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Sizzling Along With Facebook's IPO

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 00:41
span class="news_summary_content"What do Facebook and pork bellies have in common?/span

Hiding That Funeral Smile

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 00:51
span class="news_summary_content"Livestock feeders couldn't be happier about the grim prognosis for the U.S. corn market following the release of USDA's bearish supply and demand estimates on Thursday./span

Nailing the BSE Coffin, Again

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 02:06
span class="news_summary_content"June live cattle closed up the limit on Thursday, essentially hammering the final nail in the BSE coffin. But will this be the last time the mad cow body rolls out of the market casket?/span

Policing The Market Impact Of Twitter

Sat, 04/28/2012 - 03:57
span class="news_summary_content"The apparent power of the social media gives one pause./span

Panic Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff

Wed, 04/25/2012 - 04:07
span class="news_summary_content"The cattle market may have plenty of legitimate demand worries, but once the trade takes a closer look at the hard facts surrounding the latest confirmed case of BSE in the United States, they should quickly realize that this rare cattle disease is not one of them./span

Herd Rebuilding May Emphasize Genetics

Tue, 04/17/2012 - 01:56
span class="news_summary_content"A panel of beef producers discussed improving the quality of beef as a direction the industry could take during its efforts to rebuild the herd. This story from guest blogger Markets Editor Katie Micik./span

Beautiful Spring, Ugly Markets

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 03:52
span class="news_summary_content"This spring has been one of the most beautiful in recent memory. The early spring livestock markets, on the other hand, haven't been so pretty./span

USDA Produces Slime of Its Own

Sat, 03/17/2012 - 01:52
span class="news_summary_content"(USDA) -- USDA announced on Wednesday that it will offer more choices to schools in the National School Lunch Program when it comes to purchases of ground beef products./span

The Ides of the Family Budget

Fri, 03/16/2012 - 04:36
span class="news_summary_content"Consumers are more likely to purchase expensive items immediately after receiving a paycheck than days or weeks later when the family purse is considerably slimmer. That includes meat./span

Progress at the Speed of Granite Formation

Sat, 03/10/2012 - 04:59
span class="news_summary_content"Why do things that seem like no-brainers often take so long to see the light of day?/span

A Super Tuesday It Was Not

Wed, 03/07/2012 - 05:04
span class="news_summary_content"Even if one of the Republican presidential candidates is actually forced by the Super Tuesday vote to call it quits, at least he can find some comfort in the fact that livestock futures attracted even fewer supporters./span

A Super Tuesday It Was Not

Wed, 03/07/2012 - 05:04
span class="news_summary_content"Even if one of the Republican presidential candidates is actually forced by the Super Tuesday vote to call it quits, at least he can find some comfort in the fact that livestock futures attracted even fewer supporters./span

Denison Darkens With an Era

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 05:33
span class="news_summary_content"Tyson Foods' announcement this week that it plans to close its slaughter-only plant in Denison, Iowa, wasn't much of a surprise to those who have been paying attention to beef industry trends./span

You Are What You Eat, Sadly

Thu, 02/09/2012 - 05:02
span class="news_summary_content"U.S. consumers have gone nutty for bacon, as a nauseating new promotion by Jack in the Box clearly demonstrates./span