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Add value to calves
“Value” in feeder calf marketing is a relative term. All calves have some and the trick is to capture your share, said Paul Dykstra. Success is rooted in your customers he said. Customer changes through the supply chain from feeder, to packer to consumer.
M&M Feeders wins CAB honors
M&M Feeders does business based on honesty. The Huyser family lives by that code, and runs their cattle feeding business the same way. For building beneficial relationships and their drive to produce the best, M&M Feeders earned the 2020 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award from the Certified Angus Beef ® brand.
Rutan family earns CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award
The owner-managers of Morgan Ranches learn and teach through such wisdom gathered over decades. Every day is a choice, and they choose to make it good. That positive philosophy only begins to tell why Morgan Ranches earned the 2020 CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence award.
CAB names first-ever Sustainability Award honoree
One feeds, the other breeds and stocks a steady supply, ready to fill the pens as they empty. Wilson Cattle Company harvests the grass in Baker Valley while Beef Northwest, started by the fifth generation of Wilsons, finishes the cattle. It’s a symbiotic relationship, both dependent on each other.
Langford earns CAB Ambassador Award
Bodey Langford has it easier and harder than the three generations of ranchers before him, but his gentle and steady spirit guides him while telling the cattle story to all he encounters. It’s only an inkling of why he’s the 2020 CAB Ambassador Award recipient.
Dalebanks Angus earns CAB seedstock honors
When the industry was going one way, Matt Perrier saw his parents and grandparents going another. That dedication to quality, to the Perrier family and Dalebank Angus’s goal of “practical, profitable genetics,” was rewarded with the 2020 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence award.
CAB Insider
Prime premiums double last year
Lately the Prime grade has slipped down to 8.3% of the total, versus 9.5% a year ago. The reduced slaughter pace, combined with this lower Prime share, has prices heated up for the most premium quality grade.
Fundamentals point to bullish conditions
Beef demand continues at such a solid pace that it seemingly defies logic, with the CAB cutout value now 41% higher than a year ago. Beef buying ahead of Labor Day has proven stronger than high prices suggest it should be.
Behind the Brand
Fired up to tell beef’s story
For the past several years, we’ve welcomed the National Beef Ambassadors into our office in Wooster, Ohio, for their first training activity as a team.
Building blocks of CAB knowledge
When I attended the company’s Building Blocks for Success Seminar last week, there were key points and facts I picked up along the way.
Bored at a board meeting? Not us!
There’s always a lot going on around here, but sometimes we forget to step back and look at what this brand as a whole is accomplishing in the marketplace.
Success Stories
Maternal function at Marrs Ranch
Recipients of CAB’s Commercial Commitment to Excellence award, Dan and Anna Marrs, Whitewood, S.D., were the first to admit their herd of 600 Angus females wasn’t perfect.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
To raise cattle for over 33 years with someone, you’ve got to love what you do and who you do it with.
Exponential Impact
Twenty years later Trevor and Torri Lienemann of Princeton, Neb., have four kids, a 300-cow seedstock operation and lots and lots of data.
Consumer Connection
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