In this week’s Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA’s Director of Government Affairs, Danielle Beck, discusses language in the U.S. House Agriculture Appropriations bill that would give the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture jurisdiction over lab-grown “meat” products. She also discusses similar measures moving on the state legislative level in Missouri and Minnesota. NCBA news release
– Glen Arnold, CCA, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Manure Nutrient Management During winter, solid manure application should be limited to five tons per acre and liquid manure application amounts to 5,000 gallons per acre. This past fall was particularly tough on livestock producers and commercial manure applicators trying to land apply livestock manure. Weather conditions [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee As the livestock economist for Extension at the University of Tennessee, opportunities to forecast cattle prices are never in short supply. Thus, there is always a demand for high quality and accurate cattle price projections. The primary problem is with [...]
– Justin Sexten, Ph.D., Director, CAB Supply Development Winter came early for much of cow-calf country, and now calving season is at the gate. Even those who call it “spring calving” often start in January, but if you’re not out checking a heifer, this is a good time of year to catch up on reading. [...]
– Josh Maples, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University Large supplies, record exports, and trade concerns are just a few of the topics that dominated the beef headlines in 2018. Amidst all of these factors, U.S. calf and yearling prices have showed relatively consistent strength throughout the year. 2019 [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded $1 higher compared to last week on a live basis. Prices on a live basis were mainly $119 while dressed prices were mainly $189 to $190. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $118.76 [...]
– Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, OSU Extension Noble County If you have consistently, or even occasionally, read my column in 2018, you should be aware that there are changes in store for the beef industry as we ring in 2019. Some segments of the beef supply chain will expect cattle producers to be certified [...]
– Chris Penrose, OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Morgan County At times I wonder what is worse; a drought like we had in 2012 or 1988, or a wet year like we had this year? As a beef and forage producer, I guess I would rather have a year like this one but [...]
– Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension November Choice retail beef prices were $5.911/lb., up from $5.840/lb. in October and 1.8 percent above the November 2017 price of $5807/lb. However, the all-fresh beef retail price dropped to $5.603/lb. from the October price of $5.683/lb. The all-fresh price was also down 0.5 percent from the November [...]
In this month’s podcast of Beef AG NEWS Today, guest host Patrick Dengel visits with OSU Extension Beef Coordinator John Grimes as he shares his annual beef cattle outlook going into the new year. John discusses inventory, demand, recent and long term market factors, competing meats, and speculates on beef cattle prices for 2019.
