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Superior Livestock Auction changes ownership | Auction turnover

Jan 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....

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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. ...

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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....

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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. ...

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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.,...

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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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Tracking failure

"Hard to believe six years have passed since the cow bearing BSE stole Christmas in the U.S. Harder to believe there's still no cattle and beef industry...

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The next decade: Part I

I truly believe ranching in the next decade will not be "business as usual." Thus, my next few columns will look to stimulate ranchers'...

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No Silver Bullet

I think I can speak for all the “Vet's Opinion” authors in saying that we enjoy feedback on our columns, particularly when a correspondent gives...

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