Insights and Stories of Reuters

Aug. 24, 2011 at 3:35 pm CDT

A spill of frozen bull semen bound for a breeder in the state of Texas triggered a scare on Tuesday that temporarily shut down a U.S. interstate highway during the morning rush hour. The incident began when the driver of a Greyhound bus carrying the freight alerted the fire department […]

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Jul. 25, 2011 at 4:14 pm CDT

Americans will have plenty of beef for the freezer, with enough left over to export in 2011, but supply will shrink in 2012 because the cattle herd is getting smaller, according to U.S. government reports released July 22. A USDA feedlot cattle report showed 10.45 million cattle were being fattened […]

By bob-burgdorfer, Reuters

Jul. 22, 2011 at 4:19 pm CDT

The U.S. fed cattle supply on July 1 was 3.8 per cent larger than a year ago as a devastating drought in the U.S. Southwest and high cattle prices pulled young cattle into feedlots, analysts said on Friday. In a separate report, USDA put the U.S. cattle herd, which includes […]

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Jul. 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm CDT

 Mother Nature is hell this week, especially for American farmers and ranchers. A heat wave has descended on U.S. cropland and pastures, with no relief expected until the weekend. The hot weather was stressing the pollinating corn crop, and putting grasslands and cattle under duress. Temperatures should cool by the […]

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Jul. 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm CDT

Extreme heat and dryness this week as the crop is reproducing will trim U.S. corn prospects, and even more stress from dry weather will continue through next week, an agricultural meteorologist forecast Tuesday. “I would think the condition decline will be even more extreme this week. There is going to […]

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