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As big as a barn

Date: Nov 15 2017

Blog

Now we want to leave our mark on 40 communities across the country. We’re taking nominations for barns that will be painted throughout 2018.

Sold: An auction tale worth retelling

Date: Oct 25 2017

About the brand & Blog

There is something about an auction, no matter where or why, that evokes good memories of the energy at a community sale barn. I can almost taste the café’s homemade pie. The Colvin Scholarship fundraiser at our CAB annual conference was no different.

Add value by culling, feeding

Date: Oct 17 2017

Blog & Feeding Quality Forum & Weaning

Weaning and “preg checking” tell us how successful our last two breeding seasons were. While many cow herd operators enjoy calving as a time to see the fruits of their labor, I prefer weaning, when management and genetic selection come together in one package. If you fell short in meeting any challenge like keeping pastures vegetative or replacement heifers without records, those effects are in full view when calves cross the scale at weaning.

Not just a carcass program

Date: Oct 13 2017

Big Thinkers & Blog

“Rather than going for extreme, we make sure the cattle do everything else right and then pick the best you can for the traits you’re trying to improve,” Doug says.