Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
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Cow-calf corner: Preparing cattle for severe weather
Glenn Selk has advice on preparing your cattle operation for severe weather and how to protect livestock after a storm hits.
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Extension | May 24, 2013
Glenn Selk has advice on preparing your cattle operation for severe weather and how to protect livestock after a storm hits.
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Extension | May 24, 2013
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How high do you expect Choice Boxed Beef prices to reach this summer?
STERLING PROFIT TRACKER
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- Cattle feeding losses exceed $100, packers in the black
- Feeding margins take a step backwards, packing margins improve
- Feeding, packing margins continue improvement
- Margins improve for cattle feeders, packers
- Losses increase for cattle feeders and packers
MARKETS
- Ag markets diverge just before the long holiday weekend
- Oil edges up on book squaring, but posts big weekly drop
- Traders evening up positions ahead of the weekend Friday
- Oil set for biggest weekly drop since mid-April
- Estimated Weekly Meat Production Under Federal Inspection
- Oklahoma Direct Feeder Cattle
PROFIT TIPS
- Profit Tips: Equipment - Easy pen access
- Profit Tips: Pasture Management - Consider seeding legumes
- Profit Tips: Cow-Calf - Decisions on calf implants
- Profit Tips: Facilities - Water improvements during drought
- Profit Tips: Equipment - Easy trailer hookup
- Profit Tips: Cattle Feeding - The value of carcass gain
WEATHER
- Weather report: Frost noted in parts of the Great Lakes region
- Where’s the rain? Parched states can’t shake the drought
- Weather report: Very cool in the Corn Belt
- Weather report: Thunderstorms dot the southern Plains
- Weather report: Rain spreads across the Corn Belt
- Weather report: Thundershowers in the upper Midwest
FEEDER CATTLE
- Feeder cattle review: Choice beef prices keep rolling higher
- Ag markets diverge just before the long holiday weekend
- Cattle Outlook: Cattle on feed down nine consecutive months
- Canada cattle report: Canadian steer, heifer prices steady
- Traders evening up positions ahead of the weekend Friday
- Torrington Livestock Auction WY
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