Livestock Economics

Market Outlook

• Analysis & Comments
  Cattle Situation and Outlook
• Monthly Crop Outlook
• Monthly Milk Market New
• Podcasts
• Tennessee Market Highlights
• Weekly Crop Comments
• Weekly Livestock Comments

Management and Marketing

• Beef
  » Focus on Feedlots
  » Livestock Monitor
  » Tennessee Beef Budgets
  » Seasonal Prices for Tennessee Feeder Cattle and Cows
  » Basis Estimates for Feeder Cattle and Fed Cattle
  » Weaning - Does It Have to be Stressful?
     Emmit L. Rawls and Tammy L. McKinley
       Presentation in PDF
       Paper in PDF  
  » Can you afford to wean and feed your calves?
  » Comparison of Weaning Methods Demonstration
  » Shrink and Its Underestimated Impact
  » Adding Value to Feeder Calves: Preconditioning, Backgrounding & Retained Ownership
  » What It Takes to Succeed in Cooperative Feeder Cattle Marketing
  » Marketing Alliances for Feeder Cattle
  » Master Beef Producer Program
• Sheep/Goats
  » University of Tennessee Sheep Extension Program
  » University of Tennessee Small Ruminant Extension Program
• Swine
  » University of Missouri Swine Focus Team
  » University of Missouri Extension Swine Publications
  » Iowa State University Extension Swine Information

Risk Management

• Managing Buy Sell Margins for Feeder Cattle
  Emmit L. Rawls, 2011
  
• Livestock Risk Protection Insurance
• LRP Coverage Prices, Rates, and Actual Ending Values
• Feed Price Risk Management
  » Seasonal Price Index for By-Product Feeds
  » Basis Estimates for By-Product Feeds
  » University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
  »» Co-Product STORE: Co-Product Storage To Optimize Ration Expenses

Software

• The Beef Cattle fIRM
• Buy/Sell Margins Calculator

Related Links

• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Tennessee Auction Markets Reports & Weekly Summary
• USDA Report Calendar
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
• USDA Risk Management Agency
• Tennessee Beef Cattle Improvement Initiative
• For additional information contact Emmit Rawls

Extension Program

• Beaver Creek Study
• Budgets
• Crop Economics
• Farm*A*Syst
• Forage Economics
• Home*A*Syst
• Income Tax Seminars
• Livestock Economics
• Manage Program
• Software
• Tennessee Beef Evaluation