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Wes Shoemyer, a Missouri farmer and speaker at last week’s “Rally to Stop The Stealin’” in Omaha, responds to critics of the #FairCattleMarkets movement.

Cull cows represent about 20% of the gross income in commercial cow calf operations. Understanding the major factors impacting cull cow prices is important to your bottom line.

From a seller’s perspective, the fed-cattle trade continues to improve, with last week’s numbers making it the third straight week of higher prices since September 9th.

The fire at a Tyson beef packing plant in August sparked an explosive reaction in the markets, but was it basic economics that drove prices or something else? Three economists weight in.

In the few months since Greg Hanes became CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board he says “there appears to be many misperceptions, false rumors, and misinformation about how the checkoff works and is administered.”

Citing concerns about foreign ownership of U.S. companies, two U.S. senators have asked Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to open a formal investigation of JBS SA.

U.S. beef exports through August are down form 2018’s record pace, yet exports still account for 14% of total U.S. beef production.

CAB growth credited to “an entire community of Angus farmers, ranchers and feeders being extremely intentional over several years in the way they breed, raise and care for their cattle with a focus on quality.”

While fed cattle supplies remain historically large, they are set to decline moving forward. Seasonal supplies will be at their peak in the first quarter of 2020.

Agricultural markets will be impacted by world population growth, economic growth and the expanding middle class, African Swine Fever and the development of alternative proteins.