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How to pick a feedyard
Not every ranch, pen or feedlot is alike or ideally suited to handle the same class of cattle. Here is a 12-point checklist of ways cattlemen can help themselves when selecting a feedyard.
Backgrounding can add value, flexibility
Backgrounding calves can open gates to new revenue paths, though not without risk. When more cattle are sent to the grazing fields or grow yards, there’s a shift in the seasonal pattern of the market and more opportunity to take advantage of better prices.
CAB interns join for the summer
Classroom knowledge is important, but cultivating skills happens through applied, hands-on learning. Two carnivore college students connect their passion and crafts this summer as Certified Angus Beef interns.
Not all good days are sunny and warm
Stress of any kind affects performance and health, but also well-being and behavior, a special focus for CSU animal scientist Lily Edwards-Callaway. Her team’s literature review found shade benefits vary by location, structure type and the weather.
Registration now open for 2021 Feeding Quality Forum
Since 2006, commercial cattlemen, cattle feeders and industry partners have gathered to network and learn about the current and the future state of the beef industry. This is the first year Feeding Quality Forum is offering in-person and virtual registration options.
Pandemic underscores beef demand trends
Retail beef sales during the pandemic displaced much of the trade usually enjoyed by foodservice. Grocery stores and restaurants around the world had their business plans radically changed in just a few days, but the demand for beef remained.
CAB Insider
Prime Premium Reflection
Seasonal factors in the wholesale carcass market are firmly in place this year. The percentage of high-quality grade carcasses in the northern mix continues down an exaggerated decline. Typically, the bulk of premium grade carcasses are generated in the north, with Nebraska being the largest volume producer of Prime and CAB brand carcasses
Currentness Picks Up in The Fed-Cattle Sector
Carcass weights are always top of mind for us in spring as we try to keep buyers and sellers in the cattle and beef markets informed on quality carcass supplies and price implications. This heightened focus is a function of carcass weights tending to find their annual lows in May.
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
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.
The ‘milk cow’ that changed a beef business
If not for a milk cow and a hurricane, the magic formula that is Riverbend Ranch might not be.
Tiny House, Big Dreams
The story of this tiny house, as we soon find, is a testament to the love Titus and Erika share.
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