by Nicole Erceg | Jul 9, 2020 | Breeding, Maternal Function, Retained Ownership, Sire Selection
Leveraging known genetics Missouri cattlemen capitalize on retained ownership opportunities. By: Nicole Lane Erceg It’s been more than a decade since Blake Robertson marketed his calves through a sale barn. Retained ownership may seem like risky business, but...
by Miranda Reiman | Jun 30, 2020 | About the brand, Breeding, Sire Selection, Targeting the Brand
Breeding for the brand New thresholds, familiar program guide bull buyers By: Miranda Reiman “Just because.” It’s rare that anything great happens just because. Sure, there are instances where a nonchalant approach turns out better than expected, but more often it’s a...
by CAB Cattle Crew | Jun 22, 2020 | About the brand, Breeding, EPDs, Sire Selection
A pen of Primes Brothers from Detroit succeed with their own ideas By: Laura Conaway It was meant to be a brief exchange on a visit last fall. A Missouri farmer who’d ordered a roller mill made small talk with the salesman who delivered it. In passing, he mentioned...
by Miranda Reiman | May 28, 2020 | Breeding, EPDs, News Release, Sire Selection, Targeting the Brand
New thresholds for Targeting the Brand™ by Miranda Reiman May 28, 2020 When you have better data you, you can make better decisions. That’s why the Targeting the Brand™ program was recently updated: so that commercial cow-calf producers better find sires that help...
by Miranda Reiman | Jan 20, 2020 | Black Ink, Breeding, Breeding Technologies, Sire Selection, Stockmanship
Built-in and better by Miranda Reiman January 20, 2020 They think of everything these days! Seeing new car advertisements, that thought runs through my mind. With an active family, I can’t count the number of times there’s been an immediate mess—think sandbox remnants...
by Paul Dykstra | Dec 18, 2019 | CAB Insider, EPDs, Research, Show Me the Money, Sire Selection
Carcass and maternal traits go hand in glove MARKET UPDATE Cash fed cattle prices remained firmer last week with instances of $120/cwt. live trade in Iowa, while eastern Nebraska saw the top end of $190/cwt. dressed, resulting in a weekly live average of $119/cwt. Two...
