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Feedlots
Kansas feedyards see sharp decline in cattle
At a time when the consumer appetite for beef is waning amid the economic downturn, the number of cattle going into feedlots in Kansas and across the nation also has taken a steep dive. ...
U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 7 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.0 million head on November 1, 2008. The inventory was 7 percent below November 1, 2007 and 8 percent below November 1, 2006....
Don't Fire The Vet
Feedyard managers and stocker guys might call it a bad luck/good luck story. Dan Thomson calls it riding the epidemiological curve to glory. It happens...
USDA Reports Feedlot Numbers Declining
In a recent report, USDA expressed concern about the fifth straight month decline in the number of cattle being grain fed in feedlots. ...
Value of gain historically high
There's no minting money in the current high-cost environment of the cattle business. But steamy prices also offer more lucrative potential to adding...
Hedge In A Profit?
Cattle feeders haven't had much to smile about in the past year or so, what with ethanol-fueled corn prices and persistently strong feeder cattle prices...
Hard To Manage
Trying to manage fuel costs in a feedyard is a bit like paying taxes. Your options are fairly limited. There's just not an easy fix for it, says Sam Stevenson,...
Playing The Hand
As a cattle feeder, observes Alan Janzen, I have to look at what I'm faced with; what is the practical issue here? It's always been thus in a business...
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...
