Kris Ringwall
BeefTalk: $1.43 short
Have you ever been shorted by $1.43? It is quite irritating, especially if one is not talking candy bars.
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BeefTalk: Like begets like
The bull-buying season is upon us and all cow-calf producers need bulls. The Dickinson Research Extension Center also buys bulls annually.
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BeefTalk: The uphill battle of expanding the cow business
Should we think about data or just ponder? That is the question. With the holiday season quickly slowing us down, now is a good time to ponder and maybe let the data rest for a bit.
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BeefTalk: The cows say thank you and so should we
What does it mean to say thank you? Sometimes the ability to say it is not easy. Some quickly would say that’s ridiculous. However, we all probably could agree that people are different in how they express their feelings and emotions.
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BeefTalk: Did you learn anything?
A hot topic in agriculture is generational transfer. It starts the day the heir is born. So why live in denial?
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BeefTalk: Calving distribution key to reproductive success
Right now, cows are calving 88.8 percent of the time within the first 42 days of the calving season. That is good, so hats off to progressive cattle managers.
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BeefTalk: Pregnancy and calving percentages are stable
The main point is that the components of reproduction are very hard to pull out and fix. However, the sum of the pieces produces a calf at least 93.6 percent of the time for CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software) producers.
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BeefTalk: Twenty years of great beef production
In the last 20 years, typical beef producers have increased herd size, established new expectations for cattle growth from slightly older cows and maintained solid reproductive performance.
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BeefTalk: The pickup rut
Although there is no mating season for pickups, there is an obvious rut.
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BeefTalk: 2011 production benchmarks are in
Once again, the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association (NDBCIA) is pleased to summarize the average performance of beef cattle herds that are utilizing the CHAPS program.
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BeefTalk: Nothing new, just a reminder that breeding systems work
Once the industry decided that the walls would not cave in when Hereford bulls were mated to Angus cows or vice versa, the world of beef cattle systems was created.
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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
