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Korean Market A Long Ways From Back To Normal
Recent industry articles have focused on the fact that Koreans are still buying U.S. beef despite months of avid protests against our product. Admittedly, it...
Would You Be On Your Industry’s Medal Stand?
I haven't gotten the chance to watch much of the Olympics, but I did watch several of Michael Phelps’ swimming ...
This Market Is On Solid Footing
With all the talk about corn and energy prices, there’s been a lot of focus on the negatives in the marketplace. To be sure, the structural changes in ...
Plum Island Replacment Facility Headed To Mississippi?
Ever since the department of Homeland Security announced its intentions to create a new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility and move it from Plum Island in New York, there’s been a lot of discussion about where to locate it...
Losing Is Often The Next Best Thing To Winning
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week denied the petition filed by the State of Texas to reduce the Renewable Fuels Standard for ethanol. While some were dismayed at EPA’s logic in stating...
Nebraska Beef, Ltd Expands E. Coli Recall
The new total for Omaha-based Nebraska Beef Ltd.’s product recall is 1.36 million lbs., up from the 1.2 million lbs. originally announced Aug. 8. The wording being used on this Class I recall – such as “insufficient precautions” and “insanitary conditions” – can’t be good for the firm’s longterm business prospects...
Will Beef Demand Withstand The Election?
It could be argued that the current recession is a media creation, but the latest round of economic indicators were not positive...
Corn Hits $7; Ethanol Apologists Grow More Shrill
The corn market trended higher this week with December corn flirting with the $7/bu. level this week. In addition, USDA lowered its expected yield by 5 bu./acre to 148.9...
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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...
