Big Brother is watching the farm and his name is EPA
In this age of free-flowing information, when most anything can be found in cyberspace, it’s a little disconcerting that government knows the most intimate details of your family, finances and business.
View ArticleNo new farm bill? We could be farming like it’s 1949
Unless Congress passes a new farm bill, America’s farmers will find themselves working with a law passed in 1949.
View ArticleCanada cattle report: Steer, heifer prices higher
For the second consecutive week there has not been enough cash trade to establish a market trend.
View ArticleBeefTalk: Good fences make good neighbors
There is a centuries-old saying: "Good fences make good neighbors." In his 1914 poem "Mending Wall," Robert Frost twice uses this saying as two neighbors set about mending a wall, which we would today...
View ArticleCustom feeding vital to Iowa’s beef industry
There was a time when custom feeding of cattle was looked down upon in Iowa. Custom cattle feeders were thought to be the ones who didn’t have the financial resources to buy the cattle themselves.
View ArticleChanges in Mexico-U.S. cattle and beef trade flows
The latest livestock trade data provides additional indication that the Mexican cattle industry is undergoing rapid and dynamic change. Changes in cattle and beef flows between the U.S. and Mexico have...
View ArticleOklahoma Quality Beef Network: Summary of Fall 2013 sales
Producer participation and the number of calves marketed through the Oklahoma Quality Beef Network (OQBN) value-added health management program increased in 2013, relative to 2011 and 2012, as the...
View ArticleMonday Market Sentiment: Cash cattle prices decline
Cash cattle prices declined slightly from the previous week, moving the 5-area cash cattle price down $0.38 to $149.38.
View ArticleMonday Market Sentiment: Choice primal rib prices tank
After a $1.83 drop in fed cattle prices in the previous week, the 5-area cash cattle price has risen to $156.04.
View ArticleIn the cattle Markets: Feed supply and demand
In recent weeks people in different livestock sectors have been wondering about the relative price impacts of corn and other feeds. Other people have asked about the longer-run price outlook for feed...
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