June Jobs Report shows Smallest Increase since end of 2020
Economy
June Jobs Report shows Smallest Increase since end of 2020

Hiring in May and April were not as strong as originally reported, either.

Fri July 07 2023

Drought Conditions Improved & Worsened across the Midwest
DROUGHT
Drought Conditions Improved & Worsened across the Midwest

26.95% of the lower 48 states are in drought, compared to 27.00% last week.

Thu July 06 2023

Public Lands Grazing Vital to the Rural West
Federal Lands
Public Lands Grazing Vital to the Rural West

The federal government owns roughly 640 million acres of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States – just over 28% of total land.

Wed July 05 2023

Pasture & Range Conditions as of 7/2/23
Pasture & Range Conditions
Pasture & Range Conditions as of 7/2/23

45% of Pasture & Range Conditions rated 'Good to Excellent' compared to 44% Last Week and 31% Last Year.

Tue July 04 2023

Corn Crop Condition as of 7/2/23
Corn Crop
Corn Crop Condition as of 7/2/23

51% of Corn Crop rated as Good to Excellent Condition compared to 50% last week and 64% last year.

Tue July 04 2023

Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings for the week ending 7/1/23
Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings
Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings for the week ending 7/1/23

Last week's Weekly Feeder & Stocker Cattle Marketings were 2.6% above the 3 Year Average.

Tue July 04 2023

Temperatures seen Surging as El Nino Weather Pattern Returns
El Niño
Temperatures seen Surging as El Nino Weather Pattern Returns

El Nino emerges for first time in seven years. The world's hottest year on record, 2016, coincided with a strong El Nino.

Tue July 04 2023

Historical Review of the U.S. Beef Cattle Industry – Part 2
Beef Cattle
Historical Review of the U.S. Beef Cattle Industry – Part 2

In the 1970s, crossbreeding became widespread practice in the commercial cow-calf industry.

Mon July 03 2023

2023 Cattle Markets: The Year so far and the Second Half Ahead
Cattle & Beef Markets
2023 Cattle Markets: The Year so far and the Second Half Ahead

The biggest question for the second half of the year is the extent to which herd rebuilding begins.

Mon July 03 2023

Animal Agriculture Blamed as a Major Cause of ‘Climate Change’
Climate Change
Animal Agriculture Blamed as a Major Cause of ‘Climate Change’

Peer-reviewed research purports that animal agriculture causes between 15 percent to 19.6 percent of climate-warming emissions.

Mon July 03 2023

Weekly Cattle Market Overview for Week Ending 6/30/23
Cattle/Beef Prices
Weekly Cattle Market Overview for Week Ending 6/30/23

For the week, fed cattle in the South and North were mostly steady in limited trade. Feeder cattle traded 4.00 higher with stocker calves steady.

Sat July 01 2023

Corn Planted Acreage Up 6 Percent from 2022
Corn Crop
Corn Planted Acreage Up 6 Percent from 2022

This represents the third highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944.

Fri June 30 2023

Fed-preferred PCE Gauge shows lowest U.S. Inflation since April 2021; Inflation remains ‘Sticky’
Inflation
Fed-preferred PCE Gauge shows lowest U.S. Inflation since April 2021; Inflation remains ‘Sticky’

The PCE report is unlikely to give the Fed reason to continue to pause rate hikes at its next big meeting in July.

Fri June 30 2023

6/30/23: Cattle Market Bullish Sentiment Increases
Bullish/Bearish Consensus
6/30/23: Cattle Market Bullish Sentiment Increases

The theory behind the "Bullish/Bearish Consensus" indicator is when the public reaches a consensus, they are usually wrong.

Fri June 30 2023

$450 million Cattlemen's Heritage Beef Co. project snags $25 million USDA Grant
Beef Processing
$450 million Cattlemen's Heritage Beef Co. project snags $25 million USDA Grant

Cattlemen's Heritage anticipates slaughtering 500,000 cattle annually.

Thu June 29 2023

NCBA Files Legal Motion to Strike Down Biden WOTUS Rule
WOTUS
NCBA Files Legal Motion to Strike Down Biden WOTUS Rule

A full rewrite of the Biden administration’s WOTUS definition is the only path to comply with the Sackett decision.

Thu June 29 2023

GDP Update: U.S. First-Quarter economic growth rate Revised Upward
Economy
GDP Update: U.S. First-Quarter economic growth rate Revised Upward

Stronger growth could keep inflation elevated and force the Fed to raise rates even higher.

Thu June 29 2023

Drought Conditions Worsened across the Midwest
DROUGHT
Drought Conditions Worsened across the Midwest

27.00% of the lower 48 states are in drought, compared to 27.11% last week.

Thu June 29 2023

More Dairy-Beef Hybrid Cattle Available; 100% Dairy Steers Lose Value
Beef Cattle
More Dairy-Beef Hybrid Cattle Available; 100% Dairy Steers Lose Value

The number of dairy-beef cattle on the market is growing.

Wed June 28 2023

Lab-Grown Meat may have a Bigger Carbon Footprint than Retail Beef
FAKE MEAT
Lab-Grown Meat may have a Bigger Carbon Footprint than Retail Beef

Research from the University of California, Davis suggests that the carbon footprint of cell-cultured meat is more extensive than the industry has let on.

Tue June 27 2023

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