With the losses that have been suffered in the feeding industry in 2010 it is no surprise that there is a very keen interest in what the analysts are saying about the cattle market in 2010. Before I attended the NCBA convention many people told me that the highlight of the show is the Cattlefax… Read More
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Larry Hicks is the founder of CattleHedging.com and specializes in helping clients manage risk in Canada and the United States. The cattle market has been just as viscous as any other market in agricultural commodities. Larry has always been a proponent for making sure that customers protect their equity and assets and reduce the amount… Read More
In the United States the NCBA does a lot of work to make sure the consumer really understands the cooking process of beef. The NCBA booth was full of cookbooks and other how to’s to make sure everyone enjoys the beef eating experience. I talked to Steve Leigh, a technician with the NCBA about how… Read More
After being in San Antonio for a couple days I have seen many shapes and sizes of cowboy hats. I’ve been wondering why some people buy one and not another. I asked several people on the tradeshow floor and most said that stetson is the hat leader. I went to the Stetson booth to talk… Read More
One of the great things about attending the NCBA convention is that you get a chance to hear what some of the NCBA analysts an staff have to say about the industry. I was very fortunate to get a chance to talk with Gregg Doud. Gregg Doud is the Chief Economist at the National Cattlemans… Read More
This is my first trip the NCBA convention and I have been amazed at the scope of the convention. The first person that I had a chance to interview was Sara Brown, Livestock & Production Editor, Beef Today. I asked Sara what a couple of the main issues were in the beef business in the… Read More
Troy Hadrick is a great model for agriculture producers. Troy is not only a rancher in South Dakota but he also firmly understands the need for producers to tell the story of agriculture. Agriculture has never received the attention it is getting now from the mainstream media. Never before has agriculture had defend itself so… Read More
Emotion is a powerful thing. Many people make decisions based on emotion and not science. There is some irony in all of this based on our scientific knowledge has never been higher. We know more about the genome of plants than ever before in our history. Yet at the same time emotions are high and… Read More
There is a very large mainstream interest in food and how it is produced. As a result, agriuculture practices have never been under so much scrutiny and inspection from the general public. Studies show that farming is a very trusted profession by the masses but there are still some highly critical opponents. In many ways… Read More
I am finding more and more ranchers and feeders are struggling to find the answers to their short term profitability issues. I just hope that if ALMA has success there is enough people in the industry still to benefit from the hard work. At the Tiffin conference I really detected frustration from producers on how… Read More