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5 Area Daily Wtd Avg Direct Slaughter Cattle - Negotiated
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St Joseph, MO Tue May 21, 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: Monday,
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Amarillo, TX Auction Summary
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Amarillo, TX Tue May 21, 2013 USDA-TX Dept of Ag Market News
Amarillo Livestock Auction Summary, Amarillo, TX - 05/20/2013
*** The Amarillo Stockyard will be closed Monday May 27, 2013 for the Memorial
Day Holiday. Next sale will be Monday June 3, 2013.***
Cattle and
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Ashville Stockyard
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Montgomery, AL Tue May 21, 2013 USDA-AL Dept of Ag Market News
***This report will not be issued next week in observance of
the National Memorial Day holiday***
Ashville, AL
Weighted Average Report for 05/20/2013
Receipts: 420 Last Week: 472 Year Ago: 350
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Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
Crude oil prices rose on Monday against a weaker dollar, but ample oil supplies limited gains, even as equity markets hovered at record levels.
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Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
Drier weather last week gave farmers the opportunity they needed to make up for lost time. After struggling for weeks against the wetter weather, they were able to get 71 percent of the corn in the ground.
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Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
Talk of greatly accelerated corn plantings last week and again during the days ahead probably depressed deferred corn futures Monday.
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Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently launched an online system that modernizes the way the agency informs the U.S. agricultural industry regarding changes in international food and agriculture regulations that could affect U.S. exports.
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Meat and poultry trends in the U.S.
Meat consumption in the U.S. has been on the decline for nearly a decade. Several factors account for this change, but two in particular stand out.
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Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
Corn and soybean prices rallied sharply beginning in July 2012 as U.S. drought conditions unfolded.
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Ag markets generally mixed to start this week
Talk of greatly accelerated corn plantings last week and again during the days ahead probably depressed deferred corn futures Monday.
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Oil slips towards $104 on demand outlook, dollar
Brent crude oil slipped towards $104 per barrel on Monday, weighed by ample supplies, weaker demand for fuel and a strong dollar, despite gains in equity markets.
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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
