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BEEF February 2013 Magazine Issue

Highlights in our NCBA issue include:

Wyoming Dairyman To Lead NCBA In 2013

Cow-Calf Producers Are The Beef Industry’s Lifeblood

BEEF Reader Survey Finds Both Optimism And Concern

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  • Scott George, NCBA president, beef
    Jan. 23, 2013
    Article

    Wyoming Dairyman To Lead NCBA In 2013 1

    When it comes to an overall view of the U.S. beef business, it’s tough to think of a National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) incoming president with a broader industry perspective than Scott George. A dairy farmer from Cody, WY, he’s part of a family operation that includes cow-calf and stocker production. He and his brothers also operate the local American Breeders Service dealership, breeding several thousand head of beef cattle annually. Plus, they raise all the corn needs, and the majority of hay, required to feed their beef and dairy herds, in addition to some small grains....More

Business

  • beef producers positive and negative about 2013
    Jan. 23, 2013
    Article

    BEEF Reader Survey Finds Both Optimism And Concern

    Will Rogers, in one of his many commentaries on the state of U.S. politics, once lifted his eyes to the heavens in mock seriousness and said: “Congress meets tomorrow morning. Let us all pray: Oh Lord, give us strength to bear that which is about to be inflicted upon us. Be merciful with them, oh Lord, for they know not what they’re doing. Amen.”...More

Industry Series | Connecting The Dots

  • food service distribution
    Jan. 23, 2013
    Article

    The “Middlemen” -- Retailers, Food Service Parcel & Peddle Beef

    Imagine a sea parceled out to hundreds of millions of consumers, who have instant access to the quantity they need and want, every day of the year at any time of day. That’s basically what happens with beef every year, some 26 billion lbs. in 2011, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS). Beef production in 2011 was worth about $79 billion....More

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  • scott george, ncba president, ag security
    Jan. 25, 2013
    Article

    U.S. Agriculture Is Critical To National Security

    “Our industry is so impacted today in so many ways and there’s a limited amount of influence we can have. I don’t care if you’re a cattle feeder, cow-calf, dairy or veal producer, we need to band together to help ourselves,” Scott George says....More
  • U.S. beef industry quality assurance
    Jan. 23, 2013
    blog

    BQA Is Emblematic Of Beef Production Stewardship

    Even though 2012 beef exports were below the previous year’s record pace in terms of volume through the first 11 months, the value of those products set a new record-high. Through November, U.S. beef exports represented a value of $214.64/head of fed cattle harvested....More
  • calving season
    Jan. 23, 2013
    blog

    Environment Is Critical In Preventing Neonatal Calf Disease

    We’ve all heard the old adage that “the three most important things about real estate are location, location, location.” If I could propose a new quote on neonatal calf disease, it would be: “The three most important things about prevention of neonatal calf disease are environment, environment, environment.”...More
  • drought depoulation & repopulation
    Jan. 23, 2013
    blog

    Thoughts On Repopulating A Beef Herd After Drought

    In times of drought, ranchers should focus most of their management energy on cash flowing the herd through the drought and beyond. Remember, a drought’s cash-flow impact on a herd is 7-10 years....More
  • cull cows
    Jan. 23, 2013
    blog

    Why Are Beef Producers So Afraid To Cull Cows? 1

    In my last three articles, I’ve discussed managing toward a 30-day calving season, developing and selecting replacement heifers, and culling cows and selecting bulls. If you were to review those articles, you would find some repetition and some interconnection of ideas. The question posed by this article’s headline relates to that inter-connectedness and ideas presented in earlier articles....More
  • cow-calf industry
    Jan. 25, 2013
    blog

    Cow-Calf Producers Are The Beef Industry’s Lifeblood

    All this set me thinking as to how the U.S. beef industry is like a huge family. It has many members spread all over the continent (and Hawaii, of course). The family squabbles from time to time and sometimes seems to waste energy on pointless issues, but everyone is dedicated to raising the finest cattle and producing the best beef they can....More
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