Having it all
Date: Mar 12 2012
Blog & Maternal FunctionMyth: You must choose between things like carcass quality and performance or between end product traits and cowherd function.
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Self-selected culls
Date: Mar 09 2012
Blog & CalvingOn the last day of February, I made a passing remark that it was funny we had no calves on Leap Day; funny strange.
Celebrating Ag Day with some black & white & red (meat)
Date: Mar 08 2012
BlogIn reality there is nothing magical about this one day a year, designated as National Ag Day, but it’s a good reminder for me to give a shout out to my family, my in-laws, my siblings, my boss and all their fellow producers. This is a whole-hearted THANK YOU!
Topping the market
Date: Mar 02 2012
Blog & Cattle MarketsMyth—Feeders just pay their target price for cattle, whether they’re worth more or not.
We are family
Date: Mar 02 2012
Blog“Being part of CAB is like being part of a family, and you just don’t know all of your relatives yet.” Scott Keeling, Texas cattle feeder and a member of CAB’s Feedlot Licensing Program, recently said that at the end of an interview. That really makes sense, because we’re constantly working to connect ranchers and […]
Pasture to plate
Date: Mar 01 2012
Blog & Retained OwnershipA perfectly good extra day, Feb. 29, and yet there was no birthday in our herd that is half done calving. We had a lull in mid-February after the AI heifers were done, and now the AI cows are trailing off. Maybe there will be a couple more, but so far we have 41 AI […]
Big beef business in the Little Apple
Date: Feb 29 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionThe Little Apple Brewing Company celebrated being named the 2011 National Beef Backer Award winners. We couldn’t have been happier for or prouder of Little Apple for this well-deserved recognition.
Fed cattle up; 25.2% CAB boosts supply
Date: Feb 28 2012
Blog & Cattle Markets & Consumer ConnectionIn fact, certification rates have been steadily improving since the first of the year to reach 25.2%. Just in one week, the jump accounted for an additional 5,000 head compared to the week before.
Changing the world, one beef eater at a time
Date: Feb 24 2012
BlogI am somewhat of a Certified Angus Beef evangelist. I’m not a fire-and-brimstone style crusader. I know everybody has their own tastes, but I want everybody to base their choice on good information, by golly.
Beef for your Seoul
Date: Feb 24 2012
BlogLast week, Miranda talked about how CAB seems to be here, there and everywhere, including far away places like South Korea.