Category: Industry Issues
Evolution in International Trade
By Heather Smith Thomas, Contributing Editor Our trading agreements – and subsequent export/import regulations – with other countries are an ever-evolving beast. Erin Borror, economist
The Scales of Balance
Proportional Solutions to Transitory Problems By Olivia Willrett, Contributing Editor Turbulent times have prompted calls for drastic changes resulting in vast and varied disagreement in
New Beef Plants Needed
Canadian Locations May Be In Peril By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor The COVID-19 outbreak has spotlighted the operations of Alberta’s two giant beef-processing plants and
Gypsy Wagon Aug./Sept. 2020
By Betty Go Gigot, Publisher In the blink of an eye or the flick of a switch, the topic of this CALF News issue, “The
Feeders Get ‘Market Flu’ During COVID
By Heather Smith Thomas, Contributing Editor The livestock industry is facing uncertain times and feedlots have been struggling with marketing issues. Warren Rusche, South Dakota
Hedging In a Plague
Price Protection Against COVID-19 By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor With projections for losses of $6/cwt., or more for cattle going on feed in mid-summer, there
CALF’s Featured Lady
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor When it comes to cattle market analysis on a North American scale, there are few equal to Anne Wasko of
David and Goliath of Television
By Baxter Black, Contributing Editor “The farmer has always been a peasant.” – Richard Blinco, Idaho When the market crashed in 1975, Richard had a
Heroism Needed on the Harvest Floor
By Megan Webb, Ph.D., Contributing Editor During morning chores, the sunrise reminds me to be thankful for a new day, a new bounty of hope,
Plant-Based Blasphemy
Beyond Impossible to Compare with Protein-Packed Beef By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor As was demonstrated by COVID-19’s impact on consumers, supermarket meat cases were often