Date: Dec 07 2011
| News ReleaseA wider price gap between Select grade boxed beef and Choice or better—the Choice/Select spread—always comes back to supply and demand. Consumers vote with their dollars, and recent shifts in merchandising put much more high-quality beef on the ballot, just as those supplies began to fall off.
Date: Dec 05 2011
| Consumer ConnectionWhen consumers hit the retail meat case, cut, color and consistency often guide their beef buying decisions. Cut influences cooking method, flavor, tenderness and price.
Date: Dec 05 2011
| Cattle MarketsPackers held bids until late last week, but live cattle prices did not sag much while waiting. Packers increased harvest by 16,000 head over that weeks’ holiday-shortened numbers, but still fell well short of the previous year.
Date: Nov 30 2011
| News ReleaseOne of the first and best Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) feeding partners, Darnall Feedlot, Harrisburg, Neb., was known for quality even before licensing in early 1999. Gary and Lane Darnall, father and son, signed on with their 20,000-head yard and quickly gained a wider reputation for consistent quality.
Date: Nov 28 2011
| News ReleaseCanadian feedlots and ranchers can cooperate to improve beef produced from cowherds across the nation, all in the interest of profitably growing demand. Domestically and around the world, the beef already has a reputation for unsurpassed safety and traceability, along with the high quality of grain feeding.
Date: Nov 28 2011
| Blog & Grid MarketingDavid gives his market update to keep producers in the know. Packers raised their bids on Wednesday to $123/$124 in the South and $127 in the North in order to lock up needs prior to the long weekend.
Date: Nov 25 2011
| Blog“Working with the CAB Industry Information team has been nothing short of prime. It’s an opportunity to test skills you’ve learned in the classroom and see how they fair against the pros.
Date: Nov 21 2011
| Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post WeaningOf all the words that could describe Pratt Feeders, “quality” best fits the staff, the cattle they feed and the way they feed them. Over the past year, the south-central Kansas yard has ramped up its connection with the “Q” word.
Date: Nov 16 2011
| Blog & ResearchWe know there are no right or wrong, black or white answers in a fragmented industry of 750,000 independent individuals. But we do know that strategic genetic decisions can make a huge impact on profitability and consumer satisfaction.
Date: Oct 28 2011
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