Source: Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn news release Today the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association submitted official comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) outlining key principles for the regulation of fake meat products. The comments, filed in response to Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Petition Number 18-01, encourage USDA to look beyond modifying “standards [...]
America's Cattlemen and Women are "Unfortunate Causalities" in Any Trade War WASHINGTON (April 4, 2018) - Kent Bacus, Director of International Trade and Market Access for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, today issued the following statement regarding the announcement that China has included American-produced beef on a list of proposed retaliatory tariffs: “It is unsettling [...]
By Jay Parsons, Nebraska Extension Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; and Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist By Jay Parsons, Nebraska Extension Farm and Ranch Management Specialist; Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist; and Daren Redfearn, Nebraska Extension Forage and Crop Residue Specialist Current [...]
Joint effort of CFTC, K-State will assemble sector’s leading minds in Overland Park in early April WASHINGTON, D.C. — The upcoming AgCon2018 will explore a range of current questions and topics facing the agricultural futures markets. The first-of-its-kind joint conference from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at [...]
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Note: Start the video and all parts will play through as the full show Part 1 Max Armstrong reports from 2018 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, Calif. He kicks off the show with a report from Gordon Stoner, president, National Association of Wheat Growers, who offers a look at the market. Steve Bridge talks markets with [...]
If President Trump’s announced intention to levy significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports next week turns out to be more than saber rattling, U.S. agriculture risks plenty. In the meantime, it would likely be an unwelcome wrinkle in current negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In a brief from the Center for [...]
Commentary; By H. Russell Cross It’s a conundrum that has long plagued the beef business—what’s economically necessary for producers presents big challenges for wholesalers, retailers and most importantly, consumers. Over the past several decades, the genetic direction of the nation’s cowherd has been driving us to bigger and bigger cattle. That, in turn, drives bigger [...]
– Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Livestock Marketing Specialist The latest beef trade data for November shows continued improvement in beef exports. November beef exports were 260.7 million pounds, up 2.7 percent over exports in November, 2016. Beef exports have increased year over year each month in 2017 for the first 11 months of [...]
FED CATTLE: Fed cattle trade was not established at press with bid prices on a live basis at $118 while asking prices on a live basis were $125. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $120.61 live, up $0.54 from last week and $193.00 dressed, up $1.08 from a week ago. A year ago [...]
