Date: Sep 26 2011
News ReleaseMatt and Anne Burkholder earned their degrees at Dartmouth—an Ivy League college in Hanover, N.H.—and considered jobs in Midwestern cities, but the Burkholder family’s central Nebraska diversified agriculture operation was calling.
Date: Sep 26 2011
News ReleaseIt’s luck of the draw. Your calves get sick in the feedyard. That sets them back, costs you all kinds of money and ruins your hopes for what could’ve been. The guy next to you catches a break. His cattle gained and graded like crazy. The kicker is, it’s not all luck. David Trowbridge, manager of Gregory Feedlots at Tabor, Iowa, uses a hypothetical scenario like that to educate feedyard visitors on how everything from genetics and ranch care to implants and markets can impact beef quality later on.
Date: Sep 26 2011
News ReleaseA 38,000-head feedlot near Pratt, Kan., shows what can be done with a systematic approach to higher quality beef. Pratt Feeders committed to quality in 2003 by licensing with Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB), and won a national CAB award the next year because of manager Jerry Bohn’s plans.
Date: Sep 26 2011
News ReleaseIt’s fun to hit the target. Osborn Farms, Savannah, Mo., repeated its 2010 achievement with even better numbers as the Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) 2011 Quality Focus Award winner for partner yards with less than 15,000-head capacity.
Date: Sep 23 2011
News ReleaseCorn is high. Logically, that means feeders will sell cattle lighter with fewer days on feed, right? Not exactly. That’s what Shawn Walter, Professional Cattle Consultants (PCC), told attendees at the recent Feeding Quality Forum.
Date: Sep 22 2011
News ReleaseIn this decade, Jimmy and Tracy Taylor’s data-driven herd south of Cheyenne, Okla., expanded to its practical capacity of 600 Angus cows on 12,000 acres in 38 pastures.
Date: Sep 19 2011
News ReleaseThe leading Angus brand has increased the number of pounds sold every year since 2005, but does that really mean demand for the product is soaring?
Date: Sep 19 2011
News ReleaseThe leading Angus brand has increased the number of pounds sold every year since 2005, but does that really mean demand for the product is soaring? Economists said there was not enough information to tell.
Date: Sep 09 2011
News ReleaseYou don’t hear of too many September graduations. But then again, there aren’t that many MBA programs that consist of ranch visits, meats labs and sales sessions. Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) launched its Master’s of Brand Advantages program in late 2010 and the first class will receive their degrees at the company’s annual conference in Sunriver, Ore., later this month. The second class is in progress.
Date: Sep 07 2011
News ReleaseIf there was ever a good news/bad news story in the cattle feeding industry, this year is a classic example. Market analyst Dan Basse, AgResource Company, warned cattle feeders of continued upward pressure on input prices while also pointing out the “bright spots” of increasing exports and high cattle prices. Basse spoke at the Feeding Quality Forum in Omaha, Neb., and Garden City, Kan., last month.
