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Seedstock speaker discuss breeding cattle
Among the topics at the SDSU Extension Seedstock Symposium will be a discussion on Disease Susceptibility, its effect on the cattle industry, and how highly or lowly inheritable they may be.
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5 Area Daily Wtd Avg Direct Slaughter Cattle - Negotiated
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St Joseph, MO Wed Jun 12, 2013 USDA Market News Service
5 AREA DAILY WEIGHTED AVERAGE DIRECT SLAUGHTER CATTLE - NEGOTIATED
Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; Iowa/Minnesota feedlots
(Includes all transactions regardless of delivery day)
Recap for: Tuesday, 6/11
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Oil steady at $103; equities rally balances high stocks
Brent crude oil steadied around $103 on Wednesday, buoyed by a rally in global stock markets despite an unexpected jump in oil inventories in the United States and a cut in estimates for oil demand growth by the world's big oil market forecasters.
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Texas to Mexico Daily Livestock Exports
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Las Cruces, NM Wed Jun 12, 2013 USDA Market News
Texas to Mexico Daily Livestock Exports
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Oil pares losses despite fears of central bank tightening
Brent crude oil prices retraced earlier steep losses on Tuesday as investors worried that central banks, following Japan's example, could begin to rein in their loose monetary policies.
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Ag markets moved generally higher on Tuesday
Corn futures were part of the general agricultural market advance in response to ongoing U.S. dollar weakness.
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Texas weather; Rains help but drought maintains its stubborn hold
Is Texas still in a drought? It depends upon where you are and whom you talk to, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor and reports from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agents across the state.
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Japanese convenience stores upgrade image with U.S. beef
Across the globe, the stereotypical customer at a convenience store is a young man who is not concerned with nutrition or a balanced diet.
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U.S. dollar weakness boosts ag markets on Tuesday
Corn futures were part of the general agricultural market advance in response to ongoing U.S. dollar weakness.
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Oil slides on rising supply, central bank fears
Brent crude tumbled below $102 per barrel on Tuesday after the United States nearly doubled the estimate of its shale oil and investors worried that central banks, following Japan, could rein in their loose monetary policy.
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Monday Market Sentiment: Cash cattle prices slip
As pork prices continue to climb the cattle market has lost ground. CME live cattle futures declined in response to cash market weakness seen late last Friday, thereby continuing the generally bearish seasonal trend.
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