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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.
Rebound
Shocks to the beef industry were all part of 2020’s “unprecedented” theme, but how the market responded was less surprising. That’s from RaboResearch analyst Dustin Aherin. When history is in the making, cattlemen should be innovative.
Hindsight for the future
Randy Blach gave hindsight to the industry’s past 40 years to prepare for the next 40 at the 2020 virtual Feeding Quality Forum. While 2020 is a tumultuous year, perspective gives us hope for the future. There’s optimism for the future, but not without challenges.
The market demands more demand
Even without a worldwide pandemic, economic shutdowns and disruptions in food processing, Dan Basse would have covered demand drivers at the 15th annual Feeding Quality Forum. Economic wild cards include political outcomes and continued stimulus measures.
Brand specifications evolve
To earn the Certified Angus Beef ® brand, Angus-influenced cattle, with predominantly solid black coats, must pass our must pass our 10 additional carcass specifications. Those measures will get a slight update on 9/9.
Senses and sense
Humans developed over millennia to hunt and herd. When it’s time to move animals, instincts send us out with a purpose but sometimes little thought to how our aggressive behavior affects what they do. Stepping into a cattle pen, we naturally act the predator, manipulating where animals go. But good handling practices should turn us into leaders, says Kip Lukasiewicz.
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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.
Quality grades lower, production factors shift
This summer many of us have had our eyes on carcass weights, grading trends and days on feed as they relate to the fed cattle sector. These factors have been set on abnormal paths since the onset of the pandemic and accompanying backlog over a year ago.
Behind the Brand
What not to ring Marilyn about
What not to ring Marilyn about Marilyn likes to stay under-the-radar, out of the limelight, but behind the scenes….she makes a lot of things happen. Right now the Feeding Quality Forum registration is in full-swing and if you’ve got questions, Marilyn’s your gal. If...
Beef prices & my paycheck
Easy ways to make conversation with anybody in agriculture: 1-Talk weather. 2-Talk prices.
It seems everybody knows those rules, so when I’m traveling and visit with fellow ag business folks the conversation usually starts out on one of those two notes.
Bad math or complex numbers?
Myth: If the USDA number for black-hided (A-stamped) cattle in the harvest mix is 62.9% and bull surveys show more than 70% Angus bull usage, then somebody’s doing some bad math.
Success Stories
Incorporating a legacy of quality
Meet Paul and Nancy Miller, 4th generation ranchers whose family has been working the same land in the Flint Hills of Kansas since 1878.
In harsh country, quality pays
When consumers question the sustainability of today’s beef cattle operations, they clearly haven’t met James Cloud.
Building fences, cowherd, beef demand
Last year after a late, wet spring in northeastern Iowa, Lyle decided it was time to switch up his typical corn-soybean rotation and seeded down some “nice creek bottoms” to forage beans.
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