100-Dollar-Ideas

Heat detection becomes the single greatest limiting factor in managing beef cow reproductive programs.
Report showed tightest feedlot inventories since Sept. 2011.
Report to show On Feed at 100.3% of year-ago levels.
Even while the news was still a rumor, cattle futures were down the limit before settling on losses over $2.50/cwt. for the day.
In this time of high cattle prices, do you have the capital to buy more cattle?
Three plants will remain closed due to dwindling demand for the product.
With breeding season around the corner, is your herd ready?
Key figures from this morning’s reports.
To conduct a tour of BPI on Thursday.
Controversy over lean finely textured beef results in plant closures.
Expects beef exports to increase in 2012, although at a slower rate than production.
Texas agricultural losses due to the 2011 drought reached a record $7.62 billion, making it the most costly drought in history.
To show Placements above year-ago and Marketings just below year-ago.
FAPRI provides baseline projections to Congress.
Beef producers in the Southern Plains shouldn’t get too caught up in adding cattle to herds despite recent rainfall.
Cattle producers need to maintain tire feeders regularly to keep cattle from swallowing wire.
Report expected to show On Feed at 102.5% of year-ago levels.
Report showed all categories friendly compared to expectations.
Comfortable cattle are profitable cattle. That’s why many feeders take steps to acclimate new arrivals.
The ability to estimate the live bodyweight of cattle can affect whether animals receive too little drug or too much,
Report to be released on Friday, Jan. 27, at 2:00 p.m. CT.
Report shows producers out of the Southern Plains have begun rebuilding herds.
Producers who think their heifer reproduction program is on track may want to look again.
Report to show On Feed above year-ago, but Marketings below year-ago.
Showed all categories about as expected.
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“Cow-Calf Production in the U.S. Corn Belt” covers topics from breeding to marketing.
Report showed Placements above expectations.
China buys corn; wheat sales below expectations.
Digest of this morning’s key figures.
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