Mythbuster Monday: A delicate balance
Date: Aug 26 2013
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionEarlier this summer, we sat down to talk to Mark Polzer about the licensing process for restaurants, foodservice outlets and internationally.
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Good things going on in Arkansas
Date: Aug 21 2013
| Big Thinkers & BlogRecently a few of those signs pointed Gary to Jimmie Moore of Charleston, Ark., where he visited earlier this week.
Angus cattle performance showcased
Date: Aug 16 2013
| Consumer Connection & EPDs & News ReleaseWinners of the 2013 Carcass Data Project (CDP) didn’t leave a lot of room for outliers. The top three contestants’ data in the Kansas Angus Association (KAA) annual contest were of exceptional quality and within 3 percentage points, at 89%, 88% and 86% Prime and Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand acceptance. Final standings were based on the top three calves from any owner, taking gain and CAB acceptance into account. With eight of John Wendling’s nine steers qualifying for the CAB brand, he edged out the competition and took home top honors with a $500 cash prize.
Mapping herd improvement
Date: Aug 12 2013
| Cattle Feeding & EPDs & News ReleaseWhen Daryl Strohbehn retired as an Iowa State Extension beef specialist there was one project he wasn’t ready to give up the reins to.
Since 2003, he has tracked the profit values for sires of calves enrolled in the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF). “To make things work in the cattle business today, it takes information based on sound data,” Strohbehn says. “I enjoy figuring out what that sound data is and what it might tell us.” The cooperative’s Sire Profit Analysis has grown from data on 35 sires in the initial report to 3,451sires evaluated in 2012.
Building blocks of CAB knowledge
Date: Aug 05 2013
| About the brand & BlogWhen I attended the company’s Building Blocks for Success Seminar last week, there were key points and facts I picked up along the way.
Dressing Percent: Real or Imagined?
Date: Jul 29 2013
| Blog & Grid Marketing & StockmanshipIt is mostly just common old biology, but you have to put your thinking cap on to rationalize some of the factors that affect it.
Feed Conversion and Profitability
Date: Jul 29 2013
| Blog & Cattle Feeding & Consumer ConnectionBut there is one thing I DO know, and that is we have high calf prices (if you’re buying to put on feed) and we have high corn prices (if you’re buying corn to put in those cattle), and the feedlot sector has been sustaining some horrible losses during the last 15-18 months.
Living the Dream and Using the Tools!
Date: Jul 26 2013
| Blog & Feeder Calf MarketingLance’s goal was to test some of his commercial, fall-born, Angus heifers and use GMX as a marketing tool to help merchandise them.
A license to sell, part III
Date: Jul 25 2013
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionToday, we wrap up the series discussing the additional aspects of doing international business (no translator required).
A license to sell, part II
Date: Jul 24 2013
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionToday, we discuss the equally important foodservice side and how the beef you produce ends up highlighted on menus across the country.