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CATTLE SLAUGHTER                      Beef cow slaughter is up
      continued from page 3              2.7% for the year-to-date as of
      slaughter for the year to date     late September.  At the end of
      was down 7.2% before slowly        the first quarter, cumulative
                                         beef cow slaughter was nearly
      recovering through the sum-
      mer and early fall.  In the last   11% higher year-over-year.  By
                                         the end of the second quarter,
      eight weeks, steer slaughter
      in August and September has        cumulative beef cow slaugh-
                                         ter had decreased to roughly
      been up 2.2% year-over-year.
      Steer slaughter is projected to    3.5% higher than the previous
                                         year.    The  year-over-year  in-
      increase 3.0 - 3.5% year-over-
      year in the fourth quarter lead-   crease slowed more in the third
                                         quarter with beef cow slaugh-
      ing to an annual total down
      roughly 2.5% compared to last      ter the past eight weeks un-
                                         changed from last year.   Beef
      year.
         In the first half of the year,   cow slaughter is projected to be
      cumulative      heifer   slaugh-   roughly 2% above year ago lev-
      ter was down 5.1%.   In the        els in the fourth quarter lead-
                                         ing to an annual total beef cow
      third quarter of the year, heif-
      er slaughter was down 1.8%         slaughter roughly 2.5% higher
                                         year-over-year.
      year-over-year leading to the
                                            There are many dynamics
      current year-to-date decrease      in cattle slaughter markets in
      of 3.9% year-over-year. Heif-
      er slaughter is projected to be    the fourth quarter that will
                                         determine total slaughter for
      down 2.0 – 2.5% year-over-year
      in the fourth quarter.    This     the  year.    Current  estimates
                                         are for total annual 2020 cattle
      would result in an annual heif-
      er slaughter total down rough-     slaughter to be down roughly
                                         2.5% year-over-year.   Carcass
      ly 3.5% compared to 2019.
         Dairy cow slaughter has         weights for steers and heifers
      decreased sharply since June       are expected to be record large
      leading to a year to date de-      in  2020,  with  steer  carcasses
                                         exceeding 900 pounds for the
      crease of 4.9% in late Septem-
      ber.    The year-over-year de-     first time.  Lower cattle slaugh-
                                         ter and larger carcass weights
      crease in dairy cow slaughter
      since late May has been near-      are projected to result in total
                                         beef production close to un-
      ly 9%.  The rate of decrease is
      expected to slow in the fourth     changed from last year.  Total
                                         2020 commercial beef produc-
      quarter  and  may  be  down
      roughly three percent.    Total    tion is projected to be 27.1 –
                                         27.3 billion pounds.
      annual dairy cow slaughter
      is expected to be down about
      4.5% year-over-year.
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      continued from page 13             during winter, when rain, snow
                                         and sleet are likely.
      calving  cows  are  entering  their   Putting  together  a winter
      last trimester, when mineral re-   supplementation plan requires
      quirements are increasing for      careful planning.  Work with
      the fetus, and cows are prepar-    your nutritionist to develop a
      ing  to  produce  high-quality  co-  strategy that fits your forages
      lostrum.                           and herd.
         Select a quality mineral that
      provides adequate levels of        N.T. Cosby, Ph.D., is a cattle
      macro- and microminerals to        nutritionist at Purina Animal
      support cows’ high winter re-      Nutrition.
      quirements. Using a weather-


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      continued from page 14             said it would close its file on the
                                         matter once Perdue provided doc-
      ple matter to you,” Perdue said  umentation of his reimbursement
      of Trump. “And  that’s what’s  im- to the federal treasury. It said if he
      portant to me.  And that’s what’s  continues to engage in prohibited
      gonna continue to happen — four  political activity while secretary,
      more years — if America gets out  “we will consider such activity to
      and votes for this man, Donald J.  be a knowing and willful violation
      Trump,” Perdue said, prompting  of the law that will likely result in
      those in the crowd to chant “four  further action.”
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