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Expectations for Friday’s Cattle on Feed Report.
All bull semen is not created equal, but researchers have found a way to level the bovine-fertility playing field.
Heat detection becomes the single greatest limiting factor in managing beef cow reproductive programs.
Report showed tightest feedlot inventories since Sept. 2011.
Eighty-six employees from its corporate office will lose their jobs.
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.
Expects beef exports to increase in 2012, although at a slower rate than production.
Soybean sales were well below expectations.
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.
Sharp pressure on futures ahead of the report should limit reaction.
Controversy over lean finely textured beef results in plant closures.
FAPRI provides baseline projections to Congress.
Producers will have the opportunity to enroll 1 million acres.
As cattle supplies remain tight and global demand intensifies, profitability for cattle ranchers will continue in the year ahead.
Beef producers in the Southern Plains shouldn’t get too caught up in adding cattle to herds despite recent rainfall.
Beef maintains record pace.
Says growth in imports will largely be determined by weather in Australia.
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.
Corn and wheat sales matched expectations.
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,
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