by Carrie Stadheim | Mar 6, 2020 | Articles, TSLN Articles
Livestock market analyst Corbitt Wall brought up an idea on a recent market report that has some caused some buzz in the industry. “I think the thing that we need to do is we need to set a minimum requirement for these big packers to buy negotiated cash cattle,” said...
by Carrie Stadheim | Feb 21, 2020 | Articles, TSLN Articles
Reuters reported Friday, Feb. 21, that the Brazilian Agriculture Minister said the United States had reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef exports, effective immediately. Fresh beef from that country has not been allowed since June 2017 when some shipments...
by Carrie Stadheim | Feb 20, 2020 | Articles, TSLN Articles
With President Trump’s signature Jan. 29, the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement now lacks just Canada’s ratification, to become the North American law of the land. If and when the Canadian lawmakers ratify the deal will go into effect 90 days later. While many farm...
by Carrie Stadheim | Feb 7, 2020 | Articles, TSLN Articles
A varied group of individuals met in Kansas City, Missouri, last December to discuss how to improve the current Livestock Mandatory Reporting system (also known as mandatory price reporting) so that adequate and useful information is available to buyers and sellers of...
by Carrie Stadheim | Sep 27, 2019 | Articles, TSLN Articles
While market analysts continue to report packer profit margins of at least $500 per head, and cattle feeder losses are estimated as high as $200 per head, the industry finger-pointing continues. Why are feeder cattle and fed cattle prices so low? Is it a function of...
