Think about it
Date: Sep 25 2017
Blog & Breeding & Sire SelectionI make no correlation between condition of outbuildings and expectations for the herd I’m about to see. A brand new pickup does not mean anything in terms of cattle genetics.
Category: Sire Selection
It’s all good
Date: Feb 22 2017
Blog & Breeding Technologies & Gestational Nutrition & Sire SelectionWith heifers due on pasture leases the first of May, we couldn’t wait too long for synchronized artificial insemination (AI) early that month.
Bending Curves, Breaking Stereotypes
Date: Nov 18 2016
Angus Convention & Breeding & Breeding Technologies & Heifer Development & News Release & Research & Sire SelectionAngus cattle need to do more than ever before. Carcass quality, functional females, feedlot performance—they all matter. That theme was evident at the Innovation Workshops during the National Angus Convention, Nov. 4 to 7, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Science-based ranching in the Superstitions
Date: Sep 26 2016
Breeding & Breeding Health & EPDs & News Release & Sire SelectionPolitics aside, every sense of “progressive” describes Chuck Backus. From his 36 years in education and research to the overlapping 39 years in ranching, this former provost of Arizona State University embodies the aspects of applied innovation, growth by accumulating knowledge, experimenting and expanding boundaries.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Date: Oct 06 2014
Big Thinkers & Blog & Breeding & Sire SelectionTo raise cattle for over 33 years with someone, you’ve got to love what you do and who you do it with.
“Just Good Cattle”
Date: Jul 23 2014
Blog & Breeding & Sire SelectionI was beginning to think I’d seen it all, when out of the blue comes a double-sided, full color ad flyer for a ranch “up north” publicizing their upcoming bull sale.
Bull buying made simple
Date: Mar 07 2013
Breeding & Cow Herd & Sire SelectionEarlier this week Mark told you a herd bull is a big investment, and getting more so all the time. Since you’ll be putting so many of your proverbial eggs into that one expensive basket, you want to make sure he’s the right guy for the job. But with so many numbers and figures to sort […]
Expensive bulls aren’t that expensive
Date: Mar 04 2013
Blog & Breeding & Sire SelectionI am convinced most cattlemen are way ahead of me in doing this math. Paying up for a good bull really makes sense…. and dollars and cents.
THE question
Date: Oct 03 2012
Blog & Breeding & EPDs & Sire SelectionAt Certified Angus Beef, we don’t think in terms of chasing after marbling, the most influential of the 10 carcass specifications.
Looks can tell in beef cattle
Date: May 10 2012
Breeding & News Release & Research & Sire Selection“Boy, if he isn’t a spitting image of his grandpa!”
You’ve likely heard similar references before and they make this concept easy to grasp: Just like people, cattle don’t inherit genes equally.