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Industry At A Glance: Monthly Beef Cow Slaughter Continues To Drop
2014-03-23 05:55:00| Beef
By Nevil Speer, Western Kentucky University Last week’s “Industry At A Glance” chart focused on respective heifer inventories over time. The discussion surrounded the importance of both heifer retention and beef cow slaughter as indicators of cowherd dispersion or rebuilding. The discussion included the following observation: “The annual inventory of beef replacement heifers has stayed relatively constant over time. That reality underscores the overwhelming contribution of beef cow slaughter (vs. a slowdown in heifer retention) when explaining the declining cow inventory.” read more
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Cowgirl Sass & Savvy: A little cow psychology
2014-03-21 04:20:20| Livestock - Topix.net
Calving and foaling are annual spring events, as is lambing, kidding and other birthings, for those in the livestock industry.
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Cull Cow Prices Continue Higher
2014-03-15 01:29:00| Beef
Beef cow slaughter could be 10-15% lower for the year if forage enables herd expansion "If herd expansion plans move forward on adequate or better forage conditions, cull cow prices will likely stay above $90/cwt. for the remainder of the year and average in the mid $90s or higher, says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University. read more
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There Is No Magical Cow Size That Guarantees Profitability
2014-03-13 21:34:00| Beef
I had several people this week dispute my statement from last week that biological efficiency doesn’t vary among the accepted range in mature size in the industry (“The Bearish Math On The Beef Industry Doesn’t Add Up”). The bottom line is that maintenance costs rise as mature size increases, but it’s not a 1:1 relationship. In fact, the general rule of thumb is that maintenance costs are calculated by taking mature size to the .7 power. My View From The Country read more
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Brown Cow Farm to close yogurt-processing plant in Antioch
2014-02-15 19:47:05| Food - Topix.net
Brown Cow Farms has processed yogurt in a nondescript building hidden among medical offices and shops along Delta Fair Boulevard for a quarter of a century.
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