Feedyard margins a train wreck, packers cozy
Cattle feeding margins continue to erode as cash prices slip again. Beef packers enjoy healthy profits. Pork producer margins gain as negotiated cash sales improve nearly $5 per hundredweight for the week. FULL STORY »LATEST NEWS
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UK beef study: Birth/weaning weight
A program from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is having success for beef producers involving birth weight and weaning weight.
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture | June 18, 2013
A program from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is having success for beef producers involving birth weight and weaning weight.
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture | June 18, 2013
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STERLING PROFIT TRACKER
- Feedyard margins a train wreck, packers cozy
- Packer margins hefty, feeding margins ugly
- 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
MARKETS
- International crude oil exports drop in April but rebound in May
- Sorghum plantings approach 5-year pace
- Oil gains moderately, trading sluggish ahead of Fed
- Crude oil expected to peak and cost of electricity to go down
- Ag markets mixed again Tuesday
- Ag markets generally mixed around midsession on Tuesday
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: Storms help ease drought on the Plains
- Weather report: Cool and dry on the northern Plains
- Weather report: Showers spread across West, Corn Belt, South
- Weather report: Hot and dry in the West
- Weather report: Unusually cool on the Plains
- Weather report: Cool conditions linger in the West
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