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Grab Your Partner
Expect the formation of inter-sector alliances to get a boost over the next few years, says Kansas City economist Bill Helming. Like kids scrambling when...
Stimulating Agents
Another growth-enhancing feed additive is poised for entry into the U.S. cattle feeding scene. Zilpaterol, manufactured by Intervet Inc. and sold under...
Look For Increased Loss Of Mid-Sized Feedlots
Expect major and accelerated consolidation in the U.S. cattle-feeding sector in the next 5-10 years, says economist and consultant Bill Helming of Olathe, KS....
Grab The Money & Go
Even though feeder cattle supplies may be tight, Jay Gray doesn't worry about where the next yearlings are coming from. They're right outside my window...
Implants' effects
A report appearing in the British journal Human Reproduction in March speculates a link between infertility in adult males with the amount of beef consumed...
Hedge Corn Or Not?
What will corn prices do this summer or fall? In the midst of ethanol fever, that equates to asking if it will rain six months from now. Thus, the answer...
Managing Hispanic Employees
La familia. The family. Of the many things that are important in successfully managing a Hispanic workforce, recognizing the strong role that family plays...
Placements show temporary shift
Among feedyards with 1,000+-head capacities, Texas, Kansas and Nebraska in that order traditionally top the states in feeding numbers, says Darrell Mark,...
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...
