“If we step back and look at what that means for farmland, we're taking our energy production system from highly centralized production facilities and we have to distribute it,” says David Muth.
The cattle futures market has corrected itself with a slight downturn. That correction is temporary say market analysts, and it shouldn't dissuade cattle feeding investments.
The last few weeks live cattle futures prices have dropped from the upper $90s to the lower $90s following Memorial Day, typically a time when retailers are expected to move more beef.
Unemployment and other factors are impacting the cattle futures market this week. But beef movement remains strong coming off theMemorial Day holiday, although Choice beef values decline but remain still historically strong
Livestock economists working with the Iowa Beef Center and Iowa State University Extension have created a new tool to help cattle producers develop marketing strategy.
The mechanized poultry system is the biggest challenge facing the cattle industry, so part of me thinks it’s OK their practices come under scrutiny. If cheap meat is bad, you’ve got to figure beef is a more “ethical” choice than poultry.
