Date: Oct 03 2013
| Blog & BreedingA good replacement heifer is one of the most important investments a cattleman will make. There’s no doubt phenotype should be a top factor, it shouldn’t be the only one.
Date: Sep 26 2013
| About the brand & BlogFor the past several years, we’ve welcomed the National Beef Ambassadors into our office in Wooster, Ohio, for their first training activity as a team.
Date: Sep 25 2013
| Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & NutritionPaying the feed bill has cleaned out bank accounts faster than Jesse James in recent years, as high corn prices left cattlemen everywhere looking for the cheapest, most efficient alternatives. Answering that search, Galen Erickson shared research results and insight on distillers grains at the Feeding Quality Forums in Omaha, Neb., and Garden City, Kan., in August. As of late summer, the ethanol byproducts were selling at near corn prices. Many cattlemen responded by cutting back or removing it, but Erickson, feedlot Extension specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said that could be a mistake.
Date: Sep 24 2013
| Big Thinkers & Feeder Calf Marketing & News ReleaseIt’s hard to stay at the top. But the “coaches” at Performance Blenders of Jackson, Mo., found ways to work with their team of 130 or more cattle producers to keep a traveling trophy. That’s the Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) Quality Focus Award for feeding partners with up to 15,000-head capacity. Last year’s drought and resulting high corn prices forced the team to modify a few strategies, but those challenges did not overcome efforts to raise cattle that hit the CAB and Prime target.
Date: Sep 24 2013
| News ReleaseWhat’s better than winning first place? Doing that three out of four years, including two in a row and despite one of the worst droughts in history. That’s exactly what Darnall Feedlot, Harrisburg, Neb., managed to do with Quality Focus Awards in 2010, 2012 and 2013 for Certified Angus Beef LLC partners with more than 15,000-head capacity. This year’s mark of 49% Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand and Prime shot past the previous year’s 40% and 33% in 2010.
Date: Sep 17 2013
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionI hope this little description has given some perspective into the options we have at the Frobose house for our “center of the plate” selections.
Date: Sep 13 2013
| Feeder Calf Marketing & Feeding Quality Forum & News ReleaseIn a roomful of cattle feeders, an Oklahoma State University (OSU) livestock marketing specialist had everyone’s full attention as he said there is no way around it: In the next two to three years, the already short supply of feeder cattle will only get tighter. OSU Breedlove Professor Derrell Peel described the current feeder cattle situation and the circumstances leading to it at the eighth annual Feeding Quality Forum in Omaha, Neb., and Garden City, Kan., last month.
Date: Sep 11 2013
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionI choose to eat beef for two reasons: I like the taste and I have no doubt that it is wholesome and safe.
Date: Sep 10 2013
| Cattle Markets & Consumer Connection & News ReleaseProsperity for any industry depends on consumer demand, a Western Kentucky University animal scientist points out. Of course, that includes the beef industry or cattle community. Nevil Speer, in a new white paper, “Consumers, Business and Breeding Systems: Charting the Beef Industry’s Path,” says the implications are clear. “All business decisions on the ranch, as everywhere along the beef supply chain, should be made with an eye on consumer demand for beef,” he says.
Date: Sep 10 2013
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionChad Mackay, chief operating officer of CAB partner El Gaucho restaurants, traveled to Cottonwood Station last Saturday.
