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Just PoliticsJun 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joel Roybal, Editor Last year at this time, skyrocketing commodity prices, driven by surging costs for energy and grains, had much of the world in a lather. Oil had surpassed... |
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Recession & demand
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Wes Ishmael
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Better Times Ahead
By Burt Rutherford, Senior Editor
Cow-calf producers might look at 2009 in the same light as their sophomore year in high school something to be endured while they look forward to the...
Waiting For Traction
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If we shore up the economy, we're helping to shore up demand, says David Anderson, Texas A&M University Extension agricultural economist. That's the primary...
Alliance Yellow Pages
2008 Alliance Yellow Pages
Sponsored by Elanco Animal Health. 2008 marks BEEF magazine’s 11th annual listing of industry alliances. In this special section, 34 programs are detailed – categorized by consumer-based programs, where the focus is on finding, feeding and marketing cattle according to predefined consumer product specifications...
Tough & On Top
By Larry Stalcup
After running a South Texas ranch for 40 years, Bill Crain might know a thing or two about producing quality calves and marketing them at the right time....
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The Cattle Market Shows Some Pop
By Troy Marshall
Whether it’s simply spring demand kicking in or tighter numbers catching up to the market, the entire cattle complex showed quite a bit of strength this week...
NAIS Is Back In The Headlines
By Troy Marshall
While the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) never went away, it has simmered ...
Feed
Ethanol-Subsidy Cuts Needed, Says USDA Secretary
Source: Reuters News
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Cows & Distillers
By Joe Roybal Editor
With prices for feed, fuel and pasture driving up cow costs and drought seemingly always just around the corner ranchers are looking for ways to sharpen...
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