Source: Government of Alberta
“The proportion of female (heifer and cow) cattle slaughter relative to total cattle slaughter has increased,” says Ann Boyda, provincial livestock market analyst with the Alberta government. “A greater share of females going to slaughter makes...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, Grace Grossen, and Adriana Valcu-Lisman
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for November 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates”...
Source: Government of Alberta
“U.S. cattle and calves on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head were estimated at 11.6 million on October 1, 2023, 1% higher than the same time last year,” says Ann Boyda, provincial...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, and Grace Grossen
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for October 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates”...
Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University, says the increase in cattle prices this year actually started last year, as cattle numbers dropped. The midyear 2023 cattle inventory report showed the national cow herd is still...
Source: Barchart
Midday futures are back up by 47 to 80 cents so far across the front months. CME had no deliveries against the October contract, though the oldest dated long is now listed as 3/13/23. Feeders are working through...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Mildred Haley, and Grace Grossen
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for September 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates”...
Source: Statistics Canada
In 2023, Canadian farmers are projected to produce more corn for grain and soybeans, but less wheat, canola, barley and oats, compared with 2022, according to recent yield model estimates using satellite imagery and agroclimatic data. Decreased production for...
Source: Government of Alberta
Feeder cattle prices from January 1 to September 1, 2023 are significantly higher than the same period in 2022.
“A look at weekly average feeder prices for 550-pound and 850-pound feeder cattle indicates that from January to...
by Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Joana Colussi and Jim Baltz
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois and Carl Zulauf, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University
The prices of fertilizer products reached record highs in...
