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Opinion
Press On: Where’s Your Focus?
When making business and life decisions, energy should be spent on something meaningful, useful and productive.
September 20, 2024 05:22 PM
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Opinion
Speer: When It Comes to Cattle Markets Less Emotion, More Analysis
Higher prices means the business now carries more equity-at-risk than ever. Producers are encouraged to be increasingly proactive in pursuing measures to ensure that equity remains protected.
September 18, 2024 05:23 PM
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Opinion
Speer: Debunking Beef Trade Propaganda
Protectionists believe international trade is the peril of the beef industry. However, it incentivizes and enables U.S. producers to take full advantage of specialization and benefit from the respective ability to produce high-quality beef.
September 11, 2024 07:18 PM
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Opinion
Press On - What Are You Doing Today to Make Things Better?
No matter where we are or what we do asking ourselves this question forces us to confront our own internal reality—namely, our attitude.
September 10, 2024 01:30 PM
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Opinion
Don’t Blame The Futures Market
Futures markets have always been a source of consternation. The reason for angst generally falls on the speculators, but that blame is often misplaced.
September 05, 2024 03:20 PM
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Opinion
Press On: Making The Most Of The Time
Are you prioritizing your time on what’s best for your life and business? Or just burning daylight?
August 27, 2024 08:50 AM
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Opinion
It’s Always The Imports
When discussing imports, it’s important to remember consumer demand is the difference maker. Consumers are the business.
August 26, 2024 02:11 PM
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Opinion
Speer: Writing On The Wall
Margin pressure continues to challenge beef packers. That’ll inevitably lead to less capacity in due time. And that’ll likely mean some long-run ramifications for the business.
August 13, 2024 01:48 PM
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Opinion
Press On - Fear The Crowd
Wherever there’s group think, there’s never much room for thoughtfulness.
August 06, 2024 07:23 AM
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Opinion
Speer: Choice/Select Spread = The Rearview Mirror
Neither Choice nor Select is driving the business. As a result, the Choice/Select spread is increasingly irrelevant in the marketplace. Rather, Modest-or-better marbling is the true cutoff in terms of value differentiation.
July 30, 2024 02:40 PM
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