Summer quality spreads impress
Date: Jul 31 2019
CAB Insider & Grid Marketing & Premium Potential & ResearchHear the market update, recent docility research and unseasonal quality spreads from the brand’s Paul Dykstra.
Date: Jul 31 2019
CAB Insider & Grid Marketing & Premium Potential & ResearchHear the market update, recent docility research and unseasonal quality spreads from the brand’s Paul Dykstra.
Date: Jul 31 2019
Cattle Feeding & News Release & Post Weaning & Premium Potential & Research & StockmanshipIt’s a hot topic every summer.
“Heat stress is the largest impediment to efficient animal agriculture,” said Rob Rhoads, Virginia Tech. He presented with University of California-Davis colleague Frank Mitloehner for a symposium on the topic at the American Society of Animal Scientists annual meeting in July.
Date: Jul 15 2019
EPDs & News Release & Research & Sire SelectionResearch by UGA animal scientist shows efficiency and marbling traits are not correlated. This is good news for cattlemen.
Date: Jul 12 2019
CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium Potential & ResearchPaul Dykstra gives inside market updates for the shifting cattle prices. Research shows efficiency and marbling traits in cattle are not related and is good for cattlemen.
Date: Apr 29 2019
Health & News Release & Research & Stockmanship’Tis the season to think about parasites robbing your beef cow herd. The weather is finally warmer, the bugs and other little things are crawling all over. But what about those you can’t see? Recent estimates put annual losses from internal parasites at $200 per cow-calf pair, so it’s no surprise many research studies say controlling them offers one of the best returns on investment in the business.
Date: Mar 12 2019
Breeding & CAB Connection & Cattle Feeding & News Release & Premium Potential & ResearchDate: Mar 05 2019
Fetal Programming & Gestation & Gestational Nutrition & NCBA Convention & News Release & ResearchHow many months out of a year is a mother cow just eating for herself? Hopefully none.
Date: Jan 23 2019
Angus Convention & Breeding & EPDs & Fetal Programming & Gestational Nutrition & News Release & Research & StockmanshipControl what you can and deal with the rest. Cattlemen can’t stop drought or hurricanes, but they can set their herd up to be successful during “everyday” challenges. “We can manage their feed. We can manage their health protocol. We can’t manage their stress,” said Kelly Sanders, Westway Feed Products. “From my feed standpoint, how do I mitigate that problem the best I can?”
Date: Jan 08 2019
Calving & On Target & Premium Potential & Research & Stockmanship & SustainabilityWinter came early for much of cow-calf country, and now calving season is at the gate. Even those who call it “spring calving” often start in January, but if you’re not out checking a heifer, this is a good time of year to catch up on reading. Calving dates and “housing” options for the herd were explored in a 2019 Nebraska Beef Report article by Terry Klopfenstein and others, who evaluated March, June, or August calving dates on the range, or two July calving systems in year-round confinement or in semi-confinement with grazed corn stalks from fall to April weaning.
Date: Nov 29 2018
EPDs & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & ResearchGenetic selection for ranch environment or meeting market demand? That’s a choice cattlemen don’t have to make, said Dan Moser, president of Angus Genetics Inc., speaking at the Feeding Quality Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, this summer.