Date: Oct 12 2011
| News ReleaseIf national trends are the equivalent of a beef industry report card, then ranchers and feeders are making the grade. But Glen Dolezal, of Cargill Meat Solutions, warns that they need to pay attention to stay at the top of the class.
Date: Oct 10 2011
| BlogThe number one reason that cattle don’t qualify for Certified Angus Beef ® is insufficient marbling. We want producers who aim for our brand to be profitable. We know that not only includes a focus on the end product, but also on things like reproduction and growth.
Date: Oct 06 2011
| News ReleaseIf meat scientist Daryl Tatum goes out for a “knock-your-socks-off” beef dinner, it’s going to include high levels of marbling. Given the Colorado State University professor’s expertise, he’d probably have done that anyway, but new research by his team points out the links between key sensory attributes and quality grades.
Date: Oct 06 2011
| Blog & Hot topicsWhen you look at the personnel mix, most ranches and feedlots blend several different generations into one, so that creates some challenges. How can you make the cattle and your personnel happy and trickle that attitude down the line?
Date: Oct 03 2011
| Blog & ResearchFact—People want value. And it seems they know the difference between buying something cheaper and spending a little more for something that’s a whole lot better. That philosophy carries over to consumer meat purchases.
Date: Sep 30 2011
| BlogIf you want to make genetic change it literally takes years to see the full results if you consider things like retaining heifers and stacking genetics.
Date: Sep 29 2011
| News ReleaseAgriculture stays ahead of the curve in caring for land and livestock, but that’s too much of a secret, according to a Nebraska Cattlemen environmental specialist. One of Kristen Koch’s first slides at the Feeding Quality Forum in Omaha this August set the tone for her talk with, “Eat our dust, EPA.” She talked about public misconceptions and strategies to rebuild the beef industry image.
Date: Sep 26 2011
| News ReleaseMatt and Anne Burkholder earned their degrees at Dartmouth—an Ivy League college in Hanover, N.H.—and considered jobs in Midwestern cities, but the Burkholder family’s central Nebraska diversified agriculture operation was calling.
Date: Sep 26 2011
| News ReleaseIt’s luck of the draw. Your calves get sick in the feedyard. That sets them back, costs you all kinds of money and ruins your hopes for what could’ve been. The guy next to you catches a break. His cattle gained and graded like crazy. The kicker is, it’s not all luck. David Trowbridge, manager of Gregory Feedlots at Tabor, Iowa, uses a hypothetical scenario like that to educate feedyard visitors on how everything from genetics and ranch care to implants and markets can impact beef quality later on.
Date: Sep 26 2011
| BlogYou might get one bad one in a bunch, but, overall, crazy cattle can be addressed through both genetics and management. As for genetics, the American Angus Association reports a docility EPD.
