There were a few surprises in the Dec. 23 USDA Hogs and Pigs report. Overall numbers were down 4% from Dec. 1, 2020, coming in at 74.2 million…
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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is hosting the 2022 Feedlot Forum, “Emerging Trends in Beef Feedlots,” on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at the…
Analysts are watching trends in the Consumer Price Index and what they might mean for meat demand going forward.
While feeder pig prices have followed seasonal patterns by increasing over the past few weeks, so have slaughter prices, but in the opposite d…
U.S. beef exports to China have been on the rise since the middle of last year, with beef going to China at a much higher rate than historical…
Producers — in fact all cattle market participants — constantly seek clues as to which direction the market might move. Recent research at Iowa State University suggests that fed dairy cattle prices (e.g., Holstein steer prices) could be a key indicator.
Pork production continues to be high, but a strong export market is helping prices remain steady.
Pork production continues to be high, but a strong export market is helping prices remain steady.
RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Brenda Boetel received the Second Mile Award in April from the Wisconsin Association of County Agricultural Agents. The aw…
Improved pasture conditions in the Southern Plains have feedlots in the Midwest and other parts of the country scrambling for cattle.
Improved pasture conditions in the Southern Plains have feedlots in the Midwest and other parts of the country scrambling for cattle.
Improved pasture conditions in the Southern Plains have feedlots in the Midwest and other parts of the country scrambling for cattle.
Since mid 2013, livestock prices have reached all-time record highs, but North Dakota University Extension livestock marketing economist, Timo…
Rewind to 2014 for a moment. Cattle and hog producers saw record prices, while corn and soybean growers saw record yields.
Most analysts expected last week’s USDA Hogs and Pigs Report to contain some bearish news, and they were not disappointed. Overall inventory w…
Ron Plain, Extension livestock marketing economist at the University of Missouri, says hogs were sold at a loss of more than $41 per head in March.
The drought continues to cut into cattle numbers, according to this past week’s USDA Cattle on Feed Report and the semi-annual cattle inventor…
MANHATTAN, Kan. - From the animal husbandry group that emerged from the Kansas State University farming department in 1901, to its current for…
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