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Will MCOOL hurt ground beef sales?
Think of beef and most people bring to mind a juicy steak. But the beef industry's most valuable product is ground beef, sold as such, in patty form or...
Get 'Em GONE
Used to be that keeping and feeding cull cows was a no-brainer: there's lots of compensatory gain to be had with mature cows in their worst condition...
For better or worse
Earlier this year, despite the steady and alarming rise in the cost of food and fuel hitting their clientele, America's food retailers were optimistic....
Pregnancy Diagnosis
Considering the rising cost of feed associated with maintaining a cow through the winter, removing non-pregnant cows from the herd prior to winter would...
COOL'S Devilish Details
The devil is always in the detail, and USDA's interim final rule on mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) is no exception. In the week after USDA...
Keeping The Faith
Tom Woodward doesn't take his hat off very often. You know that by the sweat-stain circle where brim meets crown, and by its sunburned and wind-beaten...
Matching Consumer To Rancher
It's not as easy as finding a niche market and sticking with it, explains Mary Forman, who co-founded Country Natural Beef (CNB) with her husband, Lowell....
Consumer-Based Programs
Alliance Web Address Contact Year estab. Cattle in alliance in 2007 Average premium paid Cost Minimum head Grids geared to QG, YG or both (see key at...
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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...
