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2009 Outlook Shows Glimpse Of Better Times
2008 has been a challenging and rather exasperating year for cattle producers and nearly everyone else in the economy, says Derrell Peel......
Will Canada Win The COOL War In The End?
There’s been quite a bit of publicity regarding Canada and Mexico's frustration over mandatory country of origin labeling (mCOOL) in the U.S. and their impending challenges to the law. ...
Economy's effect on ranchers
So what's the projected impact of the financial crisis on ranchers? The value of the U.S. dollar is going to be a major driver of beef exports, and beef...
Marketing in the new conditions
I'm not sure the general public really appreciates how close this country was to an economic meltdown in September/October 2008. There's little doubt...
Credit Crunch
No doubt, these are tough consumer times. Market losses in 2008 alone total more than $6 trillion; the Dow Jones is off by around 40% from its Oct. 9,...
Cow-calf lessons
The financial woes facing the U.S. economy serve as a sharp reminder for Lyle Perman. The Lowry, SD, cowman and his family endured the ag-financial crisis...
Feedyards left with markets
We're the tail on the dog. That's how Scott Keeling, owner and manager of Keeling Cattle Feeders at Hereford, TX, describes the effect of the world's...
Stocker lending is widely available
Perhaps because the stocker cattle business is so liquid and the value of gain continues to offer profit potential there doesn't seem to be any credit...
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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...
