| Sizzling Along With Facebook's IPO |
What do Facebook and pork bellies have in common? |
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| Hiding That Funeral Smile |
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. |
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| Nailing the BSE Coffin, Again |
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? |
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| Policing The Market Impact Of Twitter |
The apparent power of the social media gives one pause. |
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| Panic Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff |
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. |
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| Herd Rebuilding May Emphasize Genetics |
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. |
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| Beautiful Spring, Ugly Markets |
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. |
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| USDA Produces Slime of Its Own |
(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. |
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| The Ides of the Family Budget |
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. |
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| Progress at the Speed of Granite Formation |
Why do things that seem like no-brainers often take so long to see the light of day? |
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| A Super Tuesday It Was Not |
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. |
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| Denison Darkens With an Era |
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. |
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| You Are What You Eat, Sadly |
U.S. consumers have gone nutty for bacon, as a nauseating new promotion by Jack in the Box clearly demonstrates. |
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| Beef Packers on Suicide Watch |
Judging by their crazy and self-destructive behavior since 2012 began, beef processors are certifiably insane. |
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| What the Republican Hopeless and Pork Processors Have in Common |
Given the reckless way packers are juggling expensive hogs with relatively cheap pork, the political wheeler-dealers currently running for president would feel right at home. |
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