Kris Ringwall
BeefTalk: Are your cows ready for breeding?
Well, what is, is. After a long and fairly nice winter, cattle are moving slowly to the cool-season grasses.
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BeefTalk: Birth weight in the eyes of a chicken
The question of birth weight is always a good topic during calving. More precisely, birth weight involving calving replacement heifers or first-calf heifers. Generally, older cows have few calving problems.
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BeefTalk: Try hard for less than 3 percent calf death loss
The death of a calf never is uneventful. Calves are tough, so most survive in good or bad weather. However, some don't survive.
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BeefTalk: Preparing for a dry year using lazy L culling
Looking at the drought forecast certainly causes concern. It's not panic, just concern. In some areas, the lack of precipitation persists, while other areas are candidates for less precipitation.
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BeefTalk: Plan ahead instead of reacting; sell infertile cows
Now is the time to be thinking just how many cow-calf pairs should be turned out to grass. Stocking rates and grazing dates should have been planned and set.
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BeefTalk: I wish they were all like that one!
What could the world be? There are times when that is a good question to ask.
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BeefTalk: The $2,017.31 carcass
More carcass evaluation ramblings? Perhaps one could forgo carcass evaluations, but that would be a big mistake. All the money that comes into the beef industry ultimately comes from the product hanging on the rail.
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BeefTalk: The world of genetic marketing
Which calf was the most profitable? Was it a calf with a carcass value of $211.48, carcass weight of 680 pounds and a total value of $1,438.06 or a calf with a carcass value of $185.48, carcass weight of 1,017 pounds and a total value of $1,886.33?
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BeefTalk: It is in caring that we will survive
Most farms, ranches and homes have a dog. In fact, a dog's loyalty and duty to their home is commendable. Those long walks through the cattle pens are better with a loyal dog.
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BeefTalk: Understanding things we do not control
Discussing beef value always generates a lively response. The relationship between seller and buyer always rests in fairness. However, the documentation of what is fair is difficult, if not impossible.
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BeefTalk: Meat, fat, size and quality
Meat, fat, carcass size and carcass quality are four factors in the beef industry that never go away. One could even say this is why the beef industry exists.
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- NCBA Op-Ed: EPA’s data sharing incident a debacle
- Cow-calf corner: Review calving season and make improvements
- Feeder cattle review: Feed report neutral to slightly bearish
- Cattle Outlook: Retail choice beef up 9% over past 2 years
- United States Cattle on Feed down 3 percent
- Family contribution takes reward for cattle shooting over $16k
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
- Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup
