A small world of happy surprises
Date: Jan 07 2011
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipIn the past five decades, the Vaughns have experimented with a lot of different cattle breeds. Read about the Vaughn’s management practices.
Category: Post Weaning
CAB partners on Kansas Angus feeding project
Date: Nov 10 2010
Cattle Feeding & News Release & ResearchThe Kansas Angus Association is working with Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) to better reward members or their customers as they learn more about carcass merit in their herds, or at least five representative spring-born steers. The 2011 Carcass Data Project (CDP) $5-per-head enrollment deadline of Dec. 15 allows participants couple of weeks for Dec. 28-30 delivery to the CAB-licensed McPherson County Feeders, near Marquette, Kan.
Traits correlated with grid premiums
Date: Oct 19 2009
Cattle Feeding & EPDs & Grid Marketing & News Release & Post WeaningWhen you get a bonus on grid cattle, sometimes it’s easier to count your blessings than to ask why. But Tom Brink, senior vice president for Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, says taking a look at discounts and premiums can help you get more of the latter.
Growth implant strategy outlined at animal science meetings
Date: Feb 09 2009
Cattle Feeding & Implant & News Release & Post Weaning & ResearchMaximizing quality and efficiency calls for different implanting strategies on steers versus heifers. A Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) seven-year study characterized the effect of trenbolone acetate (TBA) growth implants on both sexes.
One sick calf = less profitable pen
Date: Jan 27 2009
Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & Health & News Release & Post WeaningLow 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.
Setting them up for success
Date: Jan 09 2009
Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post WeaningIt’s all in the details at Will Feed, Inc., Cozad, Neb. The 3,000-head feedyard focuses on managing cattle and data in tandem to return the most money and information to the rancher. That’s why the business has licensed with Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB).
Marbling myths debunked
Date: Jan 01 2001
Cattle Feeding & Implant & News Release & Post Weaning & Research“I always thought the marbling went in at the end, and the further you get the implant away from harvest, the better effect on grade,” Robbi Pritchard said. He shred some of the earlier theories about cattle growth curves, fat deposition and the effect of implants.