U.S. beef exports were down 7.0% in December and down 0.7% for all of 2014. For the year, the biggest growth markets were Hong Kong, South Korea and Mexico. The biggest decline in beef exports was in shipments to Canada. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As trade negotiators meet again this week, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association urges the renewal of Trade Promotion Authority, legislation that gives the President authority to negotiate trade agreements with an assurance that Congress will give the final agreement only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
COLUMBIA, Mo.- A flame flares from a torch near a greenhouse. It’s not there for light; it’s biogas from the anaerobic digester within the greenhouse. The University of Missouri has built a small-scale anaerobic digestion system to produce biogas from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Retail fresh beef prices averaged a record $6.00 per pound in December. That is 8.8 cents higher than in November, 6.5 cents higher than the previous record which was set in October and 96.3 cents higher than in December 2013. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Agri-Pulse reports: The Agriculture Department is proposing to ease identification requirements for cattle being moved across state lines while ensuring that federal or state inspectors have access to records they need during a disease outbreak. A proposed rule being published […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jackie Moore, Joplin Regional Stockyards, Joplin, Mo., owns and helped design the nearly 12-acre facility that markets more than 450,000-head of cattle throughout the year; one of the largest cow-calf auctions in the nation. For more information, visit www.ANGUS.org.
OZARK, Mo. — The 2014 Farm Bill contains provisions that many southwest Missouri farmers – crop, livestock, and dairy – should consider to help manage their risk.The alphabet soup of farm program provisions replaces all of the direct payment crop […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes, a study by Purdue and Iowa State universities shows. Associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Calf trading was active on heavy receipts this past week as salebarn numbers were three-fold what they were for the holiday shortened week. The week after Thanksgiving is traditionally busy for calf sales at auction. It is the culmination of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Breanna Lawyer didn’t get much time to celebrate Purdue’s first National Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest championship since 1978. She had to get home so she could deliver a truckload of hogs to a sale in Oklahoma. A team of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A common question of late is, “How long will the high cattle prices continue?” The November WASDE report gives an overview of how the current and expected production of beef relates to prices. From a supply perspective beef production for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The November WASDE increased by 0.4% USDA’s forecast of 2014 beef production, but lowered their forecast of next year’s production by 0.5%. They now predict 2014 beef production will be down 4.9% from last year and next year’s beef production […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a series of hard-fought battles, Republicans won control of the Senate Tuesday night by securing major re-election victories for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, while winning at least seven U.S. Senate seats that had previously […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cowboy-Style Short Stories of a Midwestern Cattleman’s Life De Smet, SOUTH DAKOTA, (October 30, 2014) – Sit back and travel to a time not long ago when one Missourian man’s decision to take a chance on a cattleman’s dream […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas Ag Secretary Jackie McClaskey and Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Secretary Bob Moser signed and sent a letter last week asking the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Global Beef Industry Q3 2014 NEW YORK, – Rabobank has issued a new report on the global beef industry, saying that although supply is increasingly tight, Russian import bans are unlikely to have a material effect. In the report, published by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will reduce electronic trading hours of CME Livestock futures and options products following comprehensive outreach to producers, commercial customers, traders and other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BOZEMAN – For the first time in recent history, Montana State University has hired a dedicated livestock judging coach who will also teach applied coursework and manage a program that is designed to give students hands-on experience in the beef […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled highly anticipated new programs to help farmers better manage risk, ushering in one of the most significant reforms to U.S. farm programs in decades. Vilsack also announced that new tools […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Thursday, September 3, 2014, a settlement was reached in front of Judge Scott Snowden (Ret.) on the wrongful death action filed by the family of agricultural aviator Steve Allen in the amount $6.7 million and as a result, is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…