futures prices in hog and cattle markets. Published forecasts from fourprominent livestock outlook programs are available for … indicate,with one exception, no meaningful differences in forecast accuracy between outlook forecastsand futures prices. The … cattle, clearly indicating that outlookforecasts provide incremental information not contained in futures prices. The …

likelihood of an operation contracting increases with its scale. This relationship is strongest in the cattle and hog sectors …

The purpose of the paper was to study if the dynamics of the Brazilian cattle stocks can be better explained by … cattle cycle, was that systemic factors related to the adoption of the stabilization program in 1994 were apparently more … was system dynamics which allows to trace the critical feedback loops that drive de cattle cycle and to identify possible …

, especially cattle feeders, substituting distiller’s grain (DG) for corn in feed rations. DG futures markets do not exist, but …

and reporting EID (electronic identification) tag numbers as cattle move through the production cycle. Many small …) readersystem that would only be used seasonally totrack relatively small numbers of cattle thatare entering commerce. A proposed … solutionto this issue is to install an RFID reader oncommercial cattle trailers so that cattle canhave EID tags read as they are …

genetic gain achieved in commercial beef cattle operations with the use of genomic predictions versus the use of visual … Benito Cattle Company, Hollister, CA and Flyin? M Cattle Co., Tracy, CA. This information illustrated that almost any …

, especially cattle. It is necessary to improve the legislation. …

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …