Beef Magazine

Continuing Commitment 

Jun 1, 2007 - By Kindra Gordon

The challenge to BIF is to remain dynamic and move into the 21st century with a program attuned to the technology of that era. Embryo transfer, cloning...

Measuring Doability 

Jun 1, 2007 - By Bill Zimmerman

Most of the efficiency work underway today is focused on growing cattle. While cow feed costs are of overriding importance in integrated beef-production...

Predicting "Doability" In Cattle  

May 4, 2007 - Bill Zimmerman

There's something almost mystical about "doability" in cattle. We all think we know what it is when we see it -- steers that keep gaining during a Panhandle snowstorm, cows that...

Predicting Doability 

May 1, 2007 - By Bill Zimmerman

There's something almost mystical about in cattle. We all think we know what it is when we see it steers that keep gaining during a Panhandle snowstorm...

Running The Genetic Reverse 

Apr 1, 2007 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

As demand goes, so goes opportunity in the beef business, says Ben Brophy, director of genomics commercialization for Cargill. Our focus is on tools to...

Mating with a Guarantee 

Feb 1, 2007 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

At some point there won't be any reason to buy or mate cattle without knowing the DNA in an animal, and the interaction between that DNA and the specific...

Mixed Bag On DNA-Testing 

Feb 1, 2007 - By Alaina Burt Managing Editor

The sale barn in Creston, IA, drew a few more spectators than usual in late November for Nichols Farms 10th annual genetic source-verified feeder-calf sale. The first of two sales consisted of ...

Bull cost per hundredweight 

Feb 1, 2007 - by Wes Ishmael contributing editor

When it comes to buying bulls, the difference in price between what you need and what you think you can afford may be less than it first appears...

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