The Farmer's Weblog

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

SOW AND COW SLAUGHTER
slaughter so far this year is 3 percent below the five-year average.
9:14:14 AM    comment []

FEEDLOT CLOSEOUTS
The larger weights were in part due to steers and heifers posting impressive gains and feed conversions compared to previous years.
9:12:24 AM    comment []

Trends . . .SUPPLY IS A KEY TO LIVESTOCK PRICES
The key factor that has depressed prices for livestock and poultry in 2002 was the supply of product in the domestic marketplace. For the balance of 2002, the picture will not change much, however, 2003 will likely bring lower production levels for all red meat items.
9:10:36 AM    comment []

In The Cattle Markets
Cow-calf producers selling five-weight calves this fall are probably asking when the cattle world changed and why didn[base ']t anyone tell them. At times, it seams they have almost had to pay someone to take a 550 pound steer.
9:01:42 AM    comment []

Weekly Purcell Agricultural Commodity Market Report
In feeder cattle, the March did make a new contract high at $81.75 on Monday but then closed back below the close on Friday.
8:58:11 AM    comment []

This Page was last updated: 12/29/03; 3:46:16 PM
Copyright 2003 Russell Gum
Click here to visit the Radio UserLand website. Subscribe to "Livestock" in Radio UserLand. Click to see the XML version of this web page. Click here to send an email to the editor of this weblog.

About The Farmer's Weblog

Agriculture, Commodity markets, Software, Information technology are the focus of this weblog.

So what is a weblog, you ask? A weblog is a web page that you can subscribe to. With weblog software like Radio you can subscribe to any number of weblogs and then simply check a single news page to find all of the new information posted. The software checks for new updates every hour and posts them to your news page. The Radio software also lets you create your own weblogs. This software wonder even has a free trial period and on top of that is not expensive.

Currently you can subscribe to The Farmer's Weblog by just clicking on the XML coffee cup icon above while Radio is active. Or if you are using another weblog news reader, copy the RSS link hiding behind the xml icon above and add it to you subscription list. You can also subscribe to the individual categories, such as cotton or cattle. Click on their link at the top of the links list and then use their XML icons to set up your subscriptions.