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Do Preconditioning Programs PAY?
Trying to decide whether or not to spend the money to precondition your calves, given the profound incentive that cow-calf producers have to cut costs,...
The question is premiums
With high feed prices, producers might be tempted to skip preconditioning calves this fall to save on costs, but if producers get a premium of $6/cwt.,...
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...
Calf-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...
Gearing Up Or Gearing Down?
With skyrocketing production costs and tough consumer economic conditions, the beef industry is facing challenging times. But do those margin-squeezing...
Hedge In A Profit?
Cattle feeders haven't had much to smile about in the past year or so, what with ethanol-fueled corn prices and persistently strong feeder cattle prices...
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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...
