Category: ethanol
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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…
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I’m Not Alone
I had a <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2569-Responding.html">discussion</a> a while ago about ethanol and Distillers Grain and the cattle feeding industry moving north. My basic contention was that the ethanol plants will either find a way to ship the distillers grain to feedlots where they are presently at or the ethanol plants will move to the feedlot areas…
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Concerns
I've been somewhat curious about Distillers Grain, leftover product from ethanol production, and the feeding of it to livestock. The claims I read are how wonderful it is to feed to cattle. I know nothing about it and probably will never feed it since I don't feed anything in a bunk, it's all open range…
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Responding
I had a comment left by my buddy at MSU, Paul, and I decided to answer it here instead of the comments.<br />n<br />nHere's the comment to start with.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>This corn thing is all hype to drive down the prices we get for our calves this year. After processing the corn in the ethanol…
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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…
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A Different Idea
After my <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2527-Shoving-It-Down-Our-Throats.html">little rant this morning</a> I thought about the situation a little and wondered if there wasn't a way to support the use of alternative fuels without the Legislators needing to shove a mandate down our throats like they so love doing. I did come up with an idea, I might not like…
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Shoving It Down Our Throats
Two years ago when the Montana Legislature was in session I wrote very often about the stupidity of the ethanol mandate they were trying to put in and how if consumers wanted ethanol the market would support them and their would be no need for a mandate. As usual, nobody listened and they voted in…
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The Word is Getting Out
You know my feelings about how the drive for biofuels is going to drive the price of food up and how this trade off might not be the smartest thing in the world, but I now see the larger press is picking up on this idea.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0639150720070307" title="Told you so.">As biofuels boom, will…
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Cattle Herd Flat
Last year about this time we were looking at the total cow herd expanding for the year. If there was any build up, which I am not to sure about, <a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2007/02/03/ag_news/livestock_news/live14.txt" >it is over</a>.<br />n<br />nI have to truthfully say this is good news for cattle producers. Fewer cattle will hold up cattle prices…
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Ethanol
<a href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=7308" >Ethanol Makes Gasoline Costlier, Dirtier</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In his State of the Union address, President Bush spoke a lot about energy independence and alternative energy sources such as ethanol. According to the president, ethanol is the magical elixir that will solve virtually every economic, environmental, and foreign policy problem on the horizon. In reality,…