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December 2012 BEEF Magazine Issue

Highlights in our December issue are:

Beef Producers Claim Shortage Of Large-Animal Vets; Vets Say No

2013 Directory Of RFID Technology Suppliers

High Costs Challenge Cattle Feeding Rules Of Thumb

Animal ID

  • Photo: Ontario Agriculture Photo Library
    Nov. 26, 2012
    Datasheet

    2013 Directory Of RFID Technology Suppliers

    For the 10th straight year, BEEF magazine is teaming up with KSU to deliver the industry’s most complete survey of firms offering RFID technology for cattle-industry application. This survey includes information supplied by 30 RFID technology firms. Some offer hardware – scale heads, RFID readers, tags, etc. Others primarily offer software to accumulate the cowherd data collected by the hardware. Others are one-stop shops offering the whole package – hardware, software and data storage....More

Industry Series | Connecting The Dots

  • connecting the beef industry dots
    Nov. 26, 2012
    Article

    High Costs Challenge Cattle Feeding's Rules Of Thumb 1

    For the record, history tells us the practice of feeding groups of cattle to slaughter weight is at least as old as the nation itself. The sprawling, business-first, intensively managed cattle feeding industry of today grew from those California roots to Arizona and finally the High Plains in the 1950s and 1960s. Farmer-feeders had already been going strong in the Corn Belt and as far west as places like Colorado for decades....More

Exclusive Vet/Producer Survey

  • Nov. 26, 2012
    Article

    Beef Producers Claim Shortage Of Large-Animal Vets; Vets Say No 3

    A looming shortage of large-animal vets in rural America was a big worry six years ago. In fact, the August 2006 issue of BEEF magazine included a report on a survey of U.S. beef producers and bovine practitioners that found almost 49% of producer respondents worried about a long-run shortage of large-animal practitioners in their community, and 14% said there already was a shortage....More

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Columns

  • Nov. 26, 2012
    blog

    Drought Economics – Part II 1

    Last month, I summarized my producer educational programs in past droughts. The key lesson I learned from those droughts was that the optimum drought strategy depends on where we are in the cattle cycle. What is an optimal drought strategy for one drought may be sub-optimal for the next drought....More
  • replacement angus heifers
    Nov. 29, 2012
    blog

    Tips For Selecting Replacement Heifers For The Beef Herd 4

    Managing reproduction starts with selecting replacement heifers. For a long time, I thought that a combination of performance records and visual appraisal would allow me to tell the good heifers from the poor ones. I have now learned different....More
  • Nov. 26, 2012
    blog

    States Lead The Way In ID Traceability

    Suspension of the state’s brucellosis testing program in August 2011 was the impetus behind the Texas Animal Disease Traceability program. Beginning Jan. 1, every sexually intact adult beef animal in Texas must carry an approved form of permanent ID in order to change hands....More
  • Certified Angus Beef choice steak
    Nov. 26, 2012
    blog

    CAB, Nolan Ryan Prove Quality, Consistency Pay

    Quality and consistency pay, even in a soft economy. Just ask those involved in the industry’s most successful branded beef program, Certified Angus Beef® (CAB). The program, which began in 1978, reported record sales for a sixth consecutive fiscal year (FY) that ended Sept. 30....More
  • Nov. 20, 2012
    Article

    Ag Must Take Lead In Guiding Water Policy 1

    The U.S. population is predicted to grow from 309 million in 2010 to 439 million by 2050. A significant portion of that growth is expected to occur in traditionally water-deficient areas like the southwestern U.S....More
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