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The Code
Compound interest is the concept of making small investments over time add up. Depositing in the “trust bank” will keep the beef industry strong long term. This is our second installment of the quarterly “At the Table” column, authored by Nicole Erceg.
Committed students earn CAB Colvin Scholarships
Being one step ahead as an industry is pivotal to our success. Thankfully, there are bright young minds who have plenty of ideas on how to do that. They are the winners of our Colvin Scholarship.
The Resistance Part II: The bacteria battle
Antibiotic resistant bacteria come about in many forms, and employ several tricks to keeping long-standing treatments from working. Anytime a drug is used, it may lead to less effective options the next time around, no matter the class. Part II in a two-part series.
The Resistance Part I: Works today, not tomorrow?
Antibiotic resistance. You’ve heard about it in the mainstream headlines, but this first in a two-part series covers the “why” it matters to animal agriculture and what cattlemen can do about it.
Fueling your cows
Your powerhouse cow can’t grow a calf of the same caliber without the grass to match. That’s why forage management needs to adapt quickly to uncontrollable changes like drought. Record keeping and monitoring are key.
Don’t wince
We all know cattle have a super power: they turn forages and grain into edible protein. What do those with the buying power know of that story? Two speakers at the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention put data to both the science and economic incentive of our beef sustainability discussions.
CAB Insider
Carcass value shifts, a sign of the times
The large shift to retail business, accompanied with stifled restaurant and export trade, subtly show in the shifts in dollar contributions of each primal. Where customers purchased beef influenced which beef cuts outperformed or underperformed last year.
Branded prices gain on Prime in 2020
Supply factors took center stage for cattlemen in the past year as COVID-19 ravaged the marketplace. The backlog of finished cattle, carcass weights and price discovery have been such burning issues for months now it’s been hard to free up mental space for anything else.
Behind the Brand
Mythbuster Monday goes beyond the logo
Myth: CAB is a logo you see in the grocery store that works entirely on the demand/consumer side of the beef production chain.
Here, there and everywhere
Myth—It’s easy for you guys to give out recommendations and say things like, “People will pay more for high quality.” You’re stuck there in your offices and we’re out here in the real world.
Intern returns to branded beef company
It seemed like fate that Emily Krueger would join the CAB team. She grew up in the brand’s hometown of Wooster, Ohio, and worked on a beef operation there. She’ll graduate from The Ohio State University this June with a BS in agricultural journalism and minors in animal science and psychology.
Success Stories
History in the making
I recently visited with Mike and Aaron Atterholt, their wives — both named Mandy, and their daughters.
Good things going on in Arkansas
Recently a few of those signs pointed Gary to Jimmie Moore of Charleston, Ark., where he visited earlier this week.
Flashback Friday: Quality in the high-mountain desert
Talking with Wyoming cattleman Mike Healy gave me a whole new perspective of ranching in the West.
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