Last week was fully of crazy news for the livestock and meat sector with much of it involving snowflakes, both real and of the college variety. Blizzard Snowflakes A late spring blizzard hit the Great Plains last week. The National Weather Service in Dodge City, Kansas reported the deepest accumulations reached 16-18 inches. The weight of the snow did cause severe damage to the hard winter wheat crop, but it is also having an impact on the cattle markets. The nearby Live Cattle futures contract is at an 18-month high this week. Much of the area battered by the blizzard was also subject to wildfires about a month ago, which damaged pasture areas. The snowstorm caused the loss of cattle, both on pasture and in feedlots. There are no officia...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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