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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...

Forty Years of Foresight 

Jun 1, 2007 - By Kindra Gordon

January 1967 marked an important beginning for the beef industry. Cattle producers and researchers gathered in Denver for a meeting during the National...

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...

The Sex Ratio Riddle 

Apr 1, 2007 - By Rupert Amann & George Seidel, Jr.

Predetermining the sex of calves has been one of the most intriguing and sought-after technologies in the cattle industry for decades. Most of the attention...

Sale Barn Operators Say Value-Added Brings More Dollars 

Feb 9, 2007

Participating in a value-added verification program is extra work, extra record keeping and extra management, but it also results in extra dollars in your pocket, says a survey...

Genetically profiled feeder sales 

Nov 1, 2006

Nichols Genetic Source, Bridgewater, IA, will host two more trademark feeder-calf sales - Nov. 29 and Jan. 10, in Creston, IA. Nichols has sold 3,000...