Date: Sep 22 2021
Cattle Markets & Consumer Connection & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & SustainabilityAfter the last 18 months, what we would pay for a crystal ball that could help us predict the future! They don’t have any magic prediction powers, but leading minds shared their outlook on key beef production areas at this year’s Feeding Quality Forum.
Date: Jun 10 2021
CAB Connection & Cattle MarketsThe cattle business year in review is painted primarily with COVID-19 irregularities. A year ago few could have imagined the more widespread and lasting pandemic impacts that lay in wait.
Date: Jun 08 2021
Big Thinkers & Cattle MarketsThe crystal ball is nonexistent. There is no magic fortune teller. No matter how good the market forecast nobody is right 100% of the time. That doesn’t mean cattlemen have to look at the future as nothing more than a blind guess.
Date: Mar 29 2021
Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium PotentialAs quality continues to trend up and more cattle qualify for the brand, the CAB/Choice spread may gain ground on the old Choice/Select metric as an industry standard. Along the way, the brand will keep working with all partners from pasture to plate, adding value to every cut and premiums for Angus cattlemen.
Date: Mar 03 2021
CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Targeting the BrandSo far in 2021, Choice carcasses are at a higher premium to Select than in any of the previous five years. This is important, not because Choice carcasses are the production target, but because the producer’s share of the Choice premium is the foundation on which CAB and Prime premiums are added.
Date: Feb 24 2021
Cattle Markets & News Release & Premium PotentialYou get paid by the pound for your cattle, but the total figures in much more than weight. Join the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand on March 11 to find out why a premium carcass is worth more, and how those signals get back to you.
Date: Feb 10 2021
Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & News ReleaseProducers can target cow herd genetics toward the factors driving value in the supply chain. Backfat and marbling have differing value implications at the packing plant and can be selected in different directions in the herd. Understanding grid marketing opens more opportunity for big wins.
Date: Feb 03 2021
Cattle Markets & Consumer Connection & News Release“No man’s land.” Select seems to find itself there more these days. This article shares some examples of declining demand for the lower quality grade, and what that communicates to cattlemen.
Date: Sep 28 2020
AngusLink & Breeding & Cattle Markets & Feeder Calf Marketing & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Sire Selection“Value” in feeder calf marketing is a relative term. All calves have some and the trick is to capture your share, said Paul Dykstra. Success is rooted in your customers he said. Customer changes through the supply chain from feeder, to packer to consumer.
Date: Sep 22 2020
Cattle Markets & Feeding Quality Forum & News ReleaseShocks to the beef industry were all part of 2020’s “unprecedented” theme, but how the market responded was less surprising. That’s from RaboResearch analyst Dustin Aherin. When history is in the making, cattlemen should be innovative.
