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The most important meal
Your calf’s most important meal is its first. Colostrum gives calves antibodies until they can build their own immunity. Manage cows to a BCS of 5 for adequate colostrum and easy calving. Maximum absorption occurs within first four hours of calf’s life.
CAB Colvin Scholarship applications close Jan 17
CAB Colvin Scholarships recognize tomorrow’s leaders who are involved in their communities and committed to continued success and progress within the beef industry. Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.
Trust insurance
Beef Quality Assurance eases consumer concerns about how their food is raised. BQA is common sense backed by science and research like animal welfare, health, record keeping, biosecurity, transportation and worker safety.
Capturing value for your calves
The way we market cattle trickles down to the cow-calf producer and how they choose to sell calves. Consumer dollars favor adding value to the end product, and it pays to start down that road while still on the ranch by retaining ownership.
New book release benefits ranchers
There are 40 stories included in the coffee table book: Sheltering Generations—The American Barn. Beef producers in more than 20 states, ranch life, rural community and the role of barns in our landscape. Proceeds benefit the Rural Relief Fund.
Prime opportunities highlight CAB outlook
When sales are up across the board, it’s often hard to find a darling of the fiscal year. But for the Certified Angus Beef® brand, even in a strong year, CAB Prime stole the show, said the brand’s president, John Stika. “We could have sold a lot more of this product if it were available, but it wasn’t.”
CAB Insider
Carcass quality set to increase
The challenges presented now are very important to cattlemen and brand partners up and down the chain. However, the health of people at the packing level and throughout the country is the priority that must receive full focus and priority.
Seasonal carcass premiums break form
The many challenges the beef market is facing today are serious short term problems but are not indicative of long term trends. Price and demand signals will also realign as the pandemic subsides. The interrupted flow of cattle and boxed beef has implications now impacting the pricing structure on a carcass value basis.
Success Stories
A winner among you?
When visiting with commercial producers it’s not uncommon for them to cite a good relationship with their seedstock suppliers as a pillar of their success.
Flashback Friday: A tradition of getting better
“The bottom line is they want a tender, tasty piece of beef, and we need to make sure we’re giving it to them.”
Flashback Friday: Commitment over the decades
Over 20 years ago Ken Stielow of Bar S Angus Ranch was the first producer to earn the CAB Commitment to Excellence Award for commercial cow-calf operators.
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