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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1664516" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Depends on where you are in the food chain:</p><p></p><p>John Deere shareholders are winning.</p><p>Soybean speculators are winning.</p><p>Cattle traders are winning.</p><p>Packers are winning.</p><p>Calf producers not so much...</p><p></p><p>Ran across an internet article this winter that focused on how calf producers needed to reduce wintering costs since beef imports would be increasing. The data tables seemed way off - - so I checked and the article was published in 1994. Hummmm.</p><p></p><p>Been to Argentina and Brazil in a previous life. Very friendly people and really good Malbec. They have much lower labor and land costs than us, so they have lower feed prices. HDRider has posted about this. But we have always have several options:</p><p></p><p>1) Utilize low stocking rate cows to scavenge crop aftermath and rough pasture.</p><p>2) Sell into a premium market</p><p>3) Move to low cost land in Canada.</p><p>4) Become a trader.</p><p>5) Complain.</p><p>6) Plant food plots.</p><p>7) Run a seasonal herd.</p><p>8) Combination of the above</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1664516, member: 1715"] Depends on where you are in the food chain: John Deere shareholders are winning. Soybean speculators are winning. Cattle traders are winning. Packers are winning. Calf producers not so much... Ran across an internet article this winter that focused on how calf producers needed to reduce wintering costs since beef imports would be increasing. The data tables seemed way off - - so I checked and the article was published in 1994. Hummmm. Been to Argentina and Brazil in a previous life. Very friendly people and really good Malbec. They have much lower labor and land costs than us, so they have lower feed prices. HDRider has posted about this. But we have always have several options: 1) Utilize low stocking rate cows to scavenge crop aftermath and rough pasture. 2) Sell into a premium market 3) Move to low cost land in Canada. 4) Become a trader. 5) Complain. 6) Plant food plots. 7) Run a seasonal herd. 8) Combination of the above [/QUOTE]
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