Hey, hey, did you know?

Date: Jul 17 2012

Blog & Feeding Quality Forum

That’s probably why I always get excited for our Feeding Quality Forum, a meeting we (along with Pfizer, Feedlot Magazine and Purina-Land O’Lakes) have been hosting for six years.

Beef prices & my paycheck

Date: Jul 16 2012

About the brand & Blog & Consumer Connection

Easy ways to make conversation with anybody in agriculture: 1-Talk weather. 2-Talk prices.

It seems everybody knows those rules, so when I’m traveling and visit with fellow ag business folks the conversation usually starts out on one of those two notes.

They deal with it

Date: Jul 05 2012

Blog

That 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.

Bad math or complex numbers?

Date: Jul 02 2012

About the brand & Blog

Myth: 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 & Lactation

Being 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.

By choice, not chance

Date: Jun 18 2012

Blog

A 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 […]