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Cows’ Looks Alone Can Fool Beef Herd Owners
published: May 2nd 2013 by: Duane Dailey source: University of Missouri Extension
RUSSELLVILLE, Mo. – Better genetics puts high-quality beef on the consumer’s plate. Also, better genetics brings more profits back to the producer’s pocketbook. “Today we have the ability to make quality product and get paid for it,” Mike Kasten told 70 beef producers in the meeting hall of St....
Free BQA Trainings Scheduled May 2 & 3 In Canton And Stephenville
published: April 26th 2013 source: TSCRA
Fort Worth, Texas – Beef producers can get free training to help them become more competitive by attending the Texas Beef Quality Producer (TBQP) program in Canton, Thursday, May 2, at the Van Zandt County Farm Bureau, or in Stephenville, Wednesday, May 3, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center....
Stats Say They Do Weigh More These Days
published: April 24th 2013 by: Miranda Reiman source: CAB
Sorting the opportunities from the challenges Everyone in the beef chain seems to agree we need more of it. That’s the simple explanation for a trend that shows hot carcass weights (HCW) have increased 200 pounds (lb....
Beef Cattle Slaughter Increasing
published: April 16th 2013 source: IGrow, South Dakota Extension
There were 29.3 million beef cows in the U.S. on January 1, 2013, 2.9% less than a year ago and more than 10% lower than the most recent peak in 2006. In fact, beef cow numbers have declined for fifteen of the last seventeen years, generating significant focus on emerging signs of growth....
Nolan Ryan’s All-Natural Beef: Tough Talk About Tenderness
published: April 4th 2013 by: Sam Gazdziak source: The National Provisioner
There are many words that could be used to describe Nolan Ryan: tough, intimidating, feared, dominating. In a career that stretched from 1966 to 1993, Ryan was one of the best pitchers to ever play the game of baseball....
Good Marketing Captures Available Dollars
published: April 2nd 2013 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist
Cattle producers need to set focused, systematic goals to capture more net dollars. When the discussion rests on the income side, marketing is the focus. Improved marketing to capture the monies available in the market is the key....
Tips For Managing Forage, Water And Cattle Resources
published: April 1st 2013 by: B. Lynn Gordon source: IGrow, South Dakota Extension
Burke Teichert, is no stranger to the beef industry. He was employed for many years in a management role with AgReserves (which consisted of Dessert Ranches, Rex Ranch, and several other large ranching enterprises)....
Survival Comes Before Expansion
published: March 8th 2013 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist source: North Dakota State Extension
What would you say if someone told you that 40 percent of the cow-calf producers are struggling to justify being in the beef business? After all, the cattle business is a great business and currently humming along through great times....
Feedlot, Beef Industry Efficiency Not The Same
published: January 11th 2013 by: Donald Stotts source: Oklahoma State University Extension
STILLWATER, Okla. – For many years, cheap grain meant almost anything that enhanced grain use and feedlot measures of technical efficiency were consistent with beef industry efficiency. This is no longer true....
Cattle Outlook: 2012 Beef Production Lowest Since 2005; Record High Prices Expected
published: January 8th 2013 source: Where Food Comes From
Beef production in 2012 was the lowest since 2005 and 2013 beef production is expected to be down another 5% or so. Production is likely to decline again in 2014. The per capita beef supply in 2013 is expected to be the lowest since 1952....
Smaller, Fewer, Thinner - The Future For American beef?
published: December 3rd 2012 by: Matt McGrath source: BBC
The country that is synonymous with steaks as big as Texas is suffering a serious shortage of cattle. The US national herd is now at an all time low. Numbers peaked at 132 million head of cattle in 1975....
Record Keeping Will Document Practices
published: November 27th 2012 by: B. Lynn Gordon source: IGrow, South Dakota Extension
The recent release of the 2011 National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) conducted by beef industry researchers reconfirms the importance for beef producers to continue to focus on improving recordkeeping methods and tracking....
Expiring Tax Provisions A Concern
published: November 21st 2012 by: Dan Childs source: Noble Foundation
Agricultural producers make decisions each day using assumptions that are based on uncertainties – things like weather, prices and government regulations. The summer of 2012 was filled with such dilemmas....
Cattle Numbers Bullish
published: October 22nd 2012 source: dowjones.com
The number of cattle placed into U.S. feedlots in September fell 18.8% compared with a year earlier, a steeper drop than analysts expected. The U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly cattle-on-feed report showed slightly fewer animals in the nation's feedyards than the average of analysts' expectations....
Fewer Cattle, More Pressure
published: October 9th 2012 by: Steve Suther source: CAB
Getting cattle bought right. That’s normally a feeder’s first challenge, but today it’s just plain getting cattle. “The total size of the cattle industry has been shrinking, and shrinking rather abruptly for the last couple of years,” said Mike Sands, Informa Economics vice president....
Predicting tenderness and lasting color in meat
published: September 7th 2012 by: Sandra Avantt
If superior beef tenderness isn’t enough to whet your appetite, a system that predicts both beef and pork tenderness as well as color stability in both meats may be something you can sink your teeth into....
Drought Impact On Beef Herds Could Accelerate This Fall
published: September 6th 2012 source: Where Food Comes From
It is difficult to estimate just how much impact the drought this year has had on the cow herd. Beef cow slaughter for the year to date is down nearly 11 percent from last year, a smaller decline than previously expected....
Beef By The Numbers Program, Could Help Rebuild Cow Inventories
published: August 28th 2012 source: University of Missouri
This year’s drought has taken its toll on the livestock industry, which has sold off thousands of animals because feed is too costly. A program at the University of Missouri may help these producers rebuild their herds with animals that produce more of the high-quality grades of beef that consumers are demanding....
Economist Discusses Latest Crop Production Report
published: August 15th 2012 source: KTIC
University of Illinois Ag Economist Darrel Good says price behavior since the release of USDA's latest crop production report suggests the corn and soybean markets believe production forecasts will increase and/or prices are already high enough to motivate the necessary rationing....
Five States’ Beef Industries Top $2 Billion
published: June 14th 2012 source: USAgNet
USDA's annual publication "Meat Animal Production, Disposition and Income" shows that five states had a 2011 value of cattle production in excess of $2 billion: Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and California....
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