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U.S. livestock industry faces further downsizing, economist says

Higher production costs set to drive more producers out of the U.S. livestock industry, one economist says. 12/03/2009, 7:45:00 AM CDT


 
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Commodity Last Open High Low Change Old settle Updated*
CORN 3976 3970 4012 3910 6 3970 12/18 - 13:40
SOYBEANS 10120 10240 10324 10082 -100 10220 12/18 - 13:40
WHEAT (DAY) 5242 5170 5254 5106 92 5150 12/18 - 13:26
LEAN HOGS 65125 65650 65850 65050 -425 65550 12/18 - 13:12
LIVE CATTLE 82050 81850 82300 81500 625 81425 12/18 - 13:12
COTTON 7528 7528 7528 7528 0 7528 12/18 - 13:40
* All times CST

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For the past few months, the prevailing attitude in the soybean market is that prices will go down once the South American crop becomes available. This logic makes a lot of sense, but it is not necessarily so.
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