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start to warm up in many part of the country. my thirty day outlook for temperatures: still below noal forhe souther halff the lower 48 above noal north daka back to the west coastprecipitation ov the next 30 days above normal--kind of el nino stillr the southern tier of states bew normal ohio valley, t lakes and alsohe norn portions of the rockies, te? thanksmik. ua just releasing its semi annual cattle ientoryreport. hows the the nation's herd now at 92 millnad. th's three percent higher than a year ago.and the largest cattle herd since 2011. rd ruilding, global ade, and rket aess were all big topics at th year's cattle industry cvention held last weekn san dicalifornia. but the biggest issues for attendees...prices and voli. clinton griffiths waonite last week at the convonreven the c-m-e showed to discs trade in 2015. that's this week'sarm journa rert. more than 6-thousand cattlemen and won made the

how ch equit how much equity we lost in this industry in a 100 days. 5:11 at moo is rrinto isthe massivdropn ca futures the last quaer of the yearalli 16 percent in just a few months the biggest op in more than 3 dede i said it wasn't the cattle i bought last weekhat look too high. the ttle i bought 5 minus look t high. at's environment we' tryin to live in and do sinessn and 's a struggle. it's a figh it's an emotional roller coaster and its very very stss 7:07 it's tt votility thahas lks in the indust nowsking what going onere has been a lot of ncern about the downward pressure in the market especially when we've seen limit up and limit down days and they've happened whin a matter of minutes of opening. sthe estion h been what has caused that?he nd others are king for a secon look...from cme. we're instigating and we've alrey

asked for is that they place messagg limits on cattle tures contracts bacally putting a limit on the number of tianndividual fis can trade. that did not exisbefore forsaserdding rd adjti an order or deletingn order. :46 do t much and trader willace a finecattlemen e pi to figure out if high fruency adg is behind the volatile swings okg at thdata, cme says is calefuture's market sees just 10 percent of trades do by high frequency computers. in contrast, it says the new york stock exchange sees 80 percent of trade happening that way. the cme group says messaging limits is just one step-- other tls are lae and could be implemented if needed...iluding shortening trinhos. 57:59 because as long as we are seeing that i the rketplace have ods who going to

liability thliabity than aasse since the calendarurd presave abilized somhat. cattlefax says it expects that to continue througthe year. what dyou see...where do we stand in this maet? (question) we think pricesn 2016 aren't going to be a lot different than where we closedp late in 2015. you know fat cattle market probably averages 130, 135, feeder tt may be 165, calves are 195, so yes that is wellff our highs, but still from a historica perspective it still should be stronough the c, calf side to see continued pansion again this year.> at thend of the week we filly got feb ading at l trading at lt week's ch levels.. bit ave. is that a gn we'reng to art seeing potive ce. as we, we start seng feb contracts start trading abovthe apl. tre agaiif you're ing to be in a bull market it's g td by

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deepeh sw was. so, she g st called her mom for lp, who made a path down the fence ne and escpaped the deep snow. thers always tthe resuce, monthey nature. you're right ay, 've okay, we've had blizzards th past twoeeks. any blizzards this week? ummm... there's goingtoe a loof snow ana lot of coldhrough the middle of hte country. greatakes probay get the st snow,o wel have to watchhis orm track becausit could cnge quicy. okay my question, is it ping yea, exactly. as always, we want eafrom you, send mments to mailbag-at-u-s-farm-reportot com or check us t on facebook and twter. for john, al and mike, i'm tyne mgan. thank you r watching u-s farm report. be sure to join u sure to join us right here againnexteek, as we work to build onur tradition. have a great weekend, everyone.

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