Cattle Features
Cattle ranch of the week: R&L Angus, Westmoreland, Kan.
Ron and Lynne Hinrichsen discuss their love for Angus cattle and the grasslands of the Flinthills on their R&L Angus ranch, established in 1991 and located 25 miles northeast of Manhattan, Kansas.
For more information visit www.RLAngus.com.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Tom Ryan, Chief Concept Officer of Smashburger
Many of you dear readers probably don’t remember the first big premium burger boom. It was three long decades ago and gave us some now familiar places like Fuddruckers and Red Robin. The concept was simple – “If McDonald’s can sell quarter pounders for as much as half a buck, there might be room for a better burger in the two dollar range.”
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BeefTalk: How much should bulls weigh
How much should mature bulls weigh? Bull nutritional requirements are based on the projected value at mature weight. This means we have to answer the question about how much our bull will weigh at maturity.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Jon Wooster - Going to Washington with USCA’s Cow Boss and Friends
Jon Wooster is the Cow Boss at the United States Cattlemen’s Association. One of the primary movers and shakers of that organization, he rounded up a few of his friends and traveled to Washington a few weeks ago.
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Cattle ranch of the week: Wilson Ranch
In the remote Nebraska Sandhills, Wilson Ranch founded by Anthony Wilson in 1888 is currently owned and operated by the fourth and fifth generations of the Wilson family.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Mitch Johnson and today’s cattle feeding challenges
Even with record highs in cattle futures, cattle feeders are concerned with corn prices in the $6-7/bushel neighborhood, continual declines in the cowherd, and higher fuel prices.
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Cattle ranch of the week: Frey Angus Ranch
Frey Angus Ranch has 60 years of experience breeding and selecting cattle that are acceptable in size, correct in structure and sound in their movement.
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Jolley: Five minutes with Kevin Carrazzone, ShopRite meat director
Kevin Carrazzone is an Easterner, “meat head,” leader and protein-pusher—all those titles fit, too.
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Cattle ranch of the week: Diamante Red Angus Ranch
Diamante ranch is located in southwest Missouri just on the edge of the Ozarks.
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Cattle ranch of the week: Novy Ranches
The Novy Ranch herd began in 1976 when Lowell L. Novy took the plunge and purchased the 6000 acres that comprises the Novy Ranches today.
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Jolley: Five minutes with CJ Hunt, the perfect human diet and a great steak
We’ve all heard about the pop-diet gurus who push a vegetarian or near vegetarian diet on the public, usually by quoting each other as ‘trusted’ sources. That pop-science flick “Food, Inc.” traveled down that same well-worn path to perdition.
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- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Schwieterman: Cattle futures end week with sharp losses
- Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
