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Tennessee Beef Evaluation
Beef Cattle Marketing
Tri-State
Stocker Conference Planned for August 6-7, 2008
- There a number of areas of risk involved
in the stocker business. These include but are not limited to
price risk for calves bought at lightweights and sold at heavier
weights, price risk for feed or feed ingredients, and health risk
on newly purchased calves. The Tri-State Stocker Conference has
been planned to offer information to assist stocker operators
in managing some of these risks. Learn
more
- There a number of areas of risk involved
in the stocker business. These include but are not limited to
price risk for calves bought at lightweights and sold at heavier
weights, price risk for feed or feed ingredients, and health risk
on newly purchased calves. The Tri-State Stocker Conference has
been planned to offer information to assist stocker operators
in managing some of these risks. Learn
more
- Seasonal
Prices for Tennessee Feeder Cattle and Cows
- Emmit L. Rawls and Tammy McKinley
- Tennessee Steers 300-400 lbs
- Tennessee Steers 400-500 lbs
- Tennessee Steers 500-600 lbs
- Tennessee Steers 600-700 lbs
- Tennessee Steers 700-800 lbs
- Choice Finished Cattle, Southern Plains
- Tennessee Heifers 300-400 lbs
- Tennessee Heifers 400-500 lbs
- Tennessee Heifers 500-600 lbs
- Tennessee Heifers 600-700 lbs
- Tennessee Heifers 700-800 lbs
- Tennessee
Utility Cows
-
Basis Estimates for Feeder Cattle and Fed Cattle
- Emmit L.
Rawls and Tammy L. McKinley
- Emmit L.
Rawls and Tammy L. McKinley
- Tennessee
Beef Evaluation
- The Farmer to Farmer Connection - Learn more about how you can become involved and learn more about how your cattle perform after they leave your operation.
-
Outlook for the Stocker Business: 2006-2007
- Presentation by Emmit L. Rawls
- Presentation by Emmit L. Rawls
- Learn more about the National Animal Identification
System (NAIS)
- USDA NAIS website
- Questions and Answers: National Animal Identification System
- Animal
Identification: What Does It Mean To The Cattle Industry?
- Presentation by Emmit L. Rawls and Tammy L. McKinley
- Animal
Identification: Fact vs Fiction
- Presentation by Tammy L. McKinley
- Animal
Identification: Fact vs Fiction
- Publication by Tammy L. McKinley
- Publication by Tammy L. McKinley
- 2005
Lower Middle Tennessee Cattleman's Association Video Sale Summary
- The
Japanese Market for U.S. Beef
- While the Japanese market is important in the longer run, beef producers will hardly notice the impact when it is reopened because it will take a long time, if ever, for exports to return to former levels. Learn more
- Article by A. Lee Meyer, Extension Professor; Keiko Tanaka, Rural Sociologist, and Kenny Burdine, Extension Associate - University of Kentucky.
- Learn more about the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
- USDA NAIS website
- Questions and Answers: National Animal Identification System
- Animal
Identification: What Does It Mean To The Cattle Industry?
- Presentation by Emmit L. Rawls and Tammy
L. McKinley
- Presentation by Emmit L. Rawls and Tammy
L. McKinley
- What
Is A Price Slide?
- Article by Dr. Emmit L. Rawls, Livestock Marketing Specialist with the Agricultural Extension Service
- Livestock
Marketing Information Center's U.S. Cattle Identification Systems
Fact Sheets Available on Web
- U.S. CATTLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS: Risk Management and Market Opportunities is a planned collection of fact sheets, developed by authors with national expertise in the subject area. Materials were developed during the summer of 2004 and published in October. Learn more
- For information from the USDA on BSE and
the current surveillance plan.
- USDA
- USDA APHIS BSE Testing
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Statewide
Demonstrations Launched
- Demonstration to measure the impact of improved genetics and health/management practices on the market value of Tennessee feeder cattle launched on 17 farms in 16 counties across the state.
- What
It Takes To Succeed In Cooperative Feeder Cattle Marketing
- Presentation
given by Dr. Emmit L. Rawls, Livestock Marketing Specialist with
the Agricultural Extension Service.
- Presentation
given by Dr. Emmit L. Rawls, Livestock Marketing Specialist with
the Agricultural Extension Service.
- Proactive
Pricing Strategies Under Uncertainty: Livestock
- Presentation
given by Dr. Emmit L. Rawls, Livestock Marketing Specialist with
the Agricultural Extension Service.
- Presentation
given by Dr. Emmit L. Rawls, Livestock Marketing Specialist with
the Agricultural Extension Service.
- Can
you afford to wean and feed your calves?
- "It
doesn't pay to wean my calves before selling them." Ever
heard someone say that? Ever said that yourself? Most beef producers
in our state believe they will not make money by weaning their
calves and feeding them for a period before time to sell. Demonstrations
were conducted in five East Tennessee counties to show that it
can pay to wean your calves and feed them for 45 days prior to
selling. Learn
more.
- "It
doesn't pay to wean my calves before selling them." Ever
heard someone say that? Ever said that yourself? Most beef producers
in our state believe they will not make money by weaning their
calves and feeding them for a period before time to sell. Demonstrations
were conducted in five East Tennessee counties to show that it
can pay to wean your calves and feed them for 45 days prior to
selling. Learn
more.
- Can
you afford to wean and feed your calves? - Dyer County
- "It
doesn't pay to wean my calves before selling them." Ever
heard someone say that? Ever said that yourself? Most beef producers
in our state believe they will not make money by weaning their
calves and feeding them for a period before time to sell. A demonstration
was conducted in Dyer County to show that it can pay to wean your
calves and feed them for 45 days prior to selling. Learn
more.
- "It
doesn't pay to wean my calves before selling them." Ever
heard someone say that? Ever said that yourself? Most beef producers
in our state believe they will not make money by weaning their
calves and feeding them for a period before time to sell. A demonstration
was conducted in Dyer County to show that it can pay to wean your
calves and feed them for 45 days prior to selling. Learn
more.
- Historical
Buy/Sell Margins and Cattle Backgrounding and Finishing Systems in
Tennessee
- Emmit L.
Rawls, Kevin Ferguson, and Tammy McKinley
- Emmit L.
Rawls, Kevin Ferguson, and Tammy McKinley
- Kansas
State Livestock and Meat Marketing
- Listen
to James Mintert's, Extension Agricultural Economist specializing
in Livestock Marketing, Weekly Livestock Market Outlook Radio
Interview, view his Cattle Outlook Newsletter, find fed cattle
basis and price information, plus much more.
- Listen
to James Mintert's, Extension Agricultural Economist specializing
in Livestock Marketing, Weekly Livestock Market Outlook Radio
Interview, view his Cattle Outlook Newsletter, find fed cattle
basis and price information, plus much more.
- Country
of Origin Labeling website
- Website
developed by Dr. Darrell Mark, University of Nebraska Lincoln,
devoted to providing information on Country of Origin Labeling.
- Website
developed by Dr. Darrell Mark, University of Nebraska Lincoln,
devoted to providing information on Country of Origin Labeling.
- Stay
up-to-date on the current situation in the beef cattle market with
information from the Livestock
Marketing Information Center.
- See a comparison of certified beef programs and their individual requirements at the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service site.
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Tennessee Beef Cattle Improvement Initiative