Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: cattle markets

  • Kill The Export Market

    I see the Big Meat Packing Plants are trying to get what little beef we export to <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/vetlife_content.asp?ContentID=138506">South Korea shut off</a>. Why don't they pay attention to these things? The packers know South Korea is very touchy about importing US beef so would it be so hard to be a little more careful and…

  • Cattle Herd Expansion Delayed

    <a href="http://beef-mag.com/cowcalfweekly/herd-expansion-expected/index.html">No Herd Expansion Expected For Several Years</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Say all you want about historically high cattle prices, the longest sustained period of cow-calf profitability on record, robust consumer beef demand and the growing seasonal prospects for more grass and forage.<br />n<br />n"We didn't expand the herd last year, we won't this year, and I…

  • I’ll Have To See It To Believe It

    We'll see, South Korea isn't known for being very cooperative when it comes to US beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/08/ap3802051.html">South Korea Opens to US Beef Imports </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea lifted a de facto ban on American beef imports Friday, after the U.S. confirmed that only two shipments meant for domestic consumption were exported mistakenly, officials…

  • Cattle Herd News

    It appears that the US cattle herd is <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/risk_management_content.asp?contentid=120988">not expanding</a> at the present time. This can be seen because female slaughter is keeping pace with steer slaughter which is a strong indicator that the US herd is remaining steady.<br />n<br />nThis is really good news because we have had a few good years, marketing…

  • Controlled-Risk

    I see that the US and Canada might get <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aUf0L2lZAzfM&refer=canada">`Controlled-Risk' Status for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. The article claims this status might help us get some of our lost export markets back. I'm not so sure. <a href="http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070313/650000000020070313180856E6.html">South Korea has indicated</a> that no mater what status we get from OIE, they are going to…

  • This is a Compromise?

    It appears that South Korea is willing, if that's what you want to call it, to compromise on their <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">official/unofficial US beef Blockade</a>. Instead of combing through a whole shipment of beef to find the most minute piece of bone fragment imaginable so they can reject the shipment, they are now willing to comb…

  • Seven Easy Steps

    R-Calf has a press release out that gives <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/022807-acol.htm">seven easy steps</a> to implement <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> can immediately implement <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> for beef by:<br />n<br />n *Allowing packers to indicate beef has come…