Beef’s a trip day 11: Keep on truckin’
Date: Nov 11 2012
BlogI have a deep respect for “bull haulers” (the industry slang for all livestock truckers), because for most of my childhood my hero was one.
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Beef’s a trip day 10: Working together to make ’em better
Date: Nov 10 2012
Big Thinkers & BlogThey’re only a handful of the dozens of CAB-licensed feedlots we work closely with. They’re some of the most focused guys we know.
Beef’s a trip day 9: What have you done today?
Date: Nov 08 2012
Blog & StockmanshipI’ll even admit I’m a busy gal, but the thing that amazes me about cattle feeders is the sheer number of decisions they make on a daily basis.
Beef’s a trip day 8: SOLD!
Date: Nov 08 2012
Blog & Feeder Calf Marketing & ResearchBut I’ve spent the last seven years of my life learning about how to add value to cattle, so I can’t think of auctions without also recounting all the ways cattlemen can make the most of them.
Day 7: Stocking for quality
Date: Nov 07 2012
Big Thinkers & BlogToday, we take a look at one stocker operator who’s putting those practices to work.
Beef’s a trip day 5: Deciding to care
Date: Nov 05 2012
BlogRanchers 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
BlogYesterday, 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 ConnectionCome 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.”
I’m So Lucky I Can’t Hardly Believe It!
Date: Oct 30 2012
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Intern shares her CAB mythbusting experience
Date: Oct 29 2012
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