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Picking the Michael Jordans
Consider this 1 lb. of gain from less than 4 lbs. of feed on a dry matter (DM) basis. A feed-conversion rate of the future? Don't bet against it if you're...
What is a breed?
What is a breed? Is there really such a thing as a purebred? Let's begin by defining what a breed is. The late Hilton Briggs, the quintessential authority...
Crossbreeding is still untapped
A large number of the industry's cattle are still designed wrong genetically. Too many have the wrong breed composition to succeed in the feedlot and...
More on hybrids
This regards the April issue letter from Richard Evans, director of American Brahman Breeders Association, on the Crossbreeding With Composites article...
AngusSource enrollment record
Enrollments in the AngusSource Program reached a record-high of more than 12,000 head in March, eclipsing the previous high by more than 3,000 head. To...
Top 10 Factors Confusing Producers About Crossbreeding
Discipline Is Key To Creating Breeding Program
Clarifying synchronization protocols from February issue
Editor's note: Two articles in the February issue of BEEF detailed estrus synchronization (ES) protocols in beef cattle (Using MGA, page 28, and Head...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
