AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben talked with buyers and sellers at a feeder cattle auction in Northern Indiana. She traveled to Shipshewana, Indiana.
If the pasture of stockpile is heavy, then it can often be grazed even under fairly wet conditions without too much long-term damage but, you will need to have a watchful eye.
“There's no other market that can absorb the beef volume and the value of what we're selling into Japan,” said Kent Bacus, NCBA director of trade and market access. “We have level the playing field."
Cattle prices look to hold steady through much of 2019, but trade will have the potential to impact if prices rise or fall, according to analysts at CattleFax.
The major Cattle Inventory report was supposed to be released this week but is delayed.
NASS announcing this week when reports will drop. Both Cattle on Feed and Cattle Inventory will be released February.
The dangerous cold temperatures that blanketed the Midwest this week also impacted meat processors and grain elevator operations, as companies worked to protect employees.
More than 1,500 cattlemen and women attend informative and engaging sessions to improve their business skills at the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Tradeshow.
The U.S. will see a shift away from El Niño conditions in 2019, Art Douglas said during the 2019 CattleFax Outlook Seminar, held as part of the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show.
