Don’t blame the calves
Date: Aug 16 2017
Cattle Feeding & Premium Potential & ResearchPercent marbling in harvested fed cattle tends to decrease from late February to early May.
Category: Post Weaning
Black ink in the Black Hills
Date: Jul 20 2017
Blog & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipThe Snyder family’s Piedmont, S.D., ranch hugs I-90 to the east and the Black Hills National Forest to the west.
Genuinely good sharing
Date: Jul 17 2017
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Consumer ConnectionJosh and Leah were recorded on video as they met with Angus producers from seedstock to commercial cow-calf ranchers, to a feedlot and finally, at the Price Chopper retail meat counter.
Maternal instincts, predictable cattle
Date: Apr 07 2017
Blog & Grid Marketing & Retained OwnershipSome may take offense to comparing a herd of kids to fresh calves or a mom’s eye to maternal instincts, but I don’t think it’s out of line.
Following the calves: Not in South Dakota anymore
Date: Mar 03 2017
Big Thinkers & Blog & Cattle FeedingOn paper, Mark Sebranek doesn’t own very many of the 28,000 head of cattle on feed at his Garden City, Kan., yard….but don’t tell his heart.
Friends and neighbors 1,000 miles away
Date: Jan 16 2017
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Pre-conditioningWhen we first met the Keaster family in Belt, Montana, Bruce told me he needed a good relationship with his banker and feeder to be successful.
Worth the wait, without losing weight
Date: Jan 09 2017
Blog & Pre-conditioningThe first snow of the season was just moving off the Highwood Mountains to softly blanket the valley below when I pulled into Todd and Charla Prosser’s driveway
Cattle feeding chat builds bridges
Date: Oct 20 2016
Big Thinkers & Cattle Feeding & News ReleaseWhen it’s just not possible to bring 600 people from across the globe to the feedyard, the next best thing is to bring a little of that Herington, Kan., family operation to them. Cattle feeders Shane and Shawn Tiffany took the stage during educational sessions at last month’s Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand annual conference in Tucson, Ariz. The brothers gave foodservice and retail professionals a glimpse of life in a feedyard, often one of the most misunderstood parts of the beef community.
Big on quality
Date: Sep 26 2016
Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post WeaningOne of the largest cattle feeders in the country aims for high-quality results and hits that target every day. Poky Feeders, Scott City, Kan., turns 3,700 head per week, and nearly 37% of 120,000 Poky-fed Angus cattle earned the Certified Angus Beef ® brand at National Beef Packing last year.
Following the Calves: Florida calves backgrounded
Date: Jul 17 2015
Blog & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningIn a rancher’s world, that amount of time can mean the difference between a fall blunder and a spring bonus.