Headed the same way
Date: Jul 12 2012
| Blog & Grid Marketing & Post WeaningThe cowherd records–the pedigrees, the history, special notations–all 400-some of them are displayed on the office wall.
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Everybody’s doing it…or not!
Date: Jul 09 2012
| Blog & Grid MarketingMyth: Beef quality is in vogue. It seems like everybody is paying attention to it these days.
Crossbred bull ‘fix’
Date: Jul 09 2012
| Breeding & News ReleaseA good crossbreeding program takes some background in genetics, a big enough herd and land base, good bull suppliers and time to figure all that out. Producers looking for a simpler route to heterosis often opt to use a composite bull.
They deal with it
Date: Jul 05 2012
| BlogThat same spirit guides the rest of the ranching operation, too. Worry about what you can change, do your best to prepare for what you can’t.
Corral the quality thieves
Date: Jul 05 2012
| News Release & Research & StockmanshipHere’s a quick feedlot riddle: They’re tiny, relatively easy to control and can affect cattle health, performance and carcass quality in a serious way. What are they?
Bad math or complex numbers?
Date: Jul 02 2012
| About the brand & BlogMyth: If the USDA number for black-hided (A-stamped) cattle in the harvest mix is 62.9% and bull surveys show more than 70% Angus bull usage, then somebody’s doing some bad math.
Hot, dry, early
Date: Jun 27 2012
| Blog & Early Weaning & LactationBeing forced to switch up management is not fun or easy, and it probably doesn’t help to know that you’re not the only one in this hard place.
Lung adhesions rob profit
Date: Jun 26 2012
| News Release & Premium Potential & StockmanshipSick cattle are expensive cattle. Treatment is costly in itself, but the side effects of illness keep robbing through lower performance and carcass quality.
What’s hiding?
Date: Jun 22 2012
| Cattle Markets & News ReleaseBlack-hided. It’s the initial requirement for more than 80 beef brands certified by USDA.
That also means it’s the first limiting factor for supply of programs like the largest and longest-running of those: the Certified Angus Beef® (CAB®) brand.
By choice, not chance
Date: Jun 18 2012
| BlogA couple weeks ago I told you how Rich Blair still remembers his first Prime premium—it was a big deal. It’d never happened before. He’s probably not the only cattleman in that category. Heck, the national average for Prime is running at 3%, and we’re talking about how high that number is compared to just […]