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New Hampshire’s Health Department says it’s investigating an outbreak of E. coli bacteria associated with ground beef after 12 people got sick eating the meat since June.

Live cattle prices are hitting the summer wall and hitting it hard.

Most folks in agriculture prefer American-made products, though most of us wear, own or perhaps drive some imports.

The latest beef and cattle trade data shows a mixed bag of global market impacts. Total beef exports were down 5.3 percent in April compared to last year.

The key comparative advantages currently enjoyed by North America’s integrated industry include a strong trust and premium being placed on their grain-finished beef.

Beef demand unlikely to slip, but weights could fall amid heat.

There was little change in finished cattle prices this week which likely has feedlot managers sweating bullets.

“Too big, too fat, too inconsistent,” is how Hop Dickinson, former CEO of the American Hereford Association, described cattle in the 1990s.

The questions abound if prices are going to continue to strengthen or if they will falter heading into the fall of the year. The answer is different depending on the weight class and management provided to those animals.