New calf marketing routes
New calf marketing routes Backgrounding can add value, flexibility by Morgan Boecker July 6, 2021 Effective calf marketing takes a plan or, as the pandemic made clear, a set of…
New calf marketing routes Backgrounding can add value, flexibility by Morgan Boecker July 6, 2021 Effective calf marketing takes a plan or, as the pandemic made clear, a set of…
…“All of this manipulation was happening during the backgrounding phase. That’s the trick,” he says. Hot carcass weight was highest, at 856 lb., for the slowest growing group in backgrounding,…
Register now: Backgrounding for Quality seminar by Laura Nelson Everybody is paying more for cattle now than ever before. That should be reason enough to attend the “Backgrounding for Quality”…
…particularly when the Choice/Select spread is wide. “If the spread is favorable, they may consider employing a little more energy into calves’ backgrounding diets or reducing the backgrounding period so…
…going to put an emphasis back on forage.” That was Oklahoma State University agriculture economics professor Derrell Peel’s message at last month’s “Backgrounding for Quality” field day. The event, held…
…So back to those pens and fields, perhaps empty now, but ready for planning. Researchers at the University of Nebraska recently compared three backgrounding systems, and at least one of…
…pairs on nearly 20,000 acres and a backgrounding facility used to custom feed calves and develop replacement heifers. That’s in addition to the yearlings they graze out. There’s a lot…
…at the Backgrounding for Quality field day near Hamilton, Kan., last month to learn more about what feeders want and how to get there. Jerry Bohn, general manager of Pratt…
…the consumer demand for high-quality beef while maintaining a focus on breeding cows with moderate milk or reduced mature size. Yes, carcass quality can be achieved without sacrificing ranch adaptability…
New manual guides stocker-backgrounder to quality by Laura Nelson When it comes to beef quality, the stocker industry is sometimes considered oblivious, or driven only by pounds. But market dynamics…