Date: Oct 28 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & Heifer Development & News Release & Premium PotentialIt’s a great time to own cows, but only if you have a competitive cost structure with the right genetics and management to compete in today’s marketplace, Rick Funston said. While input costs should be minimized in times like these, “breakeven at best” for many, he said, it won’t pay to compromise fertility in the process.
Date: Oct 28 2018
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality ForumSometimes it’s easy to see where a person is and forget where they’ve been. It’s easy to stare down the success in the here-and-now, without even a glance at their past. When I learned Gerald Timmerman won our Feeding Quality Forum Industry Achievement Award, I knew the family in generalities…for their feeding businesses spread across Nebraska and surrounding states. I knew they had some ranching and other beef industry interests.
Date: Oct 10 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & News ReleaseBeef packers bridge the gap between producers and consumers, but even “the largest packer in the world” is nothing without its suppliers, John Gerber said. The longtime procurement head for Tyson Fresh Meats set the tone. Every link in the supply chain from ranch to consumer has a role to play.
Date: Oct 03 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & Grid Marketing & News ReleaseHitting a target takes practice, careful calibrations, attempts and recalibrations over time. Cow-calf producers make decisions every day, but how many of those relate to the calves’ ability to realize their potential and hit a high-quality beef target? At the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s Feeding Quality Forum this summer in Sioux City, Iowa, the brand’s own beef cattle specialist, Paul Dykstra, summarized the rancher’s dilemma.
Date: Sep 21 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & NutritionVitamins are essential in keeping cattle healthy year-round. Past price spikes have producers looking at savings along with concerns about source and efficacy over time. Jeff Heldt, with Micronutrients Intellibond, explored cost-effective vitamin and mineral strategies.
Date: Sep 18 2018
Black Ink & Blog & Feeding Quality ForumSometimes it’s easy to see where a person is and forget where they’ve been. It’s easy to stare down the success in the here-and-now, without even a glance at their past. When I learned Gerald Timmerman won our Feeding Quality Forum Industry Achievement Award, I knew the family in generalities.
Date: Sep 09 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & ResearchPresenters at the Feeding Quality Forum, August 28 to 29 in Sioux City, Iowa, encouraged questioning the routine. More than 200 took in the two-day meetings, where they got practical tips to use now as well as the “10,000-foot view” to spur thought, said Justin Sexten, director of supply development for Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB).
Date: Aug 17 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & News ReleaseEach week, Nebraska cattleman Gerald Timmerman would flip open the Sunday Omaha World- Herald to scan the want ads… “just in case.”
Date: Oct 17 2017
Blog & Feeding Quality Forum & WeaningWeaning 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.
Date: Sep 29 2017
Blog & Feeding Quality Forum & ResearchIt’s been a month since the Feeding Quality Forum meetings we co-sponsor and maybe that’s part of the reason that I’m just now blogging about it.
