Beef’s a trip day 5: Deciding to care

Date: Nov 05 2012

Blog

Ranchers care. Some sell cattle at weaning, others grow cattle and sell a little later on, and some retain part or full ownership through the feeding phase. Depending on which of those arrangements a person takes up, the reward for those on-ranch investments varies. (In general it’s almost a sliding scale: the longer you own […]

Beef’s a trip day 4: The cowherd’s purpose

Date: Nov 04 2012

Blog

Yesterday, Miranda told us about some Angus seedstock producers as representatives of the Certified Angus Beef brand’s stockholders. Now here are a few words from my perspective as a commercial producer who learned some lessons from the school of hard knocks. There used to be twice as many of us, what USDA calls “farms with […]

Beef’s a trip

Date: Oct 31 2012

Blog & Consumer Connection

Come along with us as we spend the next month taking a fast-forward look at the beef production system. We’ll call it “Beef’s a trip.”