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CattleFax presented their annual Outlook Seminar on Friday in conjunction with the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN. Declining cattle and beef supplies are a certainty in 2012. Cow slaughter in 2010 and 2011 was at it’s highest level in nearly 15 years. Higher calf prices and [...]

“Prestage Farms Addresses HSUS Charges” Prestage Farms in Goodwell, Oklahoma has joined the voices speaking out about the Humane Society of the United States’ video which claims that Prestage Farms and Seaboard Foods practice inhumane treatment of pigs. Veterinarian Ron Prestage says – we recognize our moral and ethical obligation to provide for the responsible [...]

“Reports: Most MF Global Funds Found” The Associated Press reported Wednesday that unnamed investigators have located almost all of the 1.2-billion dollars first reported missing when securities company MF Global went under last year. The money has been tracked to other customer accounts and banks. MF Global, headed by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, [...]

Live coverage of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show brought to you by DuPont and Pioneer Hi-Bred. Marcus Luttrell the featured keynote speaker, is author of the 2007 #1 New York Times best-selling book, Lone Survivor, tells the harrowing story of four Navy SEALs who journeyed into the mountainous border of Afghanistan and [...]

“EPA GHG Information Available” For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPA’s GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data include public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as [...]

“Agriculture Bank Portfolios Strong” The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reports that strong farm income propelled farmland values to record highs and strengthened loan portfolios at agricultural banks at the end of 2011. Cropland values across the Corn Belt and northern Plains soared to all-time highs with many states posting annual value gains between [...]

“U.S. Cattle Herd Smaller” USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reports the January 1 Cattle Inventory is down two-percent.  All cattle and calves in the United States totaled 90.8-million head. This is the lowest January 1 inventory since the 88.1-million on hand in 1952. All cows and heifers that have calved were down two-percent, beef cows [...]

“House Passes Dodd-Frank Amendments” The House Ag Committee has passes a half dozen bills that would amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas says some of the current regulations are – completely contrary to the intent of the original Dodd-Frank legislation. He says [...]

“President Addresses Domestic Energy Needs” Energy was on President Obama’s mind Tuesday evening as he presented his State of the Union Address. Calling it his “blueprint” the President said my administration will open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. He also said we’ve subsidized oil companies – long enough.  [...]

“CARB Gets A No” Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill has denied the California Air Resources Board’s motion to stay the decision he issued on December 29, 2011 that had halted the enforcement of the California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation because that regulation is unconstitutional.  Last Friday CARB filed papers asking the Court to reverse its [...]