
As cattlemen, traders and analysts alike, we tend to want to look at the cattle market and dismiss outside factors and instead focus solely on cattle and the cattle market. But, in reality...
Stocks are drifting around their record highs on Wall Street Thursday, as earnings season ramps into higher gear.
On its way out the door, the Trump administration on Tuesday evening granted three small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.
There's a small gap between the 2020 harvest finish and 2021 go-time. Our View From the Cab farmers are using the time to get ready.
ShayLe Stewart is the newest member of the DTN analysis team (September 2019), and comes with deep roots in the beef industry.
Based in the high mountain cattle country near Cody, Wyoming, Stewart leads coverage in all areas of livestock and meat production, and brings a true boots-on-the-ground perspective to a livestock marketing world that gets increasingly difficult to navigate.
ShayLe grew up on a cow-calf and haying operation in south-central Montana, where her passion for the beef industry led her to Colorado State University, ultimately to an internship with the United States Cattlemen's Association. Her experiences following markets for USCA were the springboard for her self-produced Cattle Market News website and Facebook outlets. Those weekly reports were a reliable source of compressed, easy-to-understand, digestible market information.
While her background is in the ranching West, ShayLe comes with a solid list of market contacts from around the country. Talking each week to sale barn owners, feed lot managers, and other industry experts, she is able to ask the questions that cattlemen need answered in order to find clarity in a complex and dynamic market.
ShayLe and her husband, Jimmy, run a registered herd of Sim-Angus females, and host an annual bull sale in Powell, Wyoming.
As cattlemen, traders and analysts alike, we tend to want to look at the cattle market and dismiss outside factors and instead focus solely on cattle and the cattle market. But, in reality...
Regardless of what year the market faces, challenges and opportunities will always be present. Trying to analytically avoid the traps of the marketplace that could hinder you is always an...
Seasoned cattlemen remember the importance of a good sense of humor, but they also know the value of timing in the marketplace.
Though corn prices are on the brink of scaling into the $5 range and feeder's cost of gains are changing as quick as the corn market's prices are, the corn market could spark a positive movement in the cattle contracts.
Let me be the first to tell you that 2021 is lining up to be a far better year than 2020, with some favorable factors to watch. The market will undoubtedly have hurdles to jump along the way, but optimism is brewing in the cattle...
I understand that this year's market yielded far from profitable prices for many, and that hardship and hard choices are difficult to appreciate. But when you see your cows scattered out, working the hills at the morning's dawn...
The next challenge around the corner is hard to predict, but good management always pays off.
Unfortunately, there isn't a road map that shows us when to buy heifers, when to market our cull cows and how/when we should market our calves. But when the market flashes an obvious opportunity in front of our eyes, we must...
Having a marketing plan is vital: It is important to be active and informed participants within the marketplace, but that also means being willing to adapt as situations arise.