Date: Jan 30 2019
Blog & Breeding & Breeding Technologies & EPDs & Feeder Calf Marketing & Post Weaning & Retained Ownership & Targeting the Brand“Good cattle sell themselves,” says Nebraska cattleman Trevor Dam. He uses artificial insemination, breeds based on EPD parameters and is trying Angus Link to give him even more information on this year’s calf crop.
Date: Oct 27 2018
Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipCertified Angus Beef ® is the Brand that Pays®. At a rate of $8,500 per hour, 24-7, that was $75 million for 2017, up from the $52 million paid in 2015; the linking year came in at $63 million. That brings the 20-year total for CAB premiums to $688 million, more than half of it paid in the last seven years.
Date: Jul 25 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipIf you could have one wish, any wish, what would it be? More resources, greater assets, the best genetics or something else?
Date: Jul 10 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Canada & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipYou could say Cudlobe Angus began on a whim. The journey from three Angus cows purchased at a sale barn to a more than 600 head seedstock operation that hosts two sales a year took decades of learning and investment risk.
Date: Apr 27 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Post Weaning & Retained Ownership“We want to be able to capture the true value of the genetics we’ve invested in,” Billy says. “And to do that, we need to hang them on the rail and see what they’re worth.”
Date: Feb 05 2018
Big Thinkers & Blog & Retained OwnershipI met Fred Roberts this summer outside a diner in western Wyoming. He ordered his coffee and I asked him questions about Angus cattle. Fred’s a sheep guy, too.
Date: Aug 29 2017
Big Thinkers & Blog & Post Weaning & Retained OwnershipJim Moore’s full of these. Life lessons, advice not taken, anecdotes of who said ‘what,’ when and why.
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.
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.
Date: May 29 2015
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Retained OwnershipMore time, more information and more money. What producer doesn’t want all three? It’s possible — with the right feeding partner.
