Cattle Market Update
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About Harlan Hughes
A North Dakota State University professor emeritus, Harlan Hughes writes "Market Advisor," a monthly column in BEEF magazine, and he makes presentations at many state, regional and national beef industry events. He retired as the NDSU Extension livestock economist in 2000 and now lives in Laramie, WY.
Contact Prof. Hughes at 701/238-9607 or e-mail Harlan: harlan.hughes@gte.net.
Find your red flags
Part IV in a series on the changing corn environment. The original renewable fuels standard (RFS) triggered the current expansion in ethanol production...
Optimal production/marketing system
Part III in a series on the changing corn environment. We all understand that different ranch production/marketing systems lead to different financial...
The changing corn environment
Part II: Short-term management implications The bottom line to the changing corn environment is that feedlot costs of gain (COG) will increase substantially...
The changing corn environment
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
After 30 years of government-supported and stabilized corn markets, the new biofuels era features no government- or farmer-held corn reserves and highly...
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, decreased to the low $3 in mid-year, and surpassed $4 later in the year....
Price forecasting part 1
Producers often tell me that one bottleneck to strategic planning of marketing is not knowing which planning prices to use. Thus, I am sharing with ranchers...
2007's calf-marketing opportunities
Biofuels are impacting today's marketing decisions. As 2006 corn prices escalated in response to ethanol demand, it became clear that relative prices...
From Our Columnists
Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...
