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.
Cattle/beef price-cycle relationship Part II
All experienced cattlemen know cattle prices go boom to bust and back again that's the cattle cycle. In fact, cattle and slaughter numbers, and cattle...
Working the cattle cycle Part I
My lectures of the last decade have focused a lot on the cattle cycle and its resulting beef price cycle. My key message has been that if you fight the...
The economics of culling cows
While most producers direct energy toward marketing steer calves, few do the same for marketing cull cows. Ten years of economic analyses for Northern...
Hard Bargain
Run fast. If the opportunity to buy into the market via replacement females hasn't already passed, it's about out of sight. Expanding cow numbers in a...
Cost control is in the details Part III
Benchmarking is comparing your beef cow herd's production, financial and costs of production measures to those from a set of benchmark herds. Last month,...
What's a bred heifer worth this fall?
As more normal rainfall patterns return, ranchers will need to repopulate their herds. The good news: bringing bred heifers into your herd over the next...
40 years of on-farm computing
By focusing on the last 40 years of on-farm computing for farmers and ranchers, my goal is to stimulate ranchers to move from a traditional production...
Annual Convention Highlights
Cattle Industry Awards Harlan Hughes honored with 2004 IRM Achievement Award. BEEF magazine columnist Harlan Hughes is the recipient of the 2004 Integrated...
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...
