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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.
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Schwieterman: Cattle futures lower, cash trade limited
Feeder cattle futures posted new life of contract lows in the active August contract on Thursday and have retested those lows in overnight trade.
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BeefTalk: May calving brings May flowers
What changed? The center delayed bull turnout to Aug. 1 for a May 10 calving start date.
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Senate votes to cut insurance subsidies to rich farmers
The wealthiest 20,000 U.S. farmers should pay more for taxpayer subsidized crop insurance, the Senate voted on Thursday, adopting a measure that blended deficit reduction, populism and farm program reform.
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Oil set for biggest weekly drop since mid-April
Oil was poised to post its biggest weekly loss in more than a month as Brent fell below $102 per barrel on Friday, pressured by ample supply and a sluggish economic recovery that could dent demand for fuel.
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About that farmland bubble…
Farmland prices are beginning to plateau, and some economists are growing increasingly concerned that these prices may be setting up to fall dramatically when interest rates begin to rise.
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Weather report: Frost noted in parts of the Great Lakes region
In the West, lingering showers are confined to parts of Washington and Oregon. On the Plains, a chilly rain is falling across the central one-third of Montana. In the Corn Belt, cool weather and wet fields are slowing a return to fieldwork in many areas.
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YSA members gain insight into agribusiness, retail industries
The 2013 KLA Young Stockmen’s Academy (YSA) gathered for its second educational tour of the year this week. The group, consisting of 18 KLA members from across the state, spent three days in Kansas City learning more about the agribusiness and retail beef industries.
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Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
Jeremy Russell, NAMA directory of communications and government relations, said, “This Final Rule is not significantly different from the Proposed Rule. It will exacerbate costs, particularly for independent packers that need to commingle animals to run their plants near capacity.
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Team up against bovine respiratory disease
A comprehensive spring vaccination program can help beef producers address risks and help prevent the damaging effects of bovine respiratory disease.
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Oil prices pare losses on U.S. equities turnaround
Brent crude oil prices retraced earlier losses after falling to a three-week low on Thursday in a broader commodities selloff, riding the coattails of a late turnaround in U.S. equities to end flat.
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- Commentary: New rules un-COOL
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
