Editorial
Commentary: GMOs: How do I hate thee?
Let me count the ways: The Top Ten ways, actually, as GMO haters compile a hit list of reasons why they believe we need to take biotech by the neck and choke it until it’s dead.
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Jolley: A talk with Texas CBB member Dave Edmiston
Dave Edmiston called me while I was sitting next to a cattle trailer in the middle of Iowa. I was wondering why the tractor pulling it was festooned with a cartoon image of a flaming pig, but then I was in the middle of Iowa.
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Boxed beef hits record highs, cattle weak to lower
Beef demand climbs at a rapid pace ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, boosting Choice boxed beef prices to new records. Cattle prices, however, traded weak to lower on most classes.
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Senate committee to consider ag workers, E-verify next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee continues its review of the immigration reform bill and 300 amendments to it, with provisions related to the fresh produce industry likely to be discussed the week of May 20.
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Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
U.S. and international farming operations concern Howard Buffett, founder of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. A major focus of the foundation is helping subsistence, small-scale farmers in Africa, but that doesn’t mean Buffett ignores commenting on U.S. farming systems that should be improved.
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Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
A rapidly growing world population means food production will need to expand to satisfy all the hungry people. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says edible insects may be part of the answer.
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Commentary: Slanting the statistics
Calling cattle the No. 1 problem with global warming is a favorite tactic of NGOs with an openly anti-production ag agenda. But the numbers on CO2 emissions need to be put in perspective.
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Commentary: Demented diets
Red meat consumption has been accused of being the course of all evil, nutritionally speaking. Now, veggie advocates are upping the ante with warnings about meat causing dementia.
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Cattle feeding losses exceed $100, packers in the black
Profit margins for cattle feeders and beef packers moved in opposite directions last week, thanks to lower cash fed cattle prices and rising wholesale beef prices. Pork producer margins moved into positive territory with higher cash sales.
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Cattle lower, beef higher
All classes of cattle traded lower last week, led by sharp declines for yearling feeder cattle. Boxed beef prices posted gains for the second consecutive week as grilling season moves into full swing.
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Commentary: Wisdom from The Fool
It’s seldom that one reads any responsive criticism in mainstream media of self-styled consumer groups when they attack meat producers and processors. That all changed earlier this week.
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- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
