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Heavier carcass weights offsetting lower placements

2015-09-26 05:25:00| Beef

High-priced feedlot replacements and relatively cheap feed made feeding cattle for longer periods and to heavier weights a logical strategy. Now, analysts with the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC) say that softer fed cattle prices and increasing packer leverage, as cattle marketing becomes less current, suggests the value of additional pounds and delayed marketing is no longer worth the cost. read more

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Heavier rains mean more toxic blooms for Lake Erie

2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Come September, Lake Erie might face a toxic algae bloom that could rival the record-setting spread of scum that happened in 2011. And such blooms could become more common as the warming climate fuels more downpours that wash bloom-fueling fertilizers into the lake. The forecasts for a severe bloom this year, made in early July by scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and regional partners, was based on the considerable rains that fell in June and washed a large load...

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Heavier Rains Mean More Toxic Blooms for Lake Erie

2015-07-15 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Come September, Lake Erie might face a toxic algae bloom that could rival the record-setting spread of scum that happened in 2011. And such blooms could become more common as the warming climate fuels more downpours that wash bloom-fueling fertilizers into the lake. Green filaments of a toxic algae bloom stretch across the western portion of Lake Erie in this satellite image captured in October 2011. That year's bloom was the largest on record for the lake. The forecasts for a severe bloom...

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