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Crabby Returns
Ron Banks doesn't have time to fix somebody else's mistakes. We grow cattle, explains the owner of Rendezvous Cattle. That's it. That's why he won't buy...
Identify Your Calf Market, Then Add The Value
For all the opportunities that come with value-added markets, they can be the tail wagging the proverbial fleabag if you lose sight of the core product while focusing on the extras some buyers are enamored with some of the time...
Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
From wasps to moths to crickets, this field includes more than 2,350 color photographs of a wide variety of common insects. With a pictorial table of...
Self Help
Marketing clubs for cattlemen have changed over the years. They've not only taken on a new persona, they've morphed into a new and totally different creature.
Back in the 1970s, such clubs usually were cattle-feeding ventures for investors needing a tax shelter — until tax-code changes eliminated such arrangements. Today's marketing clubs have a different slant — to help producers become better marketers and boost their profit...
2007 alliance yellow pages
2007 marks BEEF magazine's 10th annual listing of industry alliances. Categorized by consumer-based programs, where the focus is on finding, feeding and marketing cattle according to predefined consumer product specifications...
Alliance Numbers Grow - Consolidate
Consumer-based programs listed in the BEEF Alliance Yellow Pages reflect the overall evolution of industry structure. While the numbers flowing through...
KSU's Twig Marston Offers July Management Tips
Summer's hot dry weather can take a toll on cattle in the High Plains, but producers can take steps to keep health and productivity problems at bay, says Kansas State University beef cattle specialist Twig Marston. He provides the following tips for ...
Measuring Doability
Most of the efficiency work underway today is focused on growing cattle. While cow feed costs are of overriding importance in integrated beef-production...
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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...
