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It’s Not A Feud; It’s Just Good Business
Regarding Troy Marshall’s Oct. 3 item, “Manadatory COOL & The Checkoff Marry Up” (beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/1003-mandatory-cool-checkoff-marry/), I was hoping people would embrace Sen. Jon Tester’s interest in......
All In All, We've Been Pretty Lucky
The U.S. International Trade Commission recently estimated that trade restrictions that were the direct result of BSE cost the U.S. cattle industry just over $11 billion from 2004 to 2007....
"Hand Out" Or "Hand Up" Is A Matter Of Perspective
The biggest difference between “bailout” and “financial relief” is mostly semantics. But with the U.S. government coming to the rescue of insurance companies......
Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself
If you aren't at least a little afraid about the general state of our economy, and the global economy for that matter, you haven't been listening to the news....
A Decisive Moment In The Election?
The Chess Game Of Mandatory COOL
Well, mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) is now the law of ...
Mandatory COOL & The Checkoff Marry Up
Outrage over the distorting of the intentions of the mandatory country-of-origin (COOL) law supposedly led Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) to introduce a bill ...
Another Change In Antibiotic Use Is Coming
There are some changes coming in our industry's ability to use antibiotics. ...
As Economies Spasm, A Nervous World Watches
As the U.S. House of Representatives considers a sweetened financial bailout package, the rest of the world watches nervously to see how the U.S. salts the blackening ...
Profiting From Global Warming
Set aside the question about whether or not global warming is actually occurring (the science shows ...
CME Changes Live Cattle Delivery Procedures
Beginning with deliveries on the October 2008 CME live cattle futures contract, all cattle in the delivery unit must be born and raised exclusively in ...
FDA And USDA Release Draft Guidance On Genetically Engineered Animals
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week released draft guidance on the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) animals. The guidance document is intended ...
Fatigue, Worry Underlie Livestock Relief Efforts
Almost two weeks after Hurricane Ike struck the upper Gulf Coast of Texas, shock is being replaced by worry, fatigue and nagging questions among affected ...
Alfalfa Offers Some Great Fall-Grazing Potential
Some of the best pasture of the year may still be available this fall – from your alfalfa fields, says ...
Coastal Cattlemen Picking Up The Pieces
With cattlemen in Southeast Texas and Louisiana still reeling, and assessing the damage, from Hurricane ...
Some Weeds Can Be Used As Emergency Forage Crop
Drought conditions in western North Dakota and eastern Montana have some producers evaluating alternative forages they normally wouldn't think of feeding ...
Study Says High Grain Prices Likely Here To Stay
The ethanol-fueled spike in grain prices is likely to sustain increased prices for corn, wheat and ...
What Do Record-High Hog Prices Teach The Beef Industry?
The week of Aug. 16 saw hog prices set a record high at just over $90.43. It eclipsed a 17-year mark set after the pork industry’s dramatic consolidation ...
The Tenet Of The Changing Consumer Can't Be Overstated
I was purchasing a funnel cake at my state fair a couple of weeks ago. Admittedly, I find it hard to justify ...
Top-10 Winter Checklist
While warm summer temperatures make the challenges of icy, frigid weather seem far away, now is the time to make the preparations that will minimize ...
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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...
