Media
Recognize This
Are you familiar with the beef checkoff? It's your one-dollar per head beef checkoff investment that does all kinds of things to help make sure consumers feel good about buying your beef.
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Part 1: Profitable ranching -- Not an oxymoron
Dave Pratt, president and CEO of Ranch Management Consultants, outlines the company’s Ranching for Profit School and Executive Link program.
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Farmland values: Boom or bubble?
Low interest rates and record income per acre have driven farmland values much higher over the last decade. The increase has led to concerns of a repeat of the farm crisis of the 1980s.
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Preconditioning for performance and profit
Kenny Knight, owner-manager of Knight Feedlot in Kansas, tells why pre-conditioning programs are so important.
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Drought adjustments for cattle on pasture
Keith Harmoney, beef scientist at K-State speaks at the Southern Plains Drought Summit on the adjustments needed for cattle on pasture during this drought.
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Cow-calf corner: Vaccination tips for your spring-calving herd
Glenn Selk explains how to properly give injections.
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Feeder cattle review: Market lower as uncertainty returns
Compared to last week, stocker cattle and calves sold 4.00-8.00 lower taking back most of last week’s rally with uncertainty returning to the market.
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Angus calves at auction bring record premiums
Fourteen years of auction sale calf-price data proves that Angus cattle are worth more in the marketplace.
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Meat grading: A look at the rib-eye
Casey Russell, Coal County Extension Educator, gives a brief demonstration on what to look for when grading the rib-eye area on a steer carcass.
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Cow-calf corner: Early weaning calves
Glenn Selk helps producers decide whether to early wean calves.
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Feeder cattle review: Feeders get a boost
Compared to last week, the entire feeder cattle industry experienced the full effect of the bullish events from the Thursday before Good Friday. All weights of feeder and stocker cattle traded 3.00-10.00 higher.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
