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Consider the no-depreciation cow-calf operation

2017-06-22 17:00:00| Beef

Unlike many assets, cows actually appreciate in value for a while, and you could capture that as profit.

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2017 cattle market outlook: Profitability possible for cow-calf producers

2017-02-08 10:55:18| Beef

What will 2017 cattle markets bring? Heres the outlook from CattleFax.

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New cow-calf enterprise budget spreadsheet available

2016-11-22 22:05:00| Beef

Beef Producer Downloadable Excel spreadsheet from University of Wisconsin can help with budgeting and analysis. read more

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FAPRI projects cow-calf profit to continue

2016-03-26 02:45:00| Beef

We are looking at several years of pretty tight financial situation for U.S. agriculture," says Pat Westhoff, director of he Food and Agricultural Policy Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri. "Farm income is less than half of the 2013 peak and we expect it to remain low for the next several years." The recent FAPRI U.S. Baseline Briefing Book projects crop and livestock price for the next decade. Though profitability in the cow-calf sector is down sharply, it is still above historical levels," Westhoff says. "This will promote further small increases to the herd in coming years. read more

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