Mississippi Business Journal » hog http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Livestock auction sets new records, passes $5M milestone http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:36:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69733 JACKSON — After a week of intense competition, 42 animals and their exhibitors qualified for the 44th annual Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions, Mississippi’s premier youth livestock auction. Thirteen hogs, 12 lambs, nine goats and eight steers were auctioned off at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds’ Trade Mart. For the first time, the animals were [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/youth-livestock-auction-nets-more-than-300k/feed/ 0 Drought shrinking ranchers’ profits; consumers to feel impact http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/25/drought-shrinking-ranchers-profits-consumers-to-feel-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drought-shrinking-ranchers-profits-consumers-to-feel-impact http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/25/drought-shrinking-ranchers-profits-consumers-to-feel-impact/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:40:59 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=60180 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Pictures of wilting corn in the Midwest may dominate the evening news, but the 2012 drought is also shrinking livestock’s profit potential nationwide. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said the drought means livestock, dairy and aquaculture producers will continue to see higher feed prices. “Cattle will [...]

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