Done, but with errors
Date: Oct 04 2011
BlogTo quote the Kansas motto: To the stars through difficulties. As we get older, we’ll keep trying to reduce what can possibly go wrong, but there will always be something.
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In this economy
Date: Oct 03 2011
Blog & ResearchFact—People want value. And it seems they know the difference between buying something cheaper and spending a little more for something that’s a whole lot better. That philosophy carries over to consumer meat purchases.
Beef producers have patience
Date: Sep 30 2011
BlogIf you want to make genetic change it literally takes years to see the full results if you consider things like retaining heifers and stacking genetics.
On the road to window rock
Date: Sep 29 2011
BlogMy charge was to help the tribal ranchers understand the value of the genetics in the calves they are producing. After the purchase of Angus genetics in the Navajo nation, the need for information arose.
Back for the fall run
Date: Sep 28 2011
BlogI suppose it had to do with keeping busy on the job with CAB as I have been on more farms and ranches this summer than any for a decade… and being older than some other more prolific bloggers.
Going green, meeting today’s beef demand
Date: Sep 27 2011
BlogTo convert from conventional, grain-finished beef to an entirely grass-fed system, we’d need to more than double the number of cows in the U.S. today.
Inheriting good things
Date: Sep 26 2011
BlogYou might get one bad one in a bunch, but, overall, crazy cattle can be addressed through both genetics and management. As for genetics, the American Angus Association reports a docility EPD.
Now we’re in the money!
Date: Sep 20 2011
BlogThe value-based grids offered by packers always generate premiums for the high-grading cattle that avoid discounts. But when the Choice/Select price spread is wider there are more dollars to be had.
The market’s not all marketing
Date: Sep 19 2011
BlogAs the breed has increased its growth traits, people are starting to notice that they’re not just a maternal/carcass option. Many of those Angus cattle pair that with growth and efficiency.
We’re entering a new era
Date: Sep 13 2011
Blog & Feeder Calf MarketingThe world continues to become more complicated. The cattle industry is not immune to this, and in case you haven’t been reading the popular agricultural press, here’s some hard facts: Beef cow numbers in the U.S are at their lowest point since the late 1950’s. There’s a huge drought in the soutwestern part of the […]