BeefTalk
BeefTalk: Beef production of the future
The future of beef starts with beef systems that generate a per-cow gross margin of $600 and hold direct costs to less than $400 and overhead to less than $100 per cow.
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BeefTalk: High-return operations are becoming high-cost operations
Rain is good, but the timing and quantity certainly are a point of discussion. The cattle business, a business that essentially is birthed from the grass business, certainly has more flexibility to roll with the wet times than other agricultural enterprises. However, even the cows are beginning to look for a dry knoll to bed down on.
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BeefTalk: Little money available for high-cost producers
Times are good and perennial grasses, or should we say perennial plants, are doing a little more waving in the wind this spring than their annual grass counterparts.
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BeefTalk: Understanding and controlling cost is critical
The beef business hit some positive returns, according to the North Dakota Farm and Ranch Business Management Education Program and FINBIN farm financial database from the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota.
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BeefTalk: Increasing input costs troublesome
Numbers are sketchy, but perhaps that remains at the heart of the many issues in the beef business. Granted, there are numbers by the truckload for markets and feedlots. These numbers are utilized daily and help guide those involved in some portions of the beef industry
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BeefTalk: A significant storm event
A significant storm event occurred last Saturday, the last day of April, for those of us in western North Dakota. Significant storm events actually occurred in several areas of the country last week, resulting in the tragic loss of life. Our hearts go out to those who lost family and friends.
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BeefTalk: Where Is the grass?
One does need to ask where the grass is. The snow still covers the ground, at least in southwestern North Dakota. Although livestock producers may question spring turnout dates and slightly modify grazing plans, this is one case where the cows outshine the wheat.
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BeefTalk: The yellow, the green and anthrax
Last week, we were looking for grass, and this week we got it. If you listen carefully, you can hear the grass growing, tree buds starting to burst and the anthrax spores mingling.
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BeefTalk: Where is the grass?
One does need to ask where the grass is. The snow still covers the ground, at least in southwestern North Dakota. Although livestock producers may question spring turnout dates and slightly modify grazing plans, this is one case where the cows outshine the wheat.
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BeefTalk: Bulls furloughed until mid-July
The discussion of calving date is a real example of a question caught in the middle of long- and short-term planning for many beef producers.
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BeefTalk: Excessive calf death loss Is a huge warning flag
The death of a calf always is a bummer. Producers live in the world of dollars and cents, income and expense and profit and loss. However, the need to remove a dead calf is never something a producer wants to do.
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
- Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
