Editorial
Cattle feeding margins slip from bad to ugly
The train wreck for cattle feeders continues as cash cattle prices slip another $2.50 per hundredweight. Pork producer margins are just as ugly with cash prices $5 per hundredweight lower than a month ago.
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Groundhog lied, prosecutor recommends death penalty
An Ohio prosecutor has filed a criminal “indictment” against Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog who emerges from his burrow each February 2 at Gobbler’s Knob to predict whether spring will come early or late.
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Stocker, feeder markets in decline. More ahead?
Unseasonably cold temperatures and a major early-spring snowstorm turned cattle markets blue again last week. Tightening supplies of cattle are finding weak demand, even as the calendar suggests grazing season is just a couple weeks away.
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Commentary: Bigger, better burgers
Look to the Far East for the latest far-out concoction that figured out yet another innovative way to package red meat products inside a bun: The Sausage Double Beef Burger.
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BeefTalk: Looking for $200
Traditionally, income would be seen as a positive influence and expenses a negative in beef herds.
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Spring to offer little drought relief, NOAA says
The U.S. just completed the 20th warmest winter on record, according to the NOAA, and odds favor above-average temperatures for much of the drought-parched regions of the Southwest and Great Plains this spring.
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U.S. retailers vow not to sell GMO salmon
Members of the Campaign for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood have pledged not to sell GM-seafood. The announcement comes as the FDA appears close to approving the first transgenic animal to enter the human food supply.
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Commentary: Don’t eat meat—and die
Contrary to what media concludes after skimming through clinical studies of eating habits, not only is red meat not nearly the villain it’s often portrayed to be, it might actually be the good guy.
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Frankenstein’s Cat explores biotechnology and animals
Most of our national conversation about genetic modification (GMO) has, to date, been about plants. Frankenstein’s Cat suggests future biotech conversations will include animals.
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Commentary: Food safety follies
You’d think that by now, after decades of recalls and outbreaks, that mainstream media would have a grasp of basic microbiology and manufacturing processes, right? If so, you’d be wrong.
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Feeding margins decline again, packer margins improving
Cash cattle prices declined for the second consecutive week, producing another decline in cattle feeding margins. Beef packer margins improved, and are nearing the break even point. Pork packer margins are in the black.
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- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Schwieterman: Cattle futures end week with sharp losses
- Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
