Sort & Cull

From social media to cable news to dying breeds of print journalism, "black swans" just don't get much coverage these days.

The escalating trade war will make it even more difficult for U.S. beef producers to sell to China, the world's second-largest beef importer.

Stargazers and farmers of antiquity differed from one culture to the next about whether the season of the dog represented a blessing or a curse.

One can only hope that if the nation's lawmakers get around to adequately stuffing a reasonable hot dog of immigration reform, it includes a good deal of guest-worker help for agriculture, says DTN Livestock Analyst John Harrington.

If the trade dispute between the U.S. and China quakes like a trade war, then it's probably a trade war.

While John Harrington feels the pain of the feedlot managers, successful management absolutely requires open eyes and ears even through the toughest of times. This week John plays the part of someone's grumpy and perpetual naysaying relative.

Call him a heartless fuddy-duddy, call him a mocker of pomp and circumstance, but there is only thing that would draw John Harrington to the royal wedding as a guest.

During Tyson's conference call with market reporters, Tyson executives only briefly mentioned the elephant in the room and left it still trumpeting when the callers left the line.

Our livestock analyst sees this spring's strange crop of extreme cattle discounts and shaky hog premiums in "one-flew-over-the-cuckoo's-nest" terms.

Many cow-calf producers may soon be facing a serious need for accelerated decision-making relative to pasture conditions and summer feed.

In the U.S. and China tit-for-tat tariff proposals, have farmers been sacrificed?