Date: Oct 01 2009
News Release & ResearchKnowing more about marbling helps cattlemen produce the best beef. All four National Beef Quality Audits (NBQA) said consumers want more of it, yet many producers manage so as to inhibit rather than enhance marbling.
Date: Sep 29 2009
News ReleaseA lot of folks in the beef industry worry about where the next generation of ranchers will come from. But cattlemen with real foresight wonder about tomorrow’s consumers. Certified Angus Beef LLC recently partnered with its licensed distributor, Performance Food Group, at the Culinary Institute of Virginia (CIV). Their joint mission: to educate the next generation of chefs on preparing high-quality beef dishes that will capture future consumer demand.
Date: Sep 22 2009
News ReleaseThese are not easy times for cattle feeders. A little extra information may be just what’s needed to keep ahead of the feeding curve. That’s the focus of the 2009 Feeding Quality Forums, set for Nov. 10 in South Sioux City, Neb., and Nov. 12 in Garden City, Kan.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleaseIf you can’t find the type of cattle you want to feed, create them, share the genetics and buy back the progeny to feed. Monitor results and keep improving over time. It’s all part of the plan at Panhandle Feeders, a 20,000-head Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) partner yard at Morrill, Neb. But the plan, unlike that of any other CAB feedlot, delivers performance and quality on a grand scale.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleasePeople on the Marrs Ranch, Whitewood, S.D., say their cows have a long way to go. They’re not just talking about the trip to distant summer ranges, or finding their way to hay in a blizzard.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleaseA couple of empty semi-trailer trucks and a signed, blank check arrived at a southwest Montana ranch late one fall. The rancher helped load some of his best calves, and then watched the trucks head back to GG Genetics feedyard in Ida Grove, Iowa. The check stayed in Montana; the value returned to Iowa.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleaseA big feedlot can stand out for personalized custom cattle feeding, if it has the right people. Consider Garden City (Kan.) Feed Yard, LLC, where employees stay on for 20 years or more because the programs they manage work so well.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleaseDara Dix will tell you there’s no secret to her success, though she may balk at taking credit for it. You could call her “the secretary” at McPherson County Feeders Inc., a Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) licensee near Marquette, Kan. But neither that nor her job description are enough to justify her selection as 2009 CAB Quality Assurance (QA) Officer of the Year. Still, she earned the honor.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleaseIn athletics, the real standouts compete against their own numbers, always trying to better their last performance. In a list of feeding greats, the people at Circle A Feeders, Huntsville, Mo., have certainly made a place for themselves—especially in the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) record books.
Date: Sep 21 2009
News ReleaseAt Buffalo Feeders LLC, military precision brings in the feeding day, sure as reveille. Trucks trundle out at 0600 hours, filled with ration that has been weighed and measured within a 1% accuracy margin. Every load of corn has been sampled, and the flake is tested every hour. Pen after pen of uniform, black cattle line the bunks, ready for chow.
