Date: Mar 04 2011
Blog & CalvingHey fellow seekers, When I think about why we make use of AI, I know it is all for the heifers. So why can’t all of these AI-sired calves be heifers? Why not at least half? Or even 40%?? I tried sexed semen a few years ago but did not get enough of a boost […]
Date: Feb 28 2011
BlogI dedicate this edition of Mythbuster Monday to all the hard-working folks who manage value-discovery programs put on by Extension and breed associations across the United States.
Date: Feb 23 2011
Blog & BreedingThis organization and its sale is one of those opportunities for smaller Angus seedstock producers, some of whom don’t have enough bulls to sell in a stand-alone sale.
Date: Feb 22 2011
BlogI’ve always been pretty passionate about beef cattle and beef quality, that is why my position as a Beef Cattle Specialist for Certified Angus Beef has fit me so well since joining in 2004.
Date: Feb 21 2011
BlogWe’re the original branded beef program, the only one owned by the American Angus Association and the very first one certified by USDA in 1978.
Date: Feb 20 2011
BlogThere’s ample evidence that most consumers still favor Choice over Select, and they willingly lay down more dollars for the CAB brand.
Date: Feb 17 2011
BlogIn a sprint to both upgrade and build his herd, he saved back replacement heifers like crazy. In the process he got good at breeding, growing and developing them.
Date: Feb 16 2011
BlogMinnie Lou Bradley said that when she and her husband started the ranch in 1956, she knew it wouldn’t be the biggest ranch, but she wanted it to be the best.
Date: Feb 14 2011
BlogPerformance and quality—those two are not independent of each other. Thank goodness, because folks wouldn’t produce cattle that make CAB if they also didn’t pay the bills.
Date: Feb 10 2011
BlogI took stock of my mistakes and considered a better approach when I wrote a Black Ink column the next March: “Get Calves Off To A Value-Added Start.”
