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  • Soaring Cattle Prices Curing Years of Ills

    09/04/2003 12:57:32 PM PDT · by Brian S · 12 replies · 176+ views
    Reuters ^ | 09-04-03
    Thu September 4, 2003 03:35 PM ET By Bob Burgdorfer CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. cattle industry is enjoying one of its best years ever -- even if it's largely at the expense of its huge trading partner and neighbor, Canada. U.S. cash cattle prices traded this week near the record highs last seen a decade ago, and feedlots are now raking in unheard-of profits of $150 to $200 for each fattened steer and heifer they sell to beef plants. High cattle prices and significant profits are likely to continue through the balance of the year, analysts said, because cattle...
  • Stockmen's suit against Oprah is dismissed (beef industry libel suit)

    09/17/2002 11:52:35 PM PDT · by weegee · 5 replies · 269+ views
    Associated Press (via Houston Chronicle) ^ | Sept. 17, 2002, 10:10PM | no byline
    After four years and escalating legal fees, a federal judge has dismissed a lingering lawsuit accusing Oprah Winfrey of maligning the beef industry. U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson threw out "all claims and causes of action asserted or that could have been asserted" by Cactus Feeding Club and against Winfrey, her production company and vegetarian activist Howard Lyman. The lawsuit, filed in April 1998, was similar to another suit filed two years earlier that went to trial in Robinson's court in January 1998. The first suit caused Winfrey to move her popular talk show to Amarillo for several episodes...