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Playing to win: Grid marketing opens door to premiums
Producers can target cow herd genetics toward the factors driving value in the supply chain. Backfat and marbling have differing value implications at the packing plant and can be selected in different directions in the herd. Understanding grid marketing opens more opportunity for big wins.
CAB launches #RestaurantChallenge
Data from the National Restaurant Association shows 1 in 6 restaurants have already closed and the next few months are critical for those continuing to operate. To inspire and build support for this key pillar of the high-quality beef market, the brand launched #RestaurantChallenge.
Select beef: Who wants it?
“No man’s land.” Select seems to find itself there more these days. This article shares some examples of declining demand for the lower quality grade, and what that communicates to cattlemen.
Your cattle, data and the grid
Many cattlemen have an idea of how grid marketing works, but might still have some questions as they’re digging through carcass data. Paul Dykstra will present a free webinar, “Understanding grid marketing and carcass data,” on January 21, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. CST.
“A Rare Breed: Legacies of Excellence” launches this week
Follow along as these short video features detail registered breeders, commercial cattlemen and cattle feeders from Oregon to Texas. Get a glimpse of their family life and their cattle philosophy, and get ideas for your own operation.
Nominate quality cattlemen for 2021 CAB awards by Jan. 17
Cattlemen aren’t in it for accolades, but you know who they are and we need your help on their behalf. Their passion, drive and ability to create more top-quality beef lifts all of us and merits wider notice. Nominations are open until Jan. 17 for the Certified Angus Beef ® brand supply development awards.
CAB Insider
Slow Slaughter Impacts
Cattle supply is certainly not the issue, rather, it’s a COVID-induced absenteeism issue in many of the country’s packing plants. Packing plants experience increased worker absence, resulting in much smaller slaughter totals so far in January 2022.
Carcass Premium Structure Advanced in 2021
Cattle and beef market dynamics in the past year were nothing if not volatile, and in some ways, unprecedented. Supply chain imbalances and processing sector issues have been the focal point of beef price inflation in the past two years.
Behind the Brand
Nice to Meat Ya: George Falb
In the middle of an ordinary trip to the grocery store, George Falb’s career path changed directions.
Nice to Meat Ya: Tony Biggs
Tony Biggs recalls sitting on a plane after a flight of awkward silence between he and the gentleman seated next to him.
Nice to Meat Ya: David Livingston
I wanted to know more about the man behind the TIPS curtain at Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB). TIPS is the Trademark Integrity Protection System created by CAB senior vice president Brent Eichar when he was practically a kid in 1988.
Success Stories
Foundation not easily shakin’
“I’d rather lose money than give up my cows,” he says, standing among a herd he affectionately calls his “girls” as they rest in the shade.
When dreams grow up
When Shawn Christensen was three years old, he wanted to be an airplane pilot. That didn’t last long. The ambition couldn’t hold up against the call of an Angus cowherd and the Rocky Mountain, Hot Springs, Montana, ranch. Home.
Corah honored by Feeding Quality Forum
Seven years ago when Larry Corah suggested adding a people element to the Feeding Quality Forum (FQF) he helped launch in 2006, he certainly didn’t expect to be a recipient of the Industry Achievement Award one day.
Consumer Connection
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