National Slaughter Cattle Prices and Markets Report
National slaughter cattle prices show a mixed week with north trade 3.00-4.00 lower on live bids and 2.00 lower dressed, while southern plains move briskly with 78.00 futures and steady to 2.00 lower. Demand concerns and grading issues widen live and dressed value gaps as packers seek inventory ahead of a short kill week. US buyers track boxed beef up 2.24 from last Friday as 137,450 head sold through noon Friday and Midwest and High Plains markets report varied gains and losses across steers, heifers, cows, and bulls.
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Joseph Livestock
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Insect Pests Hit Wheat and Alfalfa in Kansas
Kansas State University entomologist Jeff Whitworth reports worms feeding in wheat and new alfalfa across south central and southeast Kansas. Fall army worms and army cutworms threaten fields with possible replanting or spraying, while alfalfa weevils stay active in the warm fall season.
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Jeff Whitworth
Kansas State University
Kansas
Whitworth
Futurist wind power forecast sparks debate at Kansas meeting
A futurist linked wind powered electricity to three Plains states including Kansas. He claimed growth in GM crops and warned about data reliability and government secrecy. Critics note the speaker mixed bold forecasts with IRS past bias, while predicting population peaks and global shifts.
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Kansas
Smithfield to keep Farmland plants open with staff intact
Smithfield Foods plans to keep Farmland Foods pork plants operating and will maintain about 6,100 Farmland workers. The Kansas City Farmland division employs 520 at Wichita and locations span Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio and Utah as part of the bankruptcy court deal valued at 367.4 million dollars in cash. Richard Poulson, Smithfield executive vice president, calls the workforce and management team the most valuable acquired assets.
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