The president of the Illinois Beef Association says government-mandated negotiated cash trade isn’t the way to increase the market price for cattle.
Dr. Paul Walker says the current fed cattle marketing system is broken and the beef industry needs to be proactive to fix it. He tells Brownfield the industry should link beef cutout values to live cattle prices instead of mandating cash purchases by packers. “If you tie live price to the retail side, i.e.
