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The relationship between politics, crime and oligarchy is a tangled web.
Comment/Columns, Vet advice

Oligarchs debase EU agriculture

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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A new week started on the first day of spring 2018. The collection of cars and half tons in the parking lot at the local burger joint meant the “Circle of Wisdom” had already started their daily debate, enriched with weekend news stories and beginning stages of sports playoffs. The Circle is a cluster of […] Read more
One of many resolutions to come out of the recent NCBA meeting was support for improvements to livestock marketing reports.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: After struggle, NCBA agrees on mandates

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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The mood of this year’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) live cattle marketing committee meeting was a lot different than the summer meeting in 2020. That 2020 meeting lasted over six hours, involved multiple roll call votes among affiliate groups and revealed a big chasm between the mostly cow-calf and the cattle feeder organizations. The […] Read more
Dittmer: Toxic brews of do-gooders, politicians and bureaucrats
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Dittmer: Toxic brews of do-gooders, politicians and bureaucrats

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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The problem with politics is that relative conservatives just want to be left alone to do things without unnecessary interference. Leftist activists want to save the world — or your world — by coercing behaviour. Which is why leftist ag groups and their enablers — leftist, big-government politicians and bureaucrats — keep trying to force […] Read more
Even a non-farming Californian ought to question why less “cruelty” should produce fewer baby pigs and more dead sows. – Steve Dittmer.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Looking forward at progress

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Sometimes in crazy times, it’s good to back up and look at the cards showing and your hole cards. Economically speaking, inflation is one key factor. A key inflation driver is fossil fuel costs. It enters in every phase of beef production beyond our magic photosynthesis machine — the cow. As both major producers and […] Read more
Both cattle feeders and packers have found Alternative Marketing Agreements advantageous to making money.
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

NCBA musters packer procurement data into framework

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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I’m sure you all up North have noticed the Great Counter-Intuincy we have down here in the States. Don’t look the term up. I just invented it. But whatever common sense would intuitively indicate, our presidential administration makes the counter move. If natural gas and propane and fertilizer prices are way too high, consider shutting […] Read more
U.S. proposes marketing “fixes”
Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

U.S. proposes marketing “fixes”

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

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Several factors may improve the beef business in Canada soon. As we’ve noted, China has been aggressive in driving the global beef market. The delivery of Meng Wanzhou back to China and the release of the Canadians should ease that cloud over relations. The U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel were dropped at the recent […] Read more
Any legislation calling for harsh mandates regarding the current cattle price situation will just lead to unintended costs and consequences for all producers.
Markets, Prime cuts

Beware of government “help”

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

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The government is here to help you. How many times have you heard that expression and reeled at what that help might mean? This is what the U.S. beef industry is facing in light of calls by U.S. lawmakers to demand government mandates on required minimum negotiated cash markets for live cattle. Some members of […] Read more

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