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Markets

Midyear numbers

Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM

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...

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Prices

Lowering your breakeven calf price

by Harlan Hughes contributing editor

Benchmarking is among the most powerful ranch-management tools available to ranch managers, and one of the least used. A key reason for its lack of use...

Long-Distance Blues

By Becky Mills

It's hard to say who is the most stressed by the 1,200-mile ride to feedlot country, the calves or the person paying the shipping bill. While exorbitant...

Marketing

Will MCOOL hurt ground beef sales?

by Steve Kay contributing editor

Think of beef and most people bring to mind a juicy steak. But the beef industry's most valuable product is ground beef, sold as such, in patty form or...

Get 'Em GONE

By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Used to be that keeping and feeding cull cows was a no-brainer: there's lots of compensatory gain to be had with mature cows in their worst condition...

Alliance Yellow Pages

Sponsored by Elanco Animal Health. 2008 marks BEEF magazine’s 11th annual listing of industry alliances. In this special section, 34 programs are detailed – categorized by consumer-based programs, where the focus is on finding, feeding and marketing cattle according to predefined consumer product specifications...

Tough & On Top

By Larry Stalcup

After running a South Texas ranch for 40 years, Bill Crain might know a thing or two about producing quality calves and marketing them at the right time....

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Cattle

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

by Harlan Hughes contributing editor

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...

Feed

Ethanol-Subsidy Cuts Needed, Says USDA Secretary

Source: Reuters News

Does the ethanol industry rely too heavily on government subsidies? ...

Cows & Distillers

By Joe Roybal Editor

With prices for feed, fuel and pasture driving up cow costs and drought seemingly always just around the corner ranchers are looking for ways to sharpen...