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On The Road Again
Beef and dairy producers in the United Kingdom (UK) breathed a collective sigh of relief last month as a 10-year ban on beef and live-cattle exports left...
Half Empty Or Half Full?
The year 2005 was filled with a number of events that would trouble any economy. After a year filled with devastating hurricanes and droughts, record...
Prices Set To Trend Lower
More cows are staying home. Fewer heifers are being placed in the feedlots. Canada has the most beef cows in decades. Add them up and you have the formula...
Has transparency increased?
It's as tough to miss something you've never had as it is to miss something you've still got. At least that seems to be the case with mandatory livestock...
Is It Worth It?
Cattle producers and feeders can expect a nice premium for cattle that fit the new Japanese beef chain. But the industry hopes the route to get cattle...
Bill touches on animal contracts
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) introduced S. 2131, which seeks to prevent arbitration in livestock and poultry contracts unless...
The 2006 Cattle Outlook
Fed cattle prices hovering steadily above $90/cwt. much of the year, feeders at $1.10+, and calf prices close to as strong as a year ago. Those price...
Opting For Options
With the reopening of the Japanese market in mid-December, recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) discoveries in South America and continued cheap corn,...
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...

















