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If you look at the averages, where would you guess the most room for improvement lies in increasing the cash flow and, therefore, the potential profitability of a beef cattle operation?

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  • Feb. 20, 2012
    Article

    Texas A&M Researchers Unlock Quarter Horse Genome

    In a study recently reported in the journal BMC Genomics, researchers at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, working with collaborators in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Texas AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Center, have sequenced the first Quarter Horse genome – helping unlock the secrets of what makes this breed so unique....More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
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    Reproductive Management Stressed At Cattlemen's College In Nashville

    BEEF Senior Editor Burt Rutherford gives a review of the sessions he attended at the Cattlemen's College held at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, TN....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    U.S. Beef Cow Productivity Is Stagnant

    Look at the genetic trend for performance traits in commonly used beef breeds and the steep, positive slope of improvement is staggering. But if you compare that to the pounds on the ground, and the ability of commercial cows to breed, calve, and wean a calf and then breed back, the lack of progress is just as shocking....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Commercial Producers Share Their Replacement Criteria

    Like shopping for a pickup, selecting heifers depends on your vision, resources and how you plan to use them. We talked to a number of commercial cow-calf producers about how they go about selecting the newest genetic components for their herds. Here’s what they had to say....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Paternity Testing Alone Won’t Pay For Itself

    Bulls in multi-sire breeding pastures sire a widely divergent number of calves, yet the cost of paternity testing calves through DNA still runs higher than the value of sorting the Romeos from the wallflowers....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Improve Ability To Make Accurate, Profitable Decisions About Young Angus Sires

    A recent analysis shows that adding genomic information to expected progeny differences (EPDs) can increase a producer’s odds of selecting the most appropriate Angus sires for his or her individual herd goals....More
  • Jan. 26, 2012
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    Crossbreeding Is Becoming Cool Again

    While manicuring the individual trees of cattle performance traits, the cow-calf industry apparently missed the proverbial forest. At least it has if you consider that three primary measures of cow productivity – weaning weight, pregnancy rate and pounds weaned per cow exposed – are static to declining. That’s according to data presented by David Lalman, Oklahoma State University Extension beef specialist, and Stan Bevers, Texas AgriLife Extension agricultural economist (see “U.S.Beef Cow Productivity Is Stagnant")....More
  • Jan. 20, 2012
    Article

    Creating A Home-Grown Composite

    My husband and I started crossing Angus and Hereford cattle in the 1960s, breeding a Hereford bull to Angus cows. We felt this cross worked better than the reverse (Angus bull on Hereford cows – the traditional cross), since our Angus cows were good mothers and milked better than the Herefords we had at that time....More
  • Jan. 6, 2012
    Article

    Preparation Is Key When Buying Bulls

    As the winter and spring bull-buying season approaches, seedstock purchasers should do their homework to help ensure their bull purchases meet their needs. Preparedness is the key to making an informed purchase....More
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