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Superior Livestock Auction changes ownership | Auction turnoverJan 1, 2010 12:00 PM Superior Livestock Auction, Inc. (SLAI) reports on its website that it's now owned by SLAI, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farm Credit West, ACA. Jim... |
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Cow-Calf
Disposition, Docility
Source: Tri-State Livestock News; By: Loretta Sorensen
The days when Red Angus cattle were discounted at sale barns are quickly fading away and Red Angus breeder Corey Gall of Tripp, SD can easily explain what made him start cultivating his own 50 head herd of red hides....
Score Them Now
Source: Rick Rasby; By: UNL Beef Cattle Production
We have visited about this topic a number of times and its importance to cow performance....
Feedlot
Ranchers Install New Feed Efficiency System
Source: Tri-State Livestock News
With the current economic trend of ever-rising input costs combined with stagnant cattle prices, it is imperative for cattle producers to find ways to increase efficiency in their ranching operations....
Cattle on Feed Numbers Released
Source: High Plains Journal
There were 1,304,000 cattle on feed for the slaughter market in all feedlots in Iowa on Dec. 1, up 6% from Nov. 1 and up 2% from Dec. 1, 2008. ...
Processing
National Beef Plans IPO at $15-$17 Per Share
Dec 3, 2009 6:23 AM, Source: Reuters
National Beef Inc, a holding company that intends to buy a minority stake in the fourth largest U.S. beef company, said it will have an initial public offering of 17.25 million shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday, reports Reuters....
JBS Gets Green Light to Buy Pilgrim's Pride
Nov 24, 2009 3:50 PM, Source: Northern Colorado Business Report; By: Steve Porter
A cattle producers' lobbying group is criticizing the U.S. Department of Justice for not blocking a proposed merger of the world's largest beef producer and North America's second-largest chicken processor....
Retail
Meat & Eternal Damnation?
Source: Bovine Veterinarian; By: Geni Wren
This morning the AgriTalk radio station, a sister division to Bovine Veterinarian, discussed more anti-meat campaigns from HSUS and other activist groups that are focusing on using religious information to guilt people into stop eating meat and dairy products. ...
American Meat Institute Says U.S. Beef Supply Is Safe
Source: AMI PresidentJ. Patrick Boyle
The U.S. meat industry supply is the most regulated and inspected industry in America and U.S. meat products have an excellent food safety record that reflects food safety progress. ...
Seedstock
Flying Turnips or Rye Into Corn
Source: UNL Beef Cattle Production Timely Topics; By: Bruce Anderson, Ph.D.
Corn stalks are one of the better and least expensive winter feeds we have. ...
Jerry Wulf focuses on the end-product
By Alaina Burt, Managing Editor
Jerry Wulf from Morris, MN, wears many hats in the cattle business. The Wulf operation encompasses three different entities: Leonard Wulf & Sons, Inc.,...
Stocker
Back up Your Stocker Calves with Good Cow Herd Management
Source: Texas Cattle Raisers; By: Kristen Odom
Having a management program in place is key for the calf crop going into a feedyard, but it is equally important to have an efficient management program for the cow herd and to let buyers know about it....
Seminar to Address Key Issues for Stocker Cattle Producers
Source: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's Agricultural Division will host a Stocker Cattle Seminar from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the Kruse Auditorium on the Noble Foundation's Ardmore campus. ...
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