Preparation key for successful bull purchases
As the winter and spring bull-buying season approaches, seedstock purchasers should do their home work to help ensure the bull(s) they purchase this year meet their needs.
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Make plans for genomic testing
With spring bull sale season around the corner, producers should plan ahead to submit DNA samples in order to receive test results in a timely manner.
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The impact of AI: One on-farm example
Commercial beef producers have resisted using estrus synchronization and AI (ES/AI) for years. Recent USDA estimates indicate that fewer than 10% of all beef producers incorporate AI into their breeding programs.
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AI done right
Mike Smith, University of Missouri animal scientists, describes how to ensure artificial insemination (AI) works best for you. This video news is provided by Certified Angus Beef LLC and the American Angus Association.
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BeefTalk: Culling rate is not just for cows
There are two very noticeable expenses in the beef business. The most obvious is feed and the one most often forgotten is animal replacement.
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Managing beef breeding for profit
Heavier calves at sale time doesn’t always mean more income, herd genetics can directly impact costs.
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Matching cows to the resource
Rancher Connee Quinn, from Quinn Cow Company, describes genetic and management strategies at the ranch, located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota.
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Cattle Breeding: Getting the most out of seedstock purchases
K-State cow-calf production specialist Bob Weaber gets into several angles on breeding herd genetic decisions ahead of the winter and spring bull sale season.
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Repro technology: Past present and future
Participants in last week’s Range Beef Cow Symposium enjoyed a “peek under the curtain” at potential advancements in reproductive technology from George Seidel, PhD., Colorado State University distinguished professor of biomedical sciences.
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New approaches to meat sciences research
New K-State meat scientist John Gonzalez talks about his beef research initiatives at the university, including a project aimed at the tenderness of beef cuts from Brahman cattle genetics.
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USDA feeder cattle frame and muscle grades on performance
A total of 395 calves (397 lb) were purchased from sale barns in Oklahoma and Texas in the fall of three consecutive years to measure the effect of USDA feeder cattle frame and muscle grades on performance and profitability.
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- Supplementation on summer pasture
- Beef is the centerpiece of many wacky minor league stadium menus
- Commentary: Message to Occupy Monsanto: Occupy yourself
- Canada cattle report: Canadian steer, heifer prices steady
- A conversation with Dr. Jim Marsden about the safety of beef
- Traders evening up positions ahead of the weekend Friday
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
