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Beef Imports And Exports, Lots Of Dynamics
published: July 28th 2010 by: Stu Ellis source: Farm Gate
Cowboys have a love-hate relationship with the market. They love it when the market buys their cattle and ships them overseas to hungry consumers, but they hate it when cattle come into this country and dilute the demand for USA beef....
Study Shows Buying Local Doesn’t Necessarily Save Fuel
published: July 22nd 2010 by: Rachel Hutton source: Citypages.com
Do you know where your meat is from? Is local always better? Not necessarily in terms of transportation fuel use, a recent USDA report determined. The details of the report, recently produced by several economists and academics, including a few contributors from the University of Minnesota, makes a distinction between between the idea of total food miles and the amount of transportation fuel burned per pound of food....
Feedlot Information For Study
published: July 17th 2010 by: Kris Ringwall
A feedlot closeout at the Dickinson Research Extension Center came across my desk and with it came the usual first question. Did the lot come up with some cash for the operation? Yes was the answer for lot 9315....
USDA Says Rally Over For Cattle and Hogs
published: July 12th 2010 source: USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is saying that the rally in cattle and hog prices that dominated the commodity markets the first half of this year is basically over, primarily because of weak demand....
What Lean Beef Means In Marketing
published: June 15th 2010 source: Certified Angus Beef
Healthy eating is a growing concern for many Americans. The market is flooded with food options boasting “reduced fat,” “low fat” or “no fat.” Meat products join in, to the extent they can be described as “lean....
Beef Exports Predicted To Rise
published: June 9th 2010 by: Jeff Wilson source: Bloomberg News Service
U.S. beef exports will rise 10 percent this year, said Wesley Batista, the chief executive officer of JBS Swift & Co., the U.S. unit of the world’s largest beef producer. “JBS beef exports will increase 30 percent and the U....
USMEF Watching New Beef Agreement Between Canada and China
published: June 2nd 2010 source: NAFB News Service
The U.S. Meat Export Federation is interested to see what a new agreement to open China to Canadian beef will mean for U.S. beef. USMEF estimates the value of the Chinese market for U.S. beef exports to be upwards of 200-million dollars....
Gulf Oil Spill Could Bring Higher Beef Prices
published: May 26th 2010 by: Linda H. Smith source: AgWeb.com
Analysts agree it’s too soon to know how deep the losses will be on the seafood industry from the Gulf oil spill. But it will be deep for the shrimpers, consumers and it may even impact the red meat markets as well....
Nature photography offers unique opportunity for alternative ranch enterprise
published: May 14th 2010 by: Kindra Gordon
The beauty of nature is one of the reasons many people enjoy their ranch life. Every day they get to enjoy scenic vistas filled with colorful plants and flowers and intriguing birds, insects and wildlife....
Understanding Spread In Choice-Select
published: May 7th 2010 by: Steve Suther
Cattle are sold by the pound, but the price per pound can make as much difference as total weight, when it comes to the bottom line. That’s why producers who aim for profit weigh everything that goes into that price....
Stronger cattle prices ahead predicted for the beef industry
published: April 30th 2010 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
If you’re wishing on a star for higher cattle prices this year, then the stars appear to be lining up in your favor. A combination of great moisture, smaller cow herd numbers, fewer cattle on feed, increased demand, and a rebounding economy are all indicating stronger prices ahead for all segments of the beef industry....
Beef Quality Assurance program set for May 22 in Marion, Texas
published: April 30th 2010 source: Texas Agri-Life Extension Service
MARION - The nation's Beef Quality Assurance programs are vital to helping cattlemen give the beef consumer a wholesome eating experience, according to program coordinators. To inform cattle producers in the South Central Texas area, a free Beef Quality Assurance program will be held from 8:30 a....
American Marketing Service formed to serve the cattle industry
published: April 30th 2010
Richard Hood, Trey Kirkpatrick and Mark Cowan announced the formation of American Marketing Service, Inc.(AMS) With offices in Wheelock and Detroit, Texas, this new force in the cattle industry will provide a full array of marketing services....
Beef Prices Get Boost
published: April 16th 2010 source: WSL-TV.com
A harsh winter in the U.S. has led to leaner cattle, and that has caused a spike in beef prices. The Department of Agriculture says beef and veal production is also down worldwide. Cattle futures have risen more than 20 percent since December....
Feeders Back In Black
published: March 24th 2010 source: Brownfield Network
The fed cattle market is finally back to profitable levels, the first profits many producers have seen for more than two years. "We've got the export business coming around again. We've got the tighter supplies, we've got better pork prices, we had this weather event over the winter here-and the combination is that, seasonally, we've got a tight thing coming at us here in April," explains Gregg Doud, chief economist with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association....
Study Finds Cooperatives Have Billion Dollar Economic Impact
published: March 15th 2010 by: Blair Fannin source: TAMU Ag Communications
COLLEGE STATION – A Texas AgriLife Extension Service study that sampled 96 agricultural cooperatives across the state found they contribute to 20,000 jobs and $1.7 billion in sales. Agricultural cooperatives, which provide everything from livestock feed to apparel, are vital to rural economies, said Dr....
Ag Economist Outlines Market Trends
published: March 10th 2010 source: KTIC
With recent downsizing in the U.S. cattle industry linked to a lack of profitability, agricultural economist Glynn Tonsor encouraged beef producers to heed recent data indicating why demand has softened and how it might be improved....
Commercial Cattle Price Outlook
published: March 1st 2010 by: Kindra Gordon source: Simbrah World
For many people, 2009 wasn’t a hard year to say good-bye to. As the door opens to 2010, most are hopeful that the economic ups and downs of the last 12 months will take on a more optimistic tone....
Implications for Cow-Calf Producers
published: November 27th 2009 by: Brett Barham source: University of Arkansas
As the Japanese and other foreign markets reopened to U.S. beef, there became increasing demand for source- and age-verified cattle. These export markets require that age and source claims be documented and verified through a recognized USDA program....
Technology Changing Livestock Sales
published: November 24th 2009 by: Megan Lawrence source: Tulsa World
With the slam of the gate, the bull runs into the sale ring, the auctioneer begins to shout, and ringmen begin to yell as the audience bids on the animal. However, the only sound of gates opening and slamming shut at the Fink Beef Genetics Bull Sale in Randolph, Kan....
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