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Simplified selection
The dollar-beef ($B) index helps cattlemen select for cattle that perform and grade. Megan Rolf, Oklahoma State University animal scientist, discusses how to use such selection indexes effectively.
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Animal welfare focus at JBS
During the Academy of Veterinary Consultants conference in Norman, Oklahoma, Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, discusses animal-welfare programs at meat packer JBS.
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Part 2: Profitable ranching -- Not an oxymoron
Dave Pratt, president and CEO of Ranch Management Consultants and the Ranching for Profit School discusses the steps ranchers have taken to improve the profitability and sustainability of their businesses.
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Cattle feeding: Grazing damaged wheat
Daren Redfearn has advice on using freeze-damaged wheat as forage.
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Cow-calf corner: Comparing late and early summer breeding
Glenn Selk makes the case for a shorter breeding season.
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Cattle markets react to colder spring weather
Derrell Peel looks at how the cold weather is impacting livestock production and markets.
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Feeder cattle review: Weather related sell-off continues
Compared to last week, yearling feeder cattle sold 3.00-7.00 lower while calves traded fully 5.00-10.00 lower and as much as 20.00 lower on unweaned new crops.
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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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