Protectionist policies are again influencing U.S. agricultural trade as the U.S. escalated tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in May 2024, with potential further increases on Chinese and other imports being discussed by presidential hopefuls. Additionally, lawmakers are considering...
The role of beef in Brazil's agribusiness exports has been steadily increasing, with countries like China, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Egypt driving the rise in export volumes.
Between January and July, Brazilian beef exports...
Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Livestock Marketing Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
FED CATTLE
Fed cattle traded $2 lower on a live basis compared to last week. Prices were mainly $182 to $185 on a live...
Intro:
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) reported record retail beef prices for the month of July, with the all fresh value of beef estimated at $8.15 per pound (Figure 1). This marks the first time in history the national...
Background
America’s beef supply relies heavily on a large network of small producers to raise calves. In fact, 25% of the beef cow inventory can be found on operations with 50 or fewer head. Since these operations generally do not...
Introduction
July 2024 marks the first time since 2016 that USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has not published its July Cattle Inventory report, which would typically come out this week and contain data about the size of the calf crop,...
USDA reports weekly slaughter statistics for different classes of cattle. Beef cow slaughter this year through 28 weeks totals 1.56 million head. Beef cow slaughter has been historically high in the previous two years. During the same period, beef...
Source: USDA news release
Beef cow-calf farms--operations that raise beef calves at least through weaning--are numerous in the United States, and most are relatively small. Data from USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture indicated that 55 percent...
Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario
Prices are reported on a "per one hundred pound" basis, unless otherwise stated.
ONTARIO LIVE CATTLE TRADE
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ONTARIO LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE
Today at Ontario Livestock Exchange (OLEX), there are...
