Self Help

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup

Marketing clubs for cattlemen have changed over the years. They've not only taken on a new persona, they've morphed into a new and totally different creature.

Back in the 1970s, such clubs usually were cattle-feeding ventures for investors needing a tax shelter — until tax-code changes eliminated such arrangements. Today's marketing clubs have a different slant — to help producers become better marketers and boost their profit...

Value Of A Brand

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

Increasing demand has been a major challenge of the U.S. beef industry over the past 25 years. And the proliferation of branded-beef products and program-production...

Health Dollars & Sense

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

If you've written a check to your friendly local animal health supply house or looked at a closeout sheet on a set of high-risk calves, you know sickness...

Beef-Quality Paradox

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Depending on who runs the numbers, the percentage of beef cattle grading Choice or higher has remained static or declined. This is despite an extraordinary...

A Matter Of Size

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup

Should you pick a small feedyard over a large one to obtain the best quality-grading carcass? If you consider summarized data compiled by Certified Angus...

Grab Your Partner

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Joe Roybal Editor

Expect the formation of inter-sector alliances to get a boost over the next few years, says Kansas City economist Bill Helming. Like kids scrambling when...

Proud Promoter

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Kindra Gordon

From the time she married South Dakota rancher Bob Adrian in 1957, Pat Adrian who grew up as a town kid has taken her role as a ranch wife and beef promoter...

Proving It

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup

Better prices are available for calves and yearlings with third-party verification (TPV) of solid preconditioning and age and source verification. But...

2007 alliance yellow pages

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

2007 marks BEEF magazine's 10th annual listing of industry alliances. Categorized by consumer-based programs, where the focus is on finding, feeding and marketing cattle according to predefined consumer product specifications...

Alliance Numbers Grow - Consolidate

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Consumer-based programs listed in the BEEF Alliance Yellow Pages reflect the overall evolution of industry structure. While the numbers flowing through...

Big announcements

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, by Joe Roybal editor

BEEF magazine's Web site has an exciting new look. We've retooled www.beef-mag.com to make it more comprehensive, user-friendly and valuable to readers....

This month in brief

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

In the latest installment of his series on heifer economics, Market Advisor columnist Harlan Hughes delves into the economic challenges of producing replacement...

Bye, bye, birdie

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened and endangered species at a Washington, D.C. ceremony in July. With 9,789 breeding pairs in the...

Trich test required

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Effective July 23, North Dakota requires all bulls over 24 months old, and all non-virgin bulls over 12 months, have three consecutive, weekly, negative...

New facility dedicated

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

USDA dedicated a new, $85-million, high-containment, large-animal facility in Ames, IA, last month. The facility combines several research facilities...

TPA expires

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which gives the president the ability to negotiate trade agreements with a straight up-or-down vote by Congress, expired...

Canada feed regs

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that bovine specified risk material (SRM) will be banned from all animal feed, pet food and fertilizer,...

Heifer economics part 3

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, by Harlan Hughes contributing editor

Replacement-heifer decisions may prove to be one of the more critical management decisions of the emerging biofuels era. That's because such decisions...

The value of education

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, by Jim Gerrish contributing editor

A lot of farm and ranch kids growing up in the '70s and '80s were told by their parents to get an education and find a better job than farming or ranching....

Bullet-proof, exceptfor management

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, by Wes Ishmael contributing editor

It might be even tougher to make the wrong decision marketing calves this year than last, if such a thing is possible. Supplies are that tight, and prices...

BEEF TECH

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Heat stress solution Form-A-Feed Inc. claims Beef Hydro-Lac helps maintain dry matter intake in feedlot cattle during periods of heat stress. Feedlot...

About to tip over

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, by Mike Apley, contributing editor

We've all misread a few trends in life, some of which evolved into forces that drastically changed lives and entire industries. Thirty years ago, who...

Ag competition bill introduced

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, compiled by BEEF staff

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Herb Kohl (D-WI), and John Thune (R-SD) introduced legislation on agricultural competition. The measure would coordinate...

Pfizer, Superior team up

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, compiled by BEEF staff

Pfizer's SelectVAC preconditioning program has been named the preferred health program for calves sold through Superior Livestock Auction. Calves meeting...

EPA Web site

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, compiled by BEEF staff

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a new Web site for producers. It contains a search tool for finding federal regulations that may apply...

Downer rule is permanent

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, compiled by BEEF staff

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) permanently banned the slaughter of downer cattle (animals unable to stand or walk when presented for...

Nolan pitches beef

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, compiled by BEEF staff

Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan pitched in Japan in July, but it was U.S. beef, not 101.9-mph fastballs. Taking part in a U.S. Meat Export Federation...

Stimulating Agents

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

Another growth-enhancing feed additive is poised for entry into the U.S. cattle feeding scene. Zilpaterol, manufactured by Intervet Inc. and sold under...

Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

From wasps to moths to crickets, this field includes more than 2,350 color photographs of a wide variety of common insects. With a pictorial table of...

Support U.S. beef

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Taking advantage of the patriotism surrounding the July 4 holiday, A&W restaurants launched Moove to American, a marketing campaign to promote consumption...

Distiller's Grains Usage

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Like it or not, distiller's grains will figure into feedyard rations for the foreseeable future. To learn more about how the rapid growth in ethanol production...