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Meat groups oppose ethanol subsidies

Sandhusker

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Groups oppose more ethanol subsidies
A coalition of agricultural organizations including NCBA, the American Meat Institute, and the National Meat Association sent a letter this week to House and Senate leaders urging them to oppose expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard for grain-based ethanol, outlined in the Senate's version of the energy bill. The groups contend the current RFS, enacted in 2005 and set to expire in 2012, should be given time to work before the implementation of additional mandates. "Our producer-members will benefit from certainty and predictability in government energy policies," the letter states. "On the other hand, they will be adversely affected if the government induces a series of supply shocks through sudden and dramatic increases in the RFS." For more information,
 

Bill

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Sandhusker said:
Groups oppose more ethanol subsidies
A coalition of agricultural organizations including NCBA, the American Meat Institute, and the National Meat Association sent a letter this week to House and Senate leaders urging them to oppose expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard for grain-based ethanol, outlined in the Senate's version of the energy bill. The groups contend the current RFS, enacted in 2005 and set to expire in 2012, should be given time to work before the implementation of additional mandates. "Our producer-members will benefit from certainty and predictability in government energy policies," the letter states. "On the other hand, they will be adversely affected if the government induces a series of supply shocks through sudden and dramatic increases in the RFS." For more information,
Its good to see someone is talking common sense instead of this banter at the beginning of the year. In January a few on this site were rambling on about high grain prices being positive for cattle producers. http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16237&start=0 It sure doesn't look that way in Canada. In fact ocm even wrote that high grain prices are positive for the cattle market.
The oldtimers have always said cheap corn means cheap cattle. The opposite is also true, but it takes a period of adjustment. The price move was relatively sudden. As long as ethanol production is relatively stable and is expected to be that way for a while the higher price of corn is bullish for the cattle market. So why whine.
 

Tex

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Bill said:
Sandhusker said:
Groups oppose more ethanol subsidies
A coalition of agricultural organizations including NCBA, the American Meat Institute, and the National Meat Association sent a letter this week to House and Senate leaders urging them to oppose expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard for grain-based ethanol, outlined in the Senate's version of the energy bill. The groups contend the current RFS, enacted in 2005 and set to expire in 2012, should be given time to work before the implementation of additional mandates. "Our producer-members will benefit from certainty and predictability in government energy policies," the letter states. "On the other hand, they will be adversely affected if the government induces a series of supply shocks through sudden and dramatic increases in the RFS." For more information,
Its good to see someone is talking common sense instead of this banter at the beginning of the year. In January a few on this site were rambling on about high grain prices being positive for cattle producers. http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16237&start=0 It sure doesn't look that way in Canada. In fact ocm even wrote that high grain prices are positive for the cattle market.
The oldtimers have always said cheap corn means cheap cattle. The opposite is also true, but it takes a period of adjustment. The price move was relatively sudden. As long as ethanol production is relatively stable and is expected to be that way for a while the higher price of corn is bullish for the cattle market. So why whine.

Bill, higher corn prices also mean higher costs for chicken and pork. Higher corn prices will mean more money for those who get most of their gain in the pasture and not in the feedlot. Cattlemen really sell pasture---through cattle.
 

rkaiser

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It's the transition phase that is tough. The protein value plane will move higher and those of us who suck the hind tit of America will take longer to adjust.

OR we could BSE test our bloody product, pull out some implants, differentiate from America and get our sorry export asses off this continent!!!!!!!!
 

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