11/20/2009 07:39AM
At a recent meeting, the only item on the agenda was to determine what to print on next year's ear tags. What made the meeting exciting were the new tags the printing was going on.
10/30/2009 07:36AM
Steer No. 2 was sold for $84.76 per hundredweight of live weight minus shrink (Oct. 23 six-state average price published by CattleFax).
10/23/2009 07:59AM
Understanding beef is critical to how we, as producers, obtain value in the industry. Are we getting back the value we have worked to produce through genetic and managerial inputs?
10/08/2009 04:01PM
The fall of the year is the time to make herd evaluations and managerial and nutritional improvements without fighting the weather. The key to understanding the overall performance of a herd is reproduction.
10/02/2009 08:00AM
If one has ever dismantled an old home, lifting the floorboards can be quite interesting.
09/25/2009 07:17AM
In nature, fall brings a shift in focus. It is time to accumulate, evaluate and tabulate.
08/14/2009 08:20AM
In food production, things are never the same because many variables come into play on a daily basis.
The other day I noticed the raspberry bushes were full of raspberries. Most would say that they are supposed to be. However, the real answer is that the raspberries are not supposed to be there because
08/07/2009 07:18AM
Four things beef producers might want to think about are food safety, seamless regionalized calf-to-feedlot health connectivity, implementation of improved RFID (radio frequency identification) technology and value capture for the producer.
Realized or not, these four points have a significant impact
07/17/2009 11:49AM
How does one capture value? That is not an easy question to answer.
As a boy, I remember visits to the farm by some “big city cousins” who did not have the advantage of growing up on the farm. They wanted to help and one particular point that stands out was the feeding exercise.
I would hand them