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The growing role of the U.S. feedlot industry

The latest Cattle on Feed report pegged the February 1 feedlot inventory at 11.8 million head, just fractionally above year ago levels. Feedlot inventories are declining after rising above year-earlier levels last October. Feedlot placements in January were 92.5 percent of last year, above the pre-report average estimate but within the range of estimates by some analysts. Some […]

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What do cattle and sheep have in common?

Cattle cycles stretch as far back as the seven fat, healthy cows and the seven scrawny, thin cows of Biblical times. The seven fat cows foretold seven years of good harvest; everyone would have plenty to eat. However, the seven thin cows meant that seven years of famine would follow. Sheep inventories are cyclical, too. […]

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