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Oil drops below $102 on demand doubts
Oil fell below $102 a barrel on Thursday in a broader commodities selloff as a decline in China's factory activity entrenched concern about weak demand and on worries about an early scale-back in Federal Reserve stimulus.
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What’s on America’s grill this weekend?
A new poll conducted for the American Meat Institute identifies Americans’ favorite grilling foods prior to the Memorial Day weekend.
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More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
Kansas State University Associate Professor of Ag Economics Glynn Tonsor says the cattle industry faces more difficult drought challenges than a year ago.
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Forage Focus: Pay attention to hay moisture
Driving around the county the past week I could see that first cutting hay harvest is well underway. The goal in haymaking is to preserve forage quality in a form that can be used by livestock at a later date.
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Oil falls as Fed minutes send U.S. equities down
Brent crude extended losses in late trading on Wednesday to settle below $103 a barrel, after minutes from the Federal Reserve sent U.S. stock markets down and compounded earlier oil weakness stemming from a rise in U.S. gasoline inventories.
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Smooth transitions
Spring is a time of transition in the beef industry: Grasses are breaking dormancy, cattle are being turned out to pasture and a herd is moving from calving this year’s calf crop to conceiving that of next year.
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Ag markets diverged widely Wednesday afternoon
After opening weakly, corn futures surged Wednesday. First came the daily grain report indicating private exporters had sold 540,000 tonnes of new crop corn to China and other unknown destinations.
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Beef supplies in cold storage falling
Total red meat supplies in freezers were up 5 percent from the previous month and up 3 percent from last year.
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Cattle on Feed numbers remain lower
USDA-NASS released the monthly Cattle on Feed report on May 17, 2013. The report documented cattle and calves on feed on May 1 for slaughter market in the U.S. for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more, cattle placements on feed during April, and fed cattle marketings during April. Prior to the report, news agencies such as Dow-Jones and Bloomberg survey industry market analysts for their predictions of the three categories.
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Calculating the success of an A.I. program
In this neck of the woods, there is nothing better than having coffee shop bragging rights. However, in many cases those bragging rights leave out a few important details.
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Tyson sends disaster-assistance truck to Oklahoma
A special mobile feeding unit created by Tyson Foods, Inc., to assist with disaster relief efforts is headed to Moore, Okla. with hot meals including 20,000 pounds of chicken, beef and pork.
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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
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
