John Nalivka

John Nalivka is the president of Sterling Marketing, Inc., which provides economic research and market advisory services to the livestock and meat industries. He became affiliated with Sterling in 1991 as executive vice president and he has owned the company since 1994. Nalivka serves clients across the red meat supply chain from producers to end-users.

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Cattlemen should be suspicious of legislative and regulatory activity that interferes with markets under the guise of improving them, writes John Nalivka. Before long the entire camel is “in the tent.”
Beef cow slaughter through mid-June was 10% higher than a year ago and on a weekly basis above the levels realized during the 2011-2013 drought.
Are we headed toward significant inflation in the meat case for a longer period of time? That depends on how well demand holds.
Malheur County, Oregon, the nation’s 12th largest county in area, received a blizzard last week that resulted in an experienced hiker being stranded. Ranchers joined the sheriff’s department in a successful rescue.
The topic of beef packer capacity remains a critical industry concern. It plays an important role across the entire red meat supply chain from the ranch to the packer/processor through distribution.
Since the beginning of March, any year-over-year comparison of cattle slaughter and feedlot inventory flow has been interesting given the distortions in the flow of cattle resulting from COVID plant slowdowns last year
Nevada is exploring the idea of “water banking,” which, in short, is the creation of a market to sell and/or buy water rights. We should all be skeptical of hedge funds trading water rights independent of the land.
Economists warn that the increasing money supply and government stimulus will lead to inflationary pressure on the economy and a burden on all American consumers.
Proposed legislation that is perceived to make markets work better and solve a problem often has the opposite effect, argues Sterling Marketing president John Nalivka.
Our society’s focus on how cattle impact climate change is concerning, and ranchers should rightly be worried about how a bureaucrat could use regulation to change demand for beef.