Better beef leads value gain
Date: May 18 2017
| Cattle Markets & News ReleaseWhen cattle gain or lose $150 in per-head value in a week, it’s easy to lose sight of what lifts that value trend over the years.
Posts by Steve Suther :
Up, and to the right
Date: Apr 26 2017
| Consumer Connection & News ReleaseMore beef on the market meant lower prices in 2016, fueling greater demand from consumers largely recovered from the 2008 recession.
It’s all good
Date: Feb 22 2017
| Blog & Breeding Technologies & Gestational Nutrition & Sire SelectionWith heifers due on pasture leases the first of May, we couldn’t wait too long for synchronized artificial insemination (AI) early that month.
Why beef quality grades are improving
Date: Dec 08 2016
| News Release & ResearchPrices have eased, but a 10-year uptrend in beef quality from U.S. grain-fed cattle remains in place. That’s partly because lower quality beef has sold at a widening discount to average quality, says a beef cattle specialist with the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand.
Jerry & Mike to the rescue
Date: Nov 23 2016
| About the brand & News ReleaseThirty-eight years after the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s first sale drew so much press that USDA canceled what it had just approved, the brand was honored with the Don L. Good Impact Award from Kansas State University (K-State).
Beef yield grade opportunities detailed
Date: Oct 28 2016
| Feeding Quality Forum & ResearchQuality grades have been in effect for nearly a century, but yield grades have been required in the United States for more than 50 years.
Science-based ranching in the Superstitions
Date: Sep 26 2016
| Breeding & Breeding Health & EPDs & News Release & Sire SelectionPolitics aside, every sense of “progressive” describes Chuck Backus. From his 36 years in education and research to the overlapping 39 years in ranching, this former provost of Arizona State University embodies the aspects of applied innovation, growth by accumulating knowledge, experimenting and expanding boundaries.
Big on quality
Date: Sep 26 2016
| Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post WeaningOne of the largest cattle feeders in the country aims for high-quality results and hits that target every day. Poky Feeders, Scott City, Kan., turns 3,700 head per week, and nearly 37% of 120,000 Poky-fed Angus cattle earned the Certified Angus Beef ® brand at National Beef Packing last year.
Progressive quality
Date: Sep 26 2016
| Big Thinkers & BlogAnyway, the retired Arizona State University provost with a 40,000-acre ranch wanted to convert his desert-based herd to high-quality, high-percentage Angus.
High quality is the BIG picture
Date: Sep 09 2016
| Big Thinkers & BlogPulling into the expansive yard at the 80,000-head-capacity Poky Feeders south of Scott City, Kan., a few months ago, I wondered how a giant feedyard like this can be famous for high-quality beef.