Month: June 2016

black and brown cattle in feedlot

No Business but Plenty of Potential in China for U.S. Beef Exports

The word ‘potential’ may be overused, but American cattle producers no doubt see plenty of it in the China market. That’s because the Asian giant – which is already the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans and a major purchaser of American pork – remains in the midst of significant downswing in domestic cattle numbers and …

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Improving Pasture Conditions Fuel Increase in Cattle Numbers

By John DePutter & Dave Milne, DePutter Publishing Inc. Market prices have plenty to say about when ranchers expand their cattle herds but so too does Mother Nature. And over the past couple of years, Mother Nature has given the go-ahead; supplying the southern U.S. Plains with enough moisture to bolster the pastures that are …

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