Date: Feb 19 2020
Feeder Calf Marketing & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipPaul Dykstra covered the value in feeder calf marketing at the Cattle Industry Convention touching on seasonality, quality, health, and relationships and how it all circles back to profit building.
Date: Jan 30 2020
Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Post Weaning & Research & Stockmanship & SustainabilityUndetectable diseases are hard to cure. That’s why the industry is working to find new ways of treating liver abscesses. Tylan is effective, but as antibiotic-resistance concerns and conversations continue, its future is not assured.
Date: Dec 05 2019
Cattle Feeding & Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipThe way we market cattle trickles down to the cow-calf producer and how they choose to sell calves. Consumer dollars favor adding value to the end product, and it pays to start down that road while still on the ranch by retaining ownership.
Date: Nov 20 2019
CAB Insider & Cattle Feeding & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialThere has been a 7.4% increase in heifers harvested this year, while steers are down 0.4%. History shows fed heifers post higher marbling scores on average, yet we don’t see that reflected in the recent marbling trend.
Date: Nov 19 2019
Cattle Markets & Feeder Calf Marketing & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipDisappointing cattle prices loom like storm clouds. A third of producers are losing money, while others get by with modest returns and worry about those thunderheads. There are silver linings, of course. Consumer demand for high-quality beef is stronger than it’s ever been.
Date: Nov 14 2019
Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & Implant & News Release & Research & WeaningWhen it comes to growth implants in cattle, animal scientist Robbi Pritchard only worries about three things: getting enough premium if you’re not use them, using them wrong and using them with too little insight.
Date: Oct 23 2019
CAB Insider & Feeder Calf Marketing & Grid Marketing & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipPaul Dykstra gives a market update, sharing the fed cattle prices are on a seasonal upward trend. Weaning and shipping have hit cattle country and producers must decide—to sell or retain ownership. Paul breaks down the numbers.
Date: Oct 21 2019
AngusLink & Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningBuyers know your calves by their history and connect that to your name. Sometimes it’s all they know about you, good or bad. Basic questions about marketing feeder calves answered to help build your reputation.
Date: Sep 25 2019
Big Thinkers & Cattle Feeding & Post WeaningNorm and Sharon Timmerman encouraged their children to follow their own passions. After college, Jason started with Timmerman Feeding, while CPA Kristin ran her own accounting firm and Ryan pursued a degree in business management.
Date: Sep 25 2019
Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post Weaning & Research & Stockmanship & SustainabilityHis push to get better and desire to win are as much a part of how he was raised—and people who mentored him along the way—as they are a personal philosophy. Probably why he earned the CAB 2019 Progressive Partner Award.
