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Profits, Better Cattle Prices Seen In 2010

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U. S. cattle producers will likely earn small profits in 2010 amid the smallest cattle herd in about 50 years, and that should mean higher cattle prices, Cattle-Fax analysts said Jan. 29. However, beef sales will remain weak as cash-strapped consumers continue to favour lower-priced foods like hamburgers and hotdogs over higher-priced T-bones and sirloins,
Beef cattle, Livestock

U. S. Feedlot Cattle Supply Dips To Seven-Year Low

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The number of cattle being fattened for the dining table on U. S. feedlots fell to their lowest level in seven years, but higher beef prices are still unlikely amid the sluggish economy, analysts said Jan. 22. The number of cattle placed at these feedlots in December fell to an 11-year low due to winter
Beef cattle, Livestock

Hitch In Cattle Deal With National Beef

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Hitch Enterprises, a privately held livestock operation, has reached a deal whereby it will sell cattle from its three feedyards solely to National Beef Packing Co. LLC, an agreement that Hitch leaders believe will produce better prices for its customers. The “handshake” agreement started in January and will continue indefinitely, Hitch chairman Jason Hitch told
Livestock

Nebraska Winter Lifts U. S. Cattle Prices

CHICAGO/REUTERS Winter storms have blasted Nebraska, slowing movement of cattle and hampering weight gain, helping to lift cattle prices across the country for producers who have been losing money for more than a year, analysts and traders said on Jan. 5. More snow is on the way for Nebraska, the No. 2 cattle state, which
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Beef processors don’t need another subsidy

As a cattle producer, I question the motives of those who are prepared to give Canada’s largest cattle processors another subsidy as cited in the story “Tories accused of stalling SRM subsidy, Manitoba Co-operator Dec. 17. Brad Wildeman claims to represent primary producers (cow-calf operators) in his function as head of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.
Beef cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Smaller U. S. Cattle Supply Bullish

Agovernment report Dec. 18 showed a smaller-than-expected cattle supply. But analysts cautioned that the economic recession, which has been a drag on beef sales, may prevent long-term gains in prices. The USDA reported one per cent fewer cattle in feedlots as of Dec. 1 and eight per cent fewer young cattle added to feedlots in
Beef cattle, Livestock

U. S. Entrepreneur Says There Is A Better Way To Raise Beef

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If Todd Churchill is right, he’s come up with a grass-fed beef production model that could pull the rug out from under confinement grain-fed livestock-feeding systems. “In my opinion, confinement livestock is about to be thrown virtually off the bus,” Churchill told a Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council strategic planning session Nov. 30. “In 10 years,
Beef cattle, Livestock

U. S. Cattle Numbers Still Historically Low

The number of cattle being fattened in U. S. feedlots as of Nov. 1 was up about 1.5 per cent from last year’s low supply, but remained low historically as the weak economy has discouraged cattle production and hurt beef demand. The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, released Friday, put
Livestock

Dealing With Chronic Bloat

roy lewis dvm Every cattle producer is plagued by the odd chronic bloater and the dilemma is often what to do with them. A chronic bloater is by definition a free gas bloat which keeps reoccurring. The gas can readily be let off with a tube but reoccurs within a day or so. The cattle
Livestock

Cattle Marketings A Record Low

USDA reported Sept. 18 the cattle supply on major U. S. feedlots at 9.882 million head, or 99 per cent of a year ago. The amount of cattle placed onto feedlots during August was put at 2.110 million, or 102 per cent of last year, cattle marketed during August at 1.81 million, or 96 per

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