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Midyear numbers
Total cattle numbers declined slightly from last year, according to USDA's midyear cattle inventory report. The total cattle herd is pegged at 104.3 million...
Marketing 2008 calves
Part V in a series of changing corn environment. The corn market is proving to be as volatile as predicted. With the impact of the Midwest floods less...
Cattle Grading Explained
The Livestock and Grain Market News Branch of USDA’s Ag Marketing Service will conduct two cattle-grading demonstrations for feedyards and cattle feeders who deliver cattle on CME Live Cattle contracts...
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...
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...
