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Beef bull management refresher
At first glance, the life of the herd bull looks pretty easy. Work 2-3 months of the year and get the rest of the year for rest and relaxation.
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Beef research and resources update
May is Beef Month and I, for one, am ready. May is the month when people fire up their grills.
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Help for flood affected farmers
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency is assessing what it can do to help farmers whose land and property was damaged by recent floods in the Midwest.
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Representative Lucas discusses new Farm Bill
House Representative Frank Lucas describes the process the New Farm Bill will go through to be passed into legislation.
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U.S. May consumer sentiment highest in nearly 6 years
Americans felt better about their economic and financial prospects in early May as consumer sentiment rose to the highest level in nearly six years, an encouraging sign after other recent data had suggested broader U.S. growth is cooling.
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NCBA Op-Ed: EPA’s data sharing incident a debacle
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding yet another chapter to the dismal saga of its strained relationship with American agriculture.
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Cow-calf corner: Review calving season and make improvements
In Cow-Calf Corner, Glenn Selk encourages producers to review the calving season in order to make improvements next year.
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Nebraska Cattle on Feed down 3 percent
Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.39 million cattle on feed on May 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. This inventory was down 3 percent from last year.
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Oklahoma Cattle on Feed unchanged
The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 295 thousand head on May 1, 2013, down 3 percent from the previous month but unchanged from the May 1, 2012 level.
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Texas Cattle on Feed down 6 percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.54 million head on May 1, 2013, down 6 percent from a year ago.
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Oil rallies for third day, shrugging off firm dollar
Oil rose for a third straight session on Friday, supported by a raft of strong economic data from top oil consumer the United States that also boosted U.S. equities, even as the dollar hit a multi-year high.
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- Corn futures relapse in wake of Wednesday's rally
- Commentary: Kiwi controversy
- Cattle Markets: Cattle prices up with seasonal rates
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- Some South Dakota livestock auctions entering the digital world
- Wet U.S. Midwest sections may lead to fewer corn acres
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
