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Royalfan5

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  1. I 100% believe that the bachelor farmer that was my Maternal Grandfather’s best friend haunts his old farmstead. Probably still out wandering around looking for arrowheads by the creek or trying to chase snakes out of the dirt basement
  2. I watched Nebraska win a football last Saturday if that counts.
  3. As more of a northern plains guys, it reduces the chances on train wrecks in shitty weather. Probably matters less for the southern plains guys.
  4. I think as an industry everyone calves 4 to 8 weeks later than they did 10-15 years ago. Don't have guys bitch near as much about health problems as they used to either. Feel like it's connected
  5. We are into the seasonal peak of pork production right now. (It's why this is usually McRib time of year) and bird flu isn't rolling for the season yet. Also biology allows you to ramp production so much faster, and we have some slack packing capacity in both.
  6. Still historically high at least. Next falls calves I would worry about though. Will have to see what they say about reopening the border this week.
  7. With all the political stuff futures have been a mess with 4 limit lower moves in 7 sessions in feeders includes expanded limit lower today to put us about 10% lower in that time frame. Meanwhile boxed beef is up about 3%
  8. I wanted a spot to note my niece finished 3rd in Wyoming 2A state Cross Country as a freshman.
  9. Caught another wave of buying to take fats and feeders back to all time highs despite up front softness in live cattle.
  10. Isn't Arizona a big failson/daughter school?
  11. That's what the he was asking about.
  12. In another sign of where we are at sentiment, I had my first client tell me he wants to put down fresh concrete for his feedlot pens.
  13. I'd also assume they had a poor disposition and didn't respect a fence.
  14. Right, just give up some time on the turn, but you get them cheaper. Used up dairy cows make pretty good hamburger. Grandpa used to keep a second deep freeze just for that.
  15. If you buy meat at Wal-mart, you are eating a Holstein cross most of the time. Lot of guys in the upper midwest feed dairy steers because that's what available locally. And that's before even touching cull cows.
  16. On the buffalo note, a guy back home raised them for awhile. He tried to doctor a sick one once and it chased Doyle around while he was on his three wheeler until the buffalo keeled over from exhaustion.
  17. Means they are taking any offer to get any cut of beef moved cause slow demand is backing things up even with tight supply.
  18. I'd also like to note that boxed beef was sharply lower again this morning with packers puking cuts, with live cattle futures 350 to 400 lower and feeder off 700 to 800
  19. Boxed beef prices have been backing up a bit as we get out of grilling season and the consumer has turned up their nose at the higher prices of beef. Starting to see packers discount to move into retail channels a bit.
  20. No better value out there than a good pork loin.
  21. Also we finish animals to a much higher weight than we used too.
  22. Wal-Mart has made steps in that direction with the new packing plant in North Platte effectively only killing smaller dairy crosses just for them with a large new all cement outdoor lot in Dundy County anchoring supply for them. But Wal-Mart doesn't own either as of now. Integrating cattle is harder because of the labor and space required. There has been some looks at confinement cow-calf but it really hasn't taken off. (I've kicked the tires on putting up a hoop set up for myself, but can't shake the attitude if I go that far, I might as well get into dairying)
  23. I hope they let Trev run it because he'll find away to do something to piss everyone off further, along with being financially irresponsible.
  24. The last two years they’ve beat other single wing schools in the finals in Jeff North and Centralia. Both very quick games when nobody passes.
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