Know all about CAB?
Date: Jun 10 2014
| About the brand & BlogIf there is any way you can make it to the new, interactive Cattlemen’s Capstone, July 16 to 17 in Wooster, Ohio, commit to it now.
Posts by Steve Suther :
Beef market wants more Prime
Date: Jun 09 2014
| Breeding Health & Cattle Markets & News ReleaseWhen corn prices moved up a few years ago, many predicted cattle finishers would reduce days on feed and quality grades would suffer. Neither happened.
Connections
Date: May 29 2014
| Big Thinkers & BlogI’ve known the Rezacs for a long time, even before moving out to this Vermillion Valley south of Onaga, Kan., in 1980.
Planning, reality and planning
Date: Dec 13 2013
| Blog & Breeding & Breeding TechnologiesA few generations of artificial insemination (AI) and breeding up to greater accuracy in calving ease let us hit the target most of the time.
Where realistic meets high quality
Date: Sep 24 2013
| Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post WeaningFord County Feed Yard is a big one. In fact, Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) has never licensed a larger feedyard, but the 50,000-head-capacity business runs like a collection of smaller yards. Maybe that’s because it is family owned and operated, and 22-year manager Danny Herrmann is the youngest son of a founding partner. Wheat-stocker and feeder George Herrmann went in with four others, including three from what later became National Beef in Dodge City, to build the feedyard 15 miles to the southeast, near Ford, Kan., starting in 1972.
Old ranch, new ways for CAB award winner
Date: Sep 24 2013
| News ReleaseJoe Mayer has always looked for better ways. That’s second nature to anyone whose family has made a living on harsh land for generations. All who thrive on the 35,000 acres that comprise Mayer Ranch near Guymon, Okla., must continually adapt. For his example that proves high-quality ideals and cattle can flourish here, Mayer earned the 2013 Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award, presented at the CAB annual conference in Palm Desert, Calif., Sept. 18-20.
Bechtol wins Industry Achievement Award
Date: Jul 29 2013
| Feeding Quality Forum & News ReleaseWhen David Bechtol is honored at the 2013 Feeding Quality Forums with the Industry Achievement Award, colleagues and clients will catch a glimpse of recent history that laid the foundation for many of the ways they handle cattle health today. “As one of the very first veterinary feedlot consultants, he evolved with a very young cattle feeding industry as it was starting up and maturing,” John Pollreisz said. “The role of the veterinary feedlot consultant grew as the industry did – it went hand in hand.”
Think about weaning
Date: Apr 30 2013
| BlogHey Seekers, Is it ever the wrong time to think about weaning calves? I don’t think so–it’s always on my mind. Better to have plans for them before they are born than look at their growth-spurt at five months and consider alternatives. The drought may have eased in a few places, but for many thousands […]
Think about weaning
Date: Apr 30 2013
| Blog & Lactation & WeaningIs it ever the wrong time to think about weaning calves? I don’t think so–it’s always on my mind.
Snow after Earth Day in Kansas
Date: Apr 23 2013
| BlogThe National Weather Service went to great lengths–all the way to Z–to find a name for what we are seeing in this April 23 storm: Zeus