Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 When a person does something out of order, it is common to hear the saying that the person “got the…
Cattle Economics: Getting the Cart before the Horse
Cattle Economics: Failure Can Happen to Anybody
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Failure is not a word that anyone ever wants to utter, but failure can happen to anybody. Probably the biggest…
Cattle Economics: Making Money in the Spring and Summer with Cattle
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The beginning of May still has a few hints of spring in the South especially when moisture is adequate, but…
Cattle Economics: Stocker Cattle Sins and Servitude
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The stocker cattle business can be extremely rewarding when a producer follows all of the rules and devotes his or…
Cattle Economics: Cattle Inventory and the Direction of the Market
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The January 1 Cattle Inventory report is a report that many people in the cattle industry look forward to each…
Cattle Economics: Cow-Calf and Stocker Cattle Budgets
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Each year, we (i.e. me and a colleague under the umbrella of the University of Tennessee Extension) develop a cow-calf…
Cattle Economics: Cattle Market Outlook for 2021 from a Professional Novice
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 I do not have the charisma of Yogi Berra, but here are a few thoughts recounting 2020 cattle markets. “Cattle…
