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January 2013 BEEF Magazine Issue

Highlights in our January issue are:

Consultants Review 2012 And Look Ahead To 2013

Full-Size & Heavy Duty Pickups For 2013

What's Ahead For The U.S. Meat Business?

Calving

  • cattle disease acute gut infection
    Dec. 21, 2012
    Article

    Calving Tips: How To Prevent Acute Gut Infection In Beef Calves

    Some producers experience frustrating cases of acute enterotoxemia during calving. This term literally means bacterial toxins in the bloodstream generated by bacteria normally found in the intestine. Under certain conditions, these cattle disease bacteria proliferate rapidly and produce toxins that damage the gut and can kill a calf if not treated quickly....More
  • cow calf bonding
    Dec. 21, 2012
    Article

    Younger Calving Cows Most At Risk To Predators

    In large pasture situations, beef cows tend to leave the herd and seek more isolation shortly before calving. This behavior has several advantages for the cow and her newborn calf. Isolating herself from the herd allows a cow to calve in seclusion, and the mother-offspring bond can be formed without disturbance by other cows....More

Genetics

  • Hoffy's Heifers, Bayard, NE
    Dec. 21, 2012
    Article

    Good Heifer Development Is All Or Nothing 2

    Ron Hoffman thinks including DNA data in his toolbox of performance records will help him select cattle to better meet those challenges. “You have these things that come along and if it’s beneficial to your program, you’ve got to do it because you can’t afford not to do it,” he says....More

Business

  • Dec. 21, 2012
    Article

    What's Ahead For The U.S. Meat Business?

    Drought and demand will dictate the direction of U.S. cattle and beef markets this year. The impact of the first, on herd size and producer costs, is already largely known. So how beef demand holds up against higher consumer beef prices is the big wildcard for 2013....More
  • drought was a challenge in 2012
    Jan. 1, 2013
    Article

    Consultants Review 2012 And Look Ahead To 2013 1

    For 2013, improved industry profitability will be dependent on the weather. Mean-while, continued drought could be devastating, and students of history know that severe droughts are often several years in duration....More

Government

  • 2012 Election results
    Jan. 1, 2013
    Article

    After A $2-Billion Election, Status Quo Prevails

    Reader surveys and online polls ahead of the November presidential election consistently indicated that BEEF readers preferred Republican nominee Mitt Romney by a wide margin over Barack Obama. And that support within agriculture for the Republican nominee appears to have been wider than just beef producers....More

Industry Series | Connecting The Dots

  • packer sector of beef industry
    Dec. 27, 2012
    Article

    Market Conditions Will Shrink U.S. Packing Sector

    It’s a complex business because there are so many moving parts, but it’s not really that complicated,” James Henderson says of the beef packing business. “You figure your cost on a per-head basis and your revenue by the pound. As long as that’s the case, the incentive is to make carcasses heavier.”...More

Columns

  • Dec. 20, 2012
    Article

    2013 Is Our Year Of Anniversaries

    The year 2013 is a significant milestone in the history of BEEF magazine. It holds the fifth anniversary of the launching of BEEF Daily (September), the 10th anniversary of the launching of BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly (July), and September begins the magazine’s 50th year of publication....More
  • Dec. 20, 2012
    blog

    Individual Death Loss Can Be A Tip To Bigger Problem

    In a lot of periodicals, this title would require reading the article for clarification. But a majority of BEEF readers probably guessed I’m referring to a cow. Oh, we claim we don’t name them, but a number often becomes a name....More
  • Dec. 20, 2012
    blog

    Cost Management Really Pays In Tough Times 2

    Cost management is much like heterosis. Used wisely, it always pays; but it pays most when conditions are at their worst....More
  • culling cows after drought
    Dec. 20, 2012
    blog

    Consider The Invisible Costs Of Your Drought Strategy 3

    In a continuation of the drought strategies analysis, we project the invisible costs of having fewer calves to sell in the years following the 2012 drought.....More
  • estate transfer
    Dec. 20, 2012
    Article

    Ag's Future Demands Death Tax Repeal 2

    With the death tax a constant threat to America’s farm and ranch families, now’s the time to sit down with a lawyer and get your affairs in order. Yet, 90% of families either don’t have an estate plan or are inadequately protected, says Brian Kirby, a Sioux Falls, SD-based lawyer and partner at Lindquist & Vennum....More
  • Nov. 29, 2012
    blog

    Perhaps The Industry Needs New Allies 4

    Perhaps our industry’s failing is that we’ve spent too much time trying to speak with one unified voice within our industry. While it certainly would be beneficial for the industry and increase our clout, the advantages probably pale in comparison to finding and collaborating with those groups who agree with us....More
  • culling bulls
    Jan. 2, 2013
    blog

    Tips For Selecting Bulls, Culling Cows 1

    If you raise your own replacements, the bulls you select become the future of your herd. Meanwhile, judicious cow culling can clean up your herd and make it more manageable and marketable....More
  • Dec. 20, 2012
    blog

    The Mandatory COOL Saga Is Nearly Over 5

    MCOOL finally was implemented in 2009, but the battle continued. Canada, later joined by Mexico, initiated a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO subsequently ruled in June 2012 that the law is discriminatory against livestock from other countries and doesn’t meet the U.S.’s WTO trade obligations. Then, on Dec. 4, WTO gave the U.S. until May 23, 2013, to bring MCOOL into compliance with its WTO obligations....More
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