• Grazing survey indicates which counties have highest, lowest rental rates per acre -- October 2007
• Price insurance for cattle producers -- September 2003
• Overcoming Information Barriers in Cattle Marketing -- June 2003
• Beef quality assurance “down under” -- August 2002
• Profiting from the cattle cycle: alternative cow herd investment strategies -- May 2001
• Foot–and-mouth-disease update and implications -- April 2001
• Retained ownership strategies for cow-calf producers -- October 2000
• Live cattle futures and options: How have they done? Part 2 -- October 2000
• Live cattle futures and options: How have they done? Part 1-- September 2000              

• Livestock Planning Prices -- B1-10
• Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Iowa -- B1-21
• Returns from Farrowing and Finishing Hogs -- B1-30
• Monthly Swine Farrow to Finish Returns -- B1-31
• Returns From Finishing Feeder Pigs -- B1-33
• Monthly Returns from Finishing Feeder Pigs -- B1-34
• Monthly Returns from Cattle Feeding -- B1-35
• Monthly Cattle Feeding Returns -- B1-36
• Profiting from the Cattle Cycle -- B1-70
• Retained Ownership Strategies for Cow Herds --B1-75
• Historic Hog and Lamb Prices -- B2-10
• Historic Cattle Prices -- B2-12
• Seasonal Hog Price Patterns -- B2-14
• Hog Price Changes by Two Week Periods, 1990-1999 -- B2-15
• Seasonal Cattle Price Patterns -- B2-19
• Cattle Price Changes by Two-Week Periods, 1990-1999 -- B2-20
• Basic Livestock Marketing -- B2-30
• Developing a Hog Marketing Plan -- B2-33
• Understanding Livestock Basis -- B2-40
• Lean Hog Basis -- B2-41
• Feeder Cattle Basis B2-43
• Hedging of Livestock -- B2-50
• Hog Contracting -- B2-51
• Livestock Options Market --B2-52
• Producing Hogs Under Contract -- B3-20
• Swine Production Contract Provisions -- B3-22
• Long-Term Hog Marketing Agreements -- B3-35
• Swine Production Networking Advantages and Disadvantages -- B3-42
• Feeder Pig Pricing Formulas -- B2-12
• Suggested Closing Inventory Prices -- C1-40

Decision Tools (xls)

• Simple Hog Market Calculator -- B2-30
• Swine Marketing Decision Calculator -- B2-30

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