This winner wins with data
Date: Jun 07 2011
BlogThere ARE differences in marbling, tenderness, cutability and yield that run in families. Of course, selecting for these things means producers must get paid for them.
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Mistakes, cheats–we catch ’em all
Date: Jun 06 2011
BlogThanks to our team who works to ensure the beef sold is the real deal, our brand is protected. Our licensed packers report how many cattle were certified any given week and how many of those pounds were sold as branded product.
Market at weaning like a feeder at finishing
Date: Jun 03 2011
BlogAiding in a quality focus, getting paid for what your cattle are worth, increasing profitability—I’d imagine these all sounds like good things to you, right? But cow-calf producers often say, “Yeah, but what if we sell at weaning?”
Influencers
Date: Jun 02 2011
BlogNever underestimate the value that family, friends, neighbors, teachers, and clergy have on the way you live your life, conduct business, raise cattle, and how you share your talents and treasures with others.
Memorial Day: Scenes of our beautiful America
Date: May 30 2011
BlogToday we say an extra special thank you to the men and women who sacrifice everything we often take for granted.
Preschool panic=learning opportunity
Date: May 26 2011
Blog & Early Weaning & Fetal Programming & Gestation & Lactation & WeaningI often think running a family and running a cowherd share a lot of similarities. So it might be a leap, but I’ve recently had a moment of parenting panic that some of you cattle producers might relate to.
Food morality on the ranch
Date: May 25 2011
BlogI strike up a lot of random conversations in boarding lines, airport bars and with new seat buddies. Not surprisingly, many of these conversations end up on a beef related topic.
Ghost yards
Date: May 20 2011
BlogI went by a feedyard in the panhandle of Oklahoma on recent travels, and it was just one of those experiences that was a tad bit eerie. One reason for fewer feedlots is that cattle are simply larger now.
Niche or not?
Date: May 20 2011
BlogLast year our licensed partners sold 777 million pounds. As industry-wide quality has increased, nearly one in four Angus-type cattle qualifies for our brand. One in seven beef carcasses makes CAB.
Grass and other disappearances
Date: May 17 2011
BlogWe like it when things are “normal,” but realize our average climate is the result of a wide range from year to year.