Benefit of feeding cattle in transit and Lincoln yards
A Nebraska stock yard manager explains that feeding cattle during transit reduces shrinkage on long hauls. Lincoln Union Stock Yards offer full in transit feeding facilities and a flexible market routing system to keep cattle rested, hydrated, and market-ready for Omaha, Chicago, St Joseph, and Kansas City.
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H. L. Carpenter
Lincoln Union
Nebraska
Harry
Lincoln
South Omaha
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Burlington Railroad
Carpenter
Lincoln Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
Lincoln Yards
United States
Hog raising growing in western Nebraska county farms
The region has a profitable hog industry developing alongside cattle, alfalfa, and dairy farming. Small ranchers and farmers increasingly add income from hogs, despite corn shortages and limited local corn production, per a Nebraska Department of Agriculture bulletin.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Hogs Bring Top Price as Dawes County Shipper Expands
The Daily Drovers Journal reports Dawes County hogs led the market with a carload averaging 193 pounds selling for a top price of 10.10 per hundredweight. C. W. Denton of Chadron, long a cattle shipper, is expanding into hog raising and the shipment signals initial success.
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Nebraska
Daily Drovers Journal- Stockman
Dawes County
C. W. Denton
Chadron
Denton
Cattle Market Shifts as Corn Feeders Scarce and Grass Cattle Move
Farmers restrain restocking due to corn at 80 cents a bushel and uncertain profits. Demand splits between corn fed cattle and grass fed stock moving to Missouri river markets and Chicago. Dry spells and uneven rainfall pressures cattle finishing plans in coming months.
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Brenton
Missouri River
Chicago
Parta
Wisconsin
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T. W. Farris
R. F. Marcy
Live Stock Commission
Exchange Building Stock Yards
South
403
Brandeis
Todd
Omaha Live Stock
Union Stock Yards
Bowles
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