Cattle price finds support despite beef harvest decline
Date: Apr 17 2012
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionProduction was significantly cut on Monday of last week as packers worked to minimize losses and regain position.
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Beef market setback may spur featuring
Date: Apr 10 2012
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionAlthough buyers were able to reduce cattle costs, packers continue to give up operating margins because boxed values again slipped on poor demand.
Beyond average for quality, price
Date: Apr 06 2012
| News ReleaseIn the face of tough feeding margins and negative breakevens, cattlemen should still expect more from their feeders, says one of their own
Beef price, volume down
Date: Apr 03 2012
| Blog & Consumer ConnectionOne would expect spot values to be lower given weakness in the forward month, but show lists continue relatively small.
The feedlot melting pot
Date: Mar 30 2012
| Blog & Post Weaning & StockmanshipWithout history on the cattle, feedlots or cattle buyers don’t know what to expect. Look at this pen of cattle at a feedlot in western Kansas.
Making the best of beef
Date: Mar 27 2012
| Cattle Markets & Consumer ConnectionThis bodes well for CAB® production, which continues up as well; acceptance rate improved over previous week to reach 24.9%.
When it rains, it pours…
Date: Mar 16 2012
| Big Thinkers & BlogWhen it rains, it pours. And when our industry focuses on meeting the demands of our final customers like Dale focuses on his feedyard customers, it pours success back down the entire system.
Team building in the herd
Date: Mar 14 2012
| Breeding & News Release & Sire SelectionPreventing a “draft bust” in quarterback selection is the first step to build a winning team, says Pfizer Animal Health veterinarian Jason Osterstock. But the genetic epidemiologist isn’t talking about football or the gridiron; he’s analyzing sire selections for beef cattle herds.
Relationships
Date: Mar 13 2012
| BlogOur agricultural industry, and in particular the beef cattle business it seems, is about relationships.
CAB rewards student commitment with Colvin Scholarships
Date: Mar 09 2012
| About the brand & News ReleaseThe CAB Annual Conference golf outing and auction raise these Colvin Scholarship funds. Top undergraduate and graduate recipients win all-expense-paid trips to the 2012 Annual Conference in White Sulfur Springs, W. Va., where they can interact with leaders throughout the production, packing, retail and food service industries.