Greg Henderson
Cattle feeding margins erode as cash sinks
Cattle feeding losses neared $150 per head last week as cash cattle bids declined more than $2 per hundredweight. Pork producer margins posted gains after negotiated cash hog sales improved $1.75 per hundredweight.
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No rain, no rally; feeder cattle sharply lower
Feeder cattle and calves traded sharply lower again last week with pressure from higher corn prices, lower futures prices and dwindling hope the drought will ease its grip on the Great Plains. Light cattle saw bids as much as $10 per hundredweight lower.
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McDonald’s lets Aussies “TrackMyMacca’s”
Consumers want to know where their food comes from, and - in Australia at least - McDonald's is utilizing cutting-edge technology to identify farmers, ranchers, fishermen and other suppliers.
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Cattle feeding losses near $100 per head, packer losses at $50
Cattle feeders saw per head losses double last week after cash cattle prices declined $2 per hundredweight. Pork producer margins improved as negotiated cash hog prices increased more than $2 per hundredweight.
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Packing plant closure raises questions about your 2013 profits
America's historic drought reached into your pocket again last week, closing a packing plant in Texas and raising serious concerns about the legs under a supply-driven market rally. Marketplace leverage may have shifted and the effects will trickle down to all segments.
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Rain washes in new attitude, stocker-feeders higher
Stocker and feeder cattle found higher bids across the country during the first full marketing week of the New Year. In some instances calves were $10 per hundredweight higher. Fed cattle found a softer market as prices moved fully $2 per hundredweight lower.
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‘I was wrong about GMOs,’ environmentalist tells UK conference
Once a harsh critic of genetically modified (GM) crops and the corporations who developed them, a founding father of the anti-GMO movement says, "The GM debate is over. You are more likely to get hit by an asteroid than to get hurt by GM food."
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Cattle feeding: inching closer to breakeven
Cash cattle prices traded $1 per hundredweight higher last week, helping feedyard margins improve more than $13 per head. Packer margins saw per head losses increase. Pork producers margins improved $4 per head.
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Stocker and feeder markets ready to rally, need rain
Stocker and feeder cattle prices appear poised for a rally. Both the fed and feeder trade was light last week, but the markets carried a firm undertone and the futures market provides plenty of bullish ideas. America’s widespread drought remains a key hindrance to every market sector.
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Commentary: Eating is just too dangerous
The Internet is full of experts pushing half-truths, twisted logic and emotionally charged rhetoric to convince gullible Americans that our only source of salvation is to start eating beef from 5-year-old steers that have been read a bedtime story every night.
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Oil hits 11-week high after fiscal cliff deal passes
Congress' approval of legislation to avert the so-called fiscal cliff was seen as good news to oil traders as Brent crude oil reached an 11-week high in London. The Dow Jones Industrial average traded 2 percent higher.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
