Date: Sep 26 2025
Big Thinkers & Feeder Calf Marketing & Post Weaning“When I die, I want to come back as one of your cows,” murmurs a friend to Steve Zybach. Full to the brim from an alfalfa ration every day, bountiful fields of lovegrass stretched out across the Texas Panhandle—and owners who leave no ounce of cattle care up for question. The Zybachs’ motivation for this level of dedication to their Angus cattle is simply love.
Date: Sep 26 2025
Big Thinkers & Cattle Feeding & Feeder Calf Marketing & Grid Marketing & Post Weaning & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipFor Dallas Knobloch, it’s not about being the biggest feedyard—it’s about building a high-quality system that works. Today, with Tory’s wife Sadie and daughter Ivy, the Knobloch family owns and operates 4K Cattle. They feed 2,500 cattle at eight locations within 10 miles of home, manage 1,000 acres of crops and run a 125-head cow herd, all near Hills, Minn.
Date: Sep 24 2025
Cattle Feeding & Feeder Calf Marketing & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Post WeaningDiscussions at Feeding Quality Forum reaffirmed the industry’s commitment to quality, transparency and innovation. With record Prime rates and strong consumer demand, producers who invest in genetics, health and relationships are positioned to drive progress and capture premiums.
Date: Mar 30 2022
About the brand & Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post Weaning & Premium PotentialCertified Angus Beef regularly collects data on millions of fed cattle to discover how cattlemen can capture more value for high-quality carcasses beginning on the ranch. When black-hided cattle don’t earn the CAB stamp, it’s most often for missing the mark in marbling, HCW, REA and backfat.
Date: Jul 13 2021
Cattle Feeding & Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post WeaningNot every ranch, pen or feedlot is alike or ideally suited to handle the same class of cattle. Here is a 12-point checklist of ways cattlemen can help themselves when selecting a feedyard.
Date: Jul 13 2021
Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningBackgrounding calves can open gates to new revenue paths, though not without risk. When more cattle are sent to the grazing fields or grow yards, there’s a shift in the seasonal pattern of the market and more opportunity to take advantage of better prices.
Date: Jul 06 2021
Big Thinkers & Feeder Calf Marketing & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioning & WeaningFor the 70% or more of beef calves born last spring, more than the usual share veered from traditional roads to the feedyard come fall. Backgrounding those calves opened gates to several new revenue paths, though not without risk.
Date: Jul 01 2021
Big Thinkers & Cattle Feeding & Feeder Calf Marketing & Post Weaning & Premium PotentialChoosing a feedyard is a bit like selecting a life partner. Feedyards offer different marketing opportunities and strategies. A manager should be able to look at a customer’s pen and know, “I have a good market for those cattle. I can handle it.”
Date: Jun 15 2021
AngusLink & Big Thinkers & Feeder Calf MarketingHe’s a sixth generation farmer and grew up on a cattle farm and apple orchard. She’s a past chemistry teacher but now works full-time on the farm with her husband. Together, they closely manage their bottom line.
Date: Jan 06 2021
Feeder Calf Marketing & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium PotentialMany cattlemen have an idea of how grid marketing works, but might still have some questions as they’re digging through carcass data. Paul Dykstra will present a free webinar, “Understanding grid marketing and carcass data,” on January 21, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. CST.
