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Topsy-Turvy 

When was the last time stocker production was harder than marketing? Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist, asks that question in light of little, if any, wheat pasture available for grazing on the dry High Plains and the disastrous drought in the Southeast...

More High Times 

If you measure success by the kind of song you whistle when it comes time to market your calves, 2007 was most likely a happy tune. Success in '08 may...

2007's calf-marketing opportunities 

Biofuels are impacting today's marketing decisions. As 2006 corn prices escalated in response to ethanol demand, it became clear that relative prices...

Angus Sets Fall AngusSource® Calf Sale Dates 

AngusSource® tagged calves, as well as other age- and source-verified calves, are the fare of a number of upcoming sales....

Price Insure Or Hedge? 

With the unheard-of volatility in corn prices and a virtual guarantee that high-cost feed won't go away, cow-calf producers might be wise to consider...

Groups Provide Testimony On Livestock Competition 

The Senate Agriculture Committee and the House Agriculture Livestock Subcommittee held hearings this week to review competition issues affecting the livestock and meat industries. There was a wide variation of opinions expressed...

Long Run Of Profitability Hasn't Spawned Expansion 

Happy Days Are Here Again 

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

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...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

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...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

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...

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