Focus on markets

Nancy Robinson with the Livestock Marketing Association discusses trends and issues facing the nation’s livestock markets and their producer customers.

1. A visit with CBB member Chris Hutton, President of Sampco
2. Global food: Waste not, want not
3. Repainting “American Gothic:” Number of female farmers triple
4. Suspect arrested in copper theft from Oklahoma ranch
5. Commentary: Severely ticked off
6. E. coli test leads to National Beef recall

1. Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
2. 3,000 pounds of copper wire stolen from Oklahoma ranch
3. Changes in U.S.-Mexican cattle and beef trade
4. Crude oil expected to peak and cost of electricity to go down
5. Peterson Brothers: What summer vacation?
6. Experts weigh in on lowest beef supply in 60 years

1. COOL isn’t working
2. Feedyard margins a train wreck, packers cozy
3. New ads emphasize agriculture’s role in economic recovery
4. 2100: 11 billion mouths to feed
5. New tools emerging to measure soil health
6. Changes in U.S.-Mexican cattle and beef trade