Show-Me what’s in those Genes!
Date: Apr 27 2012
Blog & Heifer DevelopmentSometimes there’s more than what meets the eye. This week, the cattlemen and women of the Show-Me Select Replacement Heifer Program learned just that.
Category: Blog
Beef: packers gotta have it
Date: Apr 24 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionAlthough packers were unable to drive live prices down, they were able to improve margins by increasing boxed values across all grades.
Signals through the clouds
Date: Apr 23 2012
Blog & Consumer Connection & Grid MarketingMyth: USDA-reported CAB premiums tell the whole story of packer demand for high-quality cattle.
Optimism
Date: Apr 18 2012
BlogAre you feeling optimistic or cautiously optimistic in your part of cattle country right now? Like one of those boats rising with the tide of high demand?
Cattle price finds support despite beef harvest decline
Date: Apr 17 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionProduction was significantly cut on Monday of last week as packers worked to minimize losses and regain position.
Burning bluestem for better beef
Date: Apr 12 2012
Blog & StockmanshipDespite moderate pasture rotation, some areas of bluestem didn’t get as much grazing pressure as adjacent fescue.
Beef market setback may spur featuring
Date: Apr 10 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionAlthough buyers were able to reduce cattle costs, packers continue to give up operating margins because boxed values again slipped on poor demand.
Two valid pathways to profit
Date: Apr 06 2012
Blog & BreedingMyth: If you straightbreed your cattle, you’re a fool who ignores the “free lunch.” Fact: Crossbreeding has merits.
Beef price, volume down
Date: Apr 03 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionOne would expect spot values to be lower given weakness in the forward month, but show lists continue relatively small.
PB & Cattle
Date: Apr 02 2012
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Post WeaningMyth: Feedlots are so crunched for feeder calf supplies, they don’t care where the cattle come from, they just need more of ‘em.