Category: Feeding Quality Forum

Feeding Quality Forum dates set for August

Date: Jul 03 2012

Register now: Backgrounding for Quality seminar

Date: Feb 14 2012

Everybody is paying more for cattle now than ever before. That should be reason enough to attend the “Backgrounding for Quality” field day, says Gary Fike, of Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB).

Air, water quality keynote Feeding Quality Forum

Date: Aug 12 2011

“Going green” is a stirring buzz phrase everywhere, no less in cattle feeding. Some shudder as they think of the regulations it entails. Others argue that agriculture is the original green industry and producers are closer to the land and natural resources than anybody else.

Feeding Quality Forum moves up; registration opens

Date: Jul 15 2011

“Ahead of the feeding curve” is a good place to be with the volatile markets and ever-changing dynamics in the cattle feeding business. It’s also the theme of this year’s Feeding Quality Forum, slated for August 23 in Omaha, Neb., and August 25 in Garden City, Kan.

Beef is “good calories”

Date: Feb 11 2009

Red meat is often blamed for heart disease, obesity and a host of other diet-induced conditions. But scientific journalist Gary Taubes says carbohydrates and low-fat diets may be the real culprit. He shared the results of a “12-year obsession with finding what’s real and what’s not” with cattlemen and industry representatives at a previous Feeding Quality Forum.

One sick calf = less profitable pen

Date: Jan 27 2009

Low mortality isn’t the only way to measure the success of your health program. Pfizer veterinarian Robin Falkner told attendees at last fall’s Feeding Quality Forums, held in North Platte, Neb., and Amarillo, Texas, to start thinking about disease management a little differently. “We want to worry about things that can change and that can matter,” he said.