Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 This article is being written with the thought of being prepared, because it is never too early to prepare for…
Cattle Economics: Cattle Prices and Rockets
Cattle Economics: Cattle Market Gluttony
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Many people associate the term gluttony with overeating, which can be further associated with scriptures in the Bible. Another common…
Cattle Economics: Changes in International Beef Trade
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The market for most goods is now an international market as countries trade resources to garner the highest value for…
Cattle Economics: Calf Crop and Cattle Inventory
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 There are two cattle inventory reports each year. The “big” one occurs in January while the one that is met…
Cattle Economics: Cattleman’s Leisure
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Leisure is not a term typically associated with cattle production, nor is it a term commonly associated with the author…
Cattle Economics: Feeling the Heat
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 By this time of year, humans and cattle alike are feeling the heat. People that work outside are looking for…
Cattle Economics: Uncertainty, Volatility, Opportunity, Risk
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 What a title to headline an article about cattle marketing? But, it is very appropriate, and it applies to more…
Cattle Economics: Consumers, Producers, and Cattle
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 In this life, there are producers, and there are consumers. Basic needs require everyone to be a consumer of some…
Cattle Economics: We are Talking about Practice!
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 “We are talking about practice. We are not talking about the game. We are talking about practice.” This is a…
Cattle Economics: Women, Whiskey, and Work
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 If the words women, whiskey, and work do not catch the eye of a person then that person never had…
