Date: Mar 02 2011
Hot topics & ResearchI’ll start this post by getting one thing clear: I am NOT a morning person. I never have been. My family knows this better than anyone, which is why it shocked me so much to receive a 6 a.m. phone call from my father the other day. He called just to chat – it was […]
Date: Feb 25 2011
Hot topics & ResearchMy recent feedlot visits in western Nebraska brought about several frank discussions with feedlot managers facing increasing costs of production. If “efficiency” was the word of the day, then we might as well just write it on the board with permanent marker.
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.
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: 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.
Date: Apr 28 2008
News Release & Research & StockmanshipThe entire industry will have to work together to provide consumers with the beef they expect. Tenderness, flavor and juiciness are signs of strong marbling–giving producers a target they must weigh the many different management options that impact marbling.
Date: Aug 22 2007
Breeding & EPDs & Maternal Function & News Release & ResearchCattlemen can match both marbling and do-ability to a particular management system. However, trying to make progress with both traits may yield slower results than choosing one over the other.
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.
Date: Feb 01 1999
About the brand & News Release & ResearchStudy results from the 1999 “Characterization of Certified Angus Beef Steaks from the Round, Loin and Chuck” show that marbling is more highly related to tenderness of middle meats than it is to that of the end meats. That means the key to better-eating beef is in moving up the quality grade scale.
