USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed and quarterly Hogs and Pigs reports today after the markets closed, a day early given the coming holiday schedule. The total inventory of cattle on feed as of 1 December was 11.7 million head or 102 percent of one year ago. This is now the 23rd consecutive month that inventory was larger than the year before. Placements in November at 2 million head, however, were only 95 percent of November 2017. Marketings were 1.87 million head, 101 percent of last year and the largest volume on record for the month of November.
The report was in line with pre-report estimates for the most part. Inventory and marketings were spot on with expectations, while the guesses for placements averaged 93 percent of las...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
