by Morgan Marley | Aug 4, 2020 | Big Thinkers, Retained Ownership, Sire Selection
The price is right Colorado farmers know the value of their cattle, start to finish By: Morgan Marley At the headquarters of a farm situated between its irrigation circles west of Iliff, Colo., coffee is brewing in the Stieb Brothers Feedyard office. The daily 9 A.M....
by CAB Cattle Crew | Aug 3, 2020 | Big Thinkers, EPDs, Maternal Function, Sire Selection
From chaos to dream ranch Dreams can come true with enough focus and work By: Chelsea Dinterman Start-up isn’t a term you hear often in cattle ranching. Without land, cattle or knowledge handed down, the path to a successful ranch runs uphill. Greg Brown of Pocatello,...
by Nicole Erceg | Jul 9, 2020 | Big Thinkers, 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, Big Thinkers, 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, Big Thinkers, 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...
