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Pasture Greened In 2004
If you were lucky enough to own, buy or inherit a sizeable patch of pastureland three years or so ago, chances are some landowners are sitting on gains...
Latest Grazing Rates Survey: Rates Inching Up
Reflecting the impact of an expanding drought and historically low cattle numbers, grazing rates on privately owned land across the western U.S. inched...
Zooooom!
Take a growing population and add more disposable income and personal wealth than at any time in history. Then throw in low interest rates mixed with...
The Exchange Factor
During last year's Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) Association convention in Chicago, delegates haggled for two hours over policy concerning 1031 tax exchanges....
Is There A Cow Valhalla?
It's surely human nature that makes the grass across the fence seem so attractive at times. Producers in other parts of the country might look at public...
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...
