing corn environment
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, 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...
Estate Planning
Does The Death Tax Need A Repeal Or An Overhaul?
Repeal of the estate tax, or death tax, as it's often termed by its detractors, has long been championed by ag commodity and small-business groups...
Is life insurance really necessary?
By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor
You can look at life insurance as an estate management tool, or as a take-it-or-leave-it kind of proposition. And most estate-planning experts would just...
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Harlan Hughes
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...
2008 grass cattle planning prices
by Harlan Hughes contributing editor
After 30 years of government-supported and stabilized corn markets, the new biofuels era features no government- or farmer-held corn reserves and highly...
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Pasture Values
Where will it end?
By Mike Fritz
Private grazing rates across the Western U.S. climbed more than 5% for the 12 months through January to $14.50/animal unit month (AUM). That’s up from last year’s 4.5% pace, according to the latest USDA January Cattle Survey. Yet, given the developing profit squeeze caused by steeply rising feed prices and other production costs, market participants say lease rates will eventually have to retreat...
Pasture Cools
By Mike Fritz
Robust demand for recreational tracts, strong livestock profits and high grain prices continue to fuel the strong bull run in the pasture and rangeland...
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Troy Marshall
Three keys to growing demand
by Troy Marshall contributing editor
The beef industry has long understood that from a demand standpoint, the mission is quite simple. We need to increase the number of customers, the average...
Should we just accept and adapt?
by Troy Marshall contributing editor
Accept and adapt has certainly been the rallying cry of leading management gurus regarding the government-created ethanol boom. These experts have a valid...
From Our Columnists
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...
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...
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...


















