Economics & Business
Livestock Marketing Information Center: Weekly Price and Production Summary
Livestock Marketing Information Center: State Marketing Newsletters
Livestock Marketing Information Center: Market Outlook
Historical Production and Price Data
Beef Basis: Decision Support for America's Beef Producers
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)/Chicago Board of Trade Futures (delayed 20 minutes)
Cow herd investment / ownership
Alternative cow herd investment strategies
Beef cow herd expansion decisions and strategic planning for producers
Alternative cow herd investment strategies (PPT)
Standard Performance Analysis (SPA) records:
Cow herd leasing / sharing
Cow lease / sharing agreements
Beef cow share agreements analysis (a Microsoft Excel document)
Beef cow share agreements factsheet
Sample cow-calf lease agreement
(Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives)
Marketing
Cattle Marketing Assessment Tool
Managing for today's cattle market and beyond
(Western Extension Marketing Committee)
Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC) publications
Beef slaughter plants and marketing professionals serving Iowa and surrounding states
Feeder cattle marketing: The value of source verification
The value of third-party certification claims at feeder cattle auctions
Electronic beef marketing technology
Price slides for feeder cattle
Fed cattle quality: How does it affect prices received by cattle feeders?
Forward marketing fed cattle: The impact of selected market conditions on fed cattle prices
Feeder cattle production and marketing
Production management
Assessing the cost of beef quality revisited
Iowa's Agriculture: A Sustainable System
Cow winter feeding cost assessment
Alternative cattle finishing systems to reduce feed cost
An economic comparison of year round vs conventional grazing systems in Iowa
Economic analysis of pharmaceutical technologies in modern beef production
Livestock enterprise budgets for Iowa
Economies of size in cow-calf production
Understanding and managing costs in beef cow-calf herds
Retained ownership
Alternative cattle finishing systems to reduce feed cost
Alternative retained ownership strategies
Retained ownership of cattle: Factors to consider
Retained ownership: Discussion and alternatives
Custom cattle feeding
Ranchers' guide to custom cattle feeding
Information about custom cattle feedlots
(Iowa Cattlemen's Association)
Fed cattle marketing
Assessing the cost of beef quality
How profitable is backgrounding cattle?
Cattle price forecast errors in the last 10 and 15 years: Futures and seasonal index
Change in cattle prices by two-week period, 1998 - 2007
Optimal marketing dates for feedlot enterprise profitability
Optimal marketing weight for fed cattle I Calculator
Feeding cattle in Iowa
Iowa feedlot statistics by county
Production management
Alternative cattle finishing systems to reduce feed cost
Economic analysis of pharmaceutical technologies in modern beef production
Livestock enterprise budgets for Iowa
Summary of livestock estimated returns 1998-2007
What defines a professional feedlot?
Cash flow planning tool (a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
Missouri byproduct feed price listing
(University of Missouri Extension)
Factors affecting cattle feeding profitability and cost of gain
Feedyard labor cost survey
(University of Nebraska)
Feedlot Monitoring Software from the Iowa Beef Center
Feeder Cattle Bid Calculator from the Iowa Beef Center
Cattle Market Planner from the Iowa Beef Center
Cattle Feeding Budgets with breakeven estimation from the Iowa Beef Center
Short-term and supplemental forages can help stretch production on fewer acres
Three practical ways to boost forage production
Alternatives for reducing forage acres
Costs associated with alternative grazing systems
Iowa Cattle Grazing Survey results:
- Part 1: Statistics about demographics, lease agreements, rent rates and more
- Part 2: Custom grazing cow-calf leasing
Economics of year-round grazing
Verification programs
Export verification programs (all countries)(USDA)
Branded, certified, verified beef (Agricultural Marketing Resource Center)
Process Verified Program (PVP)
USDA Process Verified Program overview
Official listing of USDA-approved PVP providers
Information about PVP requirements, procedure
Quality System Assessment Program (QSA)
USDA's Quality System Assessment Program overview
Official listing of USDA-approved QSA providers
Information about QSA requirements, procedure
Forward contracting
Risk management for cattle feeders using futures and forward contracts
Fed cattle pricing: Basis contracts
Futures and options, market risk management
Management of cattle price risk using various hedging strategies
Managing cattle price risk with futures and options contracts
Grid marketing
Grid marketing calculators:
- Overview
- Grid Marketing Calculator - full version (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
- Grid Marketing Calculator - simple version (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
Livestock market risk insurance
Livestock risk protection insurance: A self-study guide
Livestock risk protection insurance
Livestock gross margin insurance: A self-study guide
Livestock gross margin insurance
Hedging and basis considerations for feeder cattle livestock risk protection insurance
Livestock risk protection (LRP): Feeder cattle underwriting rules
Revenue insurance for livestock producers
Niche markets
Natural & Organic Beef
Raising natural beef: Opportunities and risks
Naturally raised marketing claim standards
(USDA Agricultural Marketing Service)
Cashflow Planning Tool for Transitioning from Conventional to Alternative Production Systems
Organic, natural and grass-fed beef: Profitability and constraints to production in the Midwest
Directory of resources for organic, natural and grassfed beef producers (Leopold Center)
USDA's value-added Web page (USDA)
Export verification programs (all countries) (USDA)
Branded, certified, verified beef (Agricultural Marketing Resource Center)
Publication: How to Direct Market Your Beef (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education)
ISU Extension's value-added agriculture Web page
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)
Grass-fed Beef
Grass-fed marketing claim standards
Organic, natural and grass-fed beef: Profitability and constraints to production in the Midwest
Cashflow Planning Tool for Transitioning from Conventional to Alternative Production Systems
Directory of resources for organic, natural and grassfed beef producers (Leopold Center)
Feeder cattle marketing
Stocker facts: Paying for reduced risk
Livestock Enterprise budget for Iowa - 2008
Revenue insurance for livestock producers
Feeder cattle replacement strategies
Managing cattle price risk with futures and options contracts
Livestock risk protection insurance for cattle (University of Nebraska)
Livestock risk protection for fed cattle (Risk Management Agency)
Ag MRC (Agricultural Marketing Resource Center)
Production management
Systems for backgrounding beef cattle
Economic analysis of pharmaceutical technologies in modern beef production
Livestock enterprise budgets for Iowa
10 ways to cut cattle feeding costs
Cash rental rates for Iowa, a 2007 survey
Livestock Marketing Information Center publications:
Livestock Marketing Information Center homepage
Cattle price forecast errors in the past 10 and 15 years: Futures and seasonal index (July 2005)
