Date: Apr 05 2011
| BlogHere”s another fun entry from our Texas intern, Kristen Odom. Enjoy! I love everything about the cattle industry: the people, the process and the product! So, at the 2011 Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association annual convention in San Antonio last weekend, I was just about as close to Heaven as possible. The three-day event […]
Date: Apr 05 2011
| Cow Herd & Feeder Calf Marketing & ResearchIt won”t be long until spring has flown past, summer is creeping by and we need to start making tough cattle marketing decisions. Maybe you calve in the fall and these decisions are really quickly approaching: Sell now or keep them on grass? Retain ownership, partner or send them to the auction barn? How much will the cost of feedstuffs impact those decisions?
Date: Apr 01 2011
| BlogOn the road to quality took me to Georgia and Alabama this week with two very good friends and colleagues: James Stice, of Kensington Angus, and Darrell Busby, with the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity in Iowa. With James as our guide, we visited several commercial cow-calf producers in western and southern Georgia and eastern Alabama […]
Date: Mar 29 2011
| Blog & Forage ManagementAn open attitude toward information exchange was one reason we asked Mike to host the Backgrounding for Quality field day at his ranch. It’s one thing to garner ideas, but another to put them into practice.
Date: Mar 27 2011
| Blog & Grid Marketing & HealthDoing something different with your cattle means finding ways to make them stand out. Cattle with a story sell, and that includes having previous feedyard and packing plant performance data on them.
Date: Mar 25 2011
| BlogWith a stiff spring wind whopping against the sides of the big event tent, Mike couldn’t help but make a joke to start the afternoon off. “All I can say is, if this tent starts to go, everybody better grab a rope and hold tight. I suppose it’s kind of like the cattle business — […]
Date: Mar 24 2011
| BlogThe purpose of this program is to see how seedstock producer cull bulls (and their customers calves as well) and heifers will perform in the feedlot as well as on the rail.
Date: Mar 18 2011
| Blog & EPDsSoundness and temperament are fundamentals in their book. Duane and Donna Jenkins have been in the Angus business since 1948, making it into a family operation.
Date: Mar 17 2011
| BlogWhile those of us in the cattle industry would like consumers to go to the meat case with only one protein purchase in mind, the reality is consumers do have choices and have to make decisions where they spend those hard earned dollars.
Date: Mar 10 2011
| News ReleaseYou could read your way to more profitable, high-quality beef production. A new 40-page edition from the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand shows how and why to increase the supply of cattle that qualify.
