Cattle Market Update
From Steve Kay, editor and publisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly. Catch a roundup of each week’s cattle-market activity every Friday afternoon! View the market review now!
BEEF POLL
Propose an Article!
Have an idea about an article or subject you'd like to see in BEEF? Submit a proposal!
advertisement
Cow Calf Weekly
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter... It's FREE!
More Topics
Online Exclusives
- BEEF Daily Blog: NEW! Daily updates from editor Amanda Nolz
- Election 2008: Read our coverage and voice your opinions
- Natural Disaster Coverage: Hurricane Ike
- BEEFtv: Videos from around the industry
- The Briefing Room: BEEF Business Updates
- BEEF News Roundup: Industry news & blog feeds - Updated Daily!
- BEEF Cartoons: Need to brighten your day?
- South America Study Tour: Travelogue and photos
- The BEEF Mailbag: Share your Viewpoint!
Smithfield Foods Chief Has Beef With Ethanol
Smithfield Foods CEO C. Larry Pope had ethanol on his mind last week....
Crude Oil Declines More Than $2
Crude oil fell more than $2 a barrel after not breaking through $72.90, this month’s high, a signal for traders to sell futures. ...
Climate Change Report Published
A study published in the online version of the journal Science says human-generated greenhouse gas emissions have helped reverse a 2-thousand year trend of cooling in the Arctic, prompting warmer average temperatures in the past decade that now rank higher than at any time since 1 B.C. ...
Crude Oil Rises to 10-Month High
Crude oil rose to a 10-month high in New York, following equities higher on speculation that the global recession is easing. ...
AMI Urges EPA to Deny Petition to Increase Ethanol Blend Levels
AMI joined a diverse group of business associations, public interest organizations and environmental groups in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a petition that would allow the use of so-called “mid-level ethanol blends” ...
Economist: Gas Prices on Rise but Shouldn’t Top $3
Gasoline prices were up Memorial Day weekend, but motorists should not experience the historic highs of one year ago, said a Purdue University agricultural economist....
Gas To Average $2.12 In 2009; $2.30 In 2010
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) May 12 “Short-Term Energy Outlook” projects regular-grade motor gasoline retail prices...
What’s A Penny? Diesel Down, Gasoline Up
The national average price for regular gasoline continued to move higher for the week ending April 20...
Gasoline, Diesel Both Up For The Week
The national average price for regular gasoline at retail rose 5.2¢ to $1.962/gal. for the week ending March 23. ...
Midwest Diesel Slips Under $2/Gal. For The Week
The national average price for regular gasoline ticked up for a second week (0.7¢ to $1.941/gal.), for the week ending March 9....
Cow waste to help Xcel produce electricity
Methane will be used to generate electricity. ...
Majority Leader Reid Plans “Green” Power Grid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday proposed special power lines to carry renewable energy generated from solar, geothermal and wind sources from America’s heartland to population centers. ...
Gas Price Up; Diesel At Lowest Point In Four Years
Following a one-week drop, the national average price for regular gasoline climbed 2.5¢ to $1.934/gal. for the week ending March 2, but $1.228 below a year ago and $2.180 under the all-time high of July 7, 2008. ...
Petrol relief
Regular-grade gasoline prices will average $1.95/gal. in 2009 and $2.19 in 2010, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The early February forecast...
Gasoline, Diesel Retail Prices Both Down For The Week
After three weeks of upward movement, the national average price for regular gasoline dropped 5.5¢ to $1.909/gal. for the week ending Feb. 23....
Oil Falls on Concern Recession Is Deepening
Crude oil fell, retreating from its largest gain in seven weeks, as global stock markets declined on concern the recession is deepening. ...
Gasoline Prices Move Up, Diesel Still Sliding
Regular-grade gasoline prices are projected to average $1.95/gal. in 2009 and $2.19 in 2010, predicts the U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA)....
Oil Slides to Three-week Low
Oil prices slipped to their lowest level in more than three weeks Tuesday as investors focused on the dour economic outlook and its adverse effect on demand. ...
Gasoline Resumes Climb; Diesel Continues To Slip
The national average price for regular gasoline increased 5.4¢ to $1.892/gal. for the week ending Feb. 2....
Average Gasoline, Diesel Prices Slip For The Week
Reversing the trend of the previous three weeks, the national average price of regular gasoline at retail dropped 0.9¢ to $1.838/gal. for the week ending Jan. 26. Meanwhile, the national average price of diesel slipped 2.8¢ to reach $2.268/gal. ...
Gasoline Up For The Week; Diesel Down
The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline increased for the third straight week (week ending Jan. 19), adding 6.3¢ to $1.847/gal. ...
Retail Gasoline & Diesel Both Up For The Week
Regular gasoline at retail was up for the second week in a row, for the week ending Jan. 12, while diesel rose for the first time since July 14, 2008. ...
Short Trem Energy Outlook
Long-Distance Blues
It's hard to say who is the most stressed by the 1,200-mile ride to feedlot country, the calves or the person paying the shipping bill. While exorbitant...
Public supports ethanol
Registered voters by a 2-1 margin favor increased use of ethanol, a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies poll found. The poll...
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...
