Steve Cornett

Steve Cornett has been covering the beef industry since 1973. A regular contributor to Drovers, Steve works from a home office in Canyon, TX, and a ranch office in Hall County.

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Out to Pasture: Animal Identification Gets a Friendlier Reception
With the prices we expect to charge when the cycle tops, we’ll need all the value we can get.
November 19, 2020 11:34 PM
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Next Drought Victim: 2012 Wheat Crop?
With farmers from Kansas to Texas saying they’ve never seen it drier, it looks like 2012 runs the risk of being another short crop year.
November 19, 2020 11:34 PM
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Out to Pasture: Will Beef Ever be Safe Enough?
The industry’s best hope for E. coli is not cleaner beef or more inspection, but a useful vaccine.
November 19, 2020 11:33 PM
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Watering Down the National Animal Identification System
USDA is doing all it can to make its animal traceability program politically acceptable.
November 19, 2020 11:33 PM
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Out to Pasture: Should We Consider Steak a Byproduct?
I’ve always thought of export markets as important to byproducts—the stuff you and I won’t eat. But if this economy doesn’t improve, or corn prices don’t come down, we may have to start thinking of the loin as a byproduct—not something Americans won’t eat so much as something they can’t afford to eat.
November 19, 2020 11:33 PM
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Out to Pasture: NCBA Pushes for a More Nimble Organization
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is restructuring.
November 19, 2020 11:32 PM
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Out to Pasture
A couple of agricultural economists say the JBS-Swift merger represents a crossroads for the cattle industry.
November 19, 2020 11:32 PM
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Out to Pasture
On the Wrong Side of History?
November 19, 2020 11:32 PM
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Front Gate: A Value-Added Checkoff
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) has asked for suggestions to improve the checkoff program. Here’s mine: Value-Added Checkoff.
November 19, 2020 11:32 PM
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Markets
Hold ‘Em
Now is the time to re-think the market plan.
November 19, 2020 11:32 PM
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