Add to ORKGThe inventory of all cattle and calves reached a 50-year low at the end of 2008. Pork producers reduced the size of the breeding herd late in 2008. Imports of feeder cattle, feeder pigs and slaughter cattle and hogs from Canada have dropped dramatically since the fourth quarter of 2008. And, never before seen drops in broiler production occurred in the last few months of 2008. With production of nearly all sectors of the meat industry lower than year-ago levels, why haven’t livestock prices rallied in response? The economic times we’re in have reduced demand. People haven’t been willing or able to consume more beef and pork at higher prices
Large shifts in domestic beef demand have had substantial impacts on the beef industry. Before the l...
The long-run trend of the ratio between beef cattle prices and hog prices at Chicago has been rising...
The availability of cheap feed grain for many years influenced the structure of the beef cattle indu...
From 1979 until 1997 inflation-adjusted, retail beef prices in the U.S. declined by over 30%. Durin...
Cattle numbers in the U.S. peaked in 1975 at about 130 million head. Since that time, cattle numbers...
The only words for the pork industry in 2004, were “demand driven.” The industry had just put an ann...
The US corn and soybean crops in 2013 were at or near record levels and worldwide demand increased o...
Since 1976, the total supply of red meat and poultry has increased 63%. However, all of the gains si...
2001 was a challenging year for the beef industry. Concerns regarding bovine spongiform encephalopat...
Beef demand increased about 8-10 percent in 2004. What does that really tell us and how is beef dema...
Pork producers dodged the worst possibilities of the fourth quarter of 2002 by marketing hogs earlie...
2011 was, in many ways, a year of contrasts for the cattle industry. Regionally, extreme drought con...
January of 2006 was marked by some concern that the modest expansion in pork production may be more ...
This past year has certainly seen some ups and downs in the cattle market. One confirmed case of a B...
Many hog and cattle producers are seeing big profit losses, or even going out of business. The econo...
Large shifts in domestic beef demand have had substantial impacts on the beef industry. Before the l...
The long-run trend of the ratio between beef cattle prices and hog prices at Chicago has been rising...
The availability of cheap feed grain for many years influenced the structure of the beef cattle indu...
From 1979 until 1997 inflation-adjusted, retail beef prices in the U.S. declined by over 30%. Durin...
Cattle numbers in the U.S. peaked in 1975 at about 130 million head. Since that time, cattle numbers...
The only words for the pork industry in 2004, were “demand driven.” The industry had just put an ann...
The US corn and soybean crops in 2013 were at or near record levels and worldwide demand increased o...
Since 1976, the total supply of red meat and poultry has increased 63%. However, all of the gains si...
2001 was a challenging year for the beef industry. Concerns regarding bovine spongiform encephalopat...
Beef demand increased about 8-10 percent in 2004. What does that really tell us and how is beef dema...
Pork producers dodged the worst possibilities of the fourth quarter of 2002 by marketing hogs earlie...
2011 was, in many ways, a year of contrasts for the cattle industry. Regionally, extreme drought con...
January of 2006 was marked by some concern that the modest expansion in pork production may be more ...
This past year has certainly seen some ups and downs in the cattle market. One confirmed case of a B...
Many hog and cattle producers are seeing big profit losses, or even going out of business. The econo...
Large shifts in domestic beef demand have had substantial impacts on the beef industry. Before the l...
The long-run trend of the ratio between beef cattle prices and hog prices at Chicago has been rising...
The availability of cheap feed grain for many years influenced the structure of the beef cattle indu...