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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...
Grandma Had Good Advice For Political Strategists
One of my grandmother’s favorite admonishments to me and my brother was that “criticizing another’s garden doesn’t keep weeds out of your own.” My favorite ...
The Seedstock Industry Has Lost A Little Confidence
Few would describe the U.S. beef industry as overly optimistic these days. After all, the prodigious and deep change wracking the beef economy has ...
Happy Father’s Day!
We were all sitting around last week talking about our dads and how, growing up, we all loved and respected our dads but never wanted to cross the line with ...
This election could devastate us
Don't get excited, I won't give my opinion of the candidates or look at how they stand on issues important to the cattle industry and agriculture in general....
The Horse Ban & The Law Of Unintended Consequences
The banning of horse slaughter in the U.S. was one of those emotional ideas everyone agreed with initially and that rather handily passed into law...
Here Comes The Veto!
One has to keep in mind that the $300-billion farm bill is largely about nutrition programs and conservation; only marginally is it about grain production. Nor ...
Enthusiasm Is The Key To Great Accomplishments
It’s been said thousands of times that “nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm,” something that’s especially true in ag. When one is dealing with ...
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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...























