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BeefTalk: We Too Are Resting in Someone's Hand   ( 2009-11-05 )

Today there are more important things to do than the numerous processes we embark on in our daily routines.

BeefTalk: Collaborative Thought Is Better Than Competitive Strategy   ( 2009-10-29 )

Answers to survival in the beef industry will take collaborative thought, not competitive strategy.

BeefTalk: Do You Know Your IMPS numbers?   ( 2009-10-22 )

Meat is not chunks of product chopped at random.

BeefTalk: Starting From Scratch Should Bolster Confidence   ( 2009-10-15 )

Fairness and other market positioning often are expressed as frustration or confrontation rather than organized planning.

BeefTalk: Four Tons of Calf Is Not Easy to Give Up   ( 2009-10-08 )

Evaluate the cows, check the condition score and take steps to start improving the most likely problem, which is cow nutrition.

BeefTalk: Just Under the Floorboards   ( 2009-10-01 )

If one has ever dismantled an old home, lifting the floorboards can be quite interesting. Perhaps it is as simple as an old coin that rolled between the boards or a long-held stash of papers put there as a place to reside and eventually were boarded over.

BeefTalk: Age and Source Verification   ( 2009-09-24 )

Age and source verification for meat and source verification for many more food products are management processes that seem to please consumers.

BeefTalk: Today's Market Preparation Begins with an Ear Tag   ( 2009-09-17 )

The process of preparing calves for market does not change the anticipation or remove the nervousness associated with marketing the annual calf crop.

BeefTalk: The Simpler the Better   ( 2009-09-10 )

If you want to know how much something weighs, weigh it.

BeefTalk: Knowledge and Wisdom Should be the Goal   ( 2009-09-03 )

The heart of the issue is not the failings of systems that try their best to keep up with our expectations, but rather our demands in the first place.

BeefTalk: Not All Land Is Created Equal   ( 2009-08-27 )

Land mapping process identifies potential forage production for all the individual ecosites to determine the number of acres needed to provide the nutritional requirement for a cow for a month.

BeefTalk: One Out of Five Is Not Good Enough   ( 2009-08-20 )

Additional diligence in the current tracking systems certainly will cut down on the calves not accounted for.

BeefTalk: Why Are the Raspberries Still Here?   ( 2009-08-13 )

If we are going to feed the world, we at least need to engage the world.

BeefTalk: Four Points to Think About   ( 2009-08-06 )

Four things beef producers might want to think about are food safety, seamless regionalized calf-to-feedlot health connectivity, implementation of improved RFID technology and value capture for the producer.

BeefTalk: 2009 Production Benchmarks Are In   ( 2009-07-30 )

In reality, the need is to grow profitable cattle that a producer can appreciate and still meet industry needs.

BeefTalk: Ranching is a Balance Among Land, Grass and Beef   ( 2009-07-23 )

How much grass is available and how many cows can the ranch run?

BeefTalk: Capturing Value Is The Name Of The Beef Game   ( 2009-07-09 )

Given the costs involved in producing beef, producers must strive to maximize their gross margin.

BeefTalk: What Is the Real Value In a Beef Herd?   ( 2009-07-02 )

To know our real opportunity to make a profit, we should know what the gross margin is when we sell calves, bulls and cows connected to the enterprise.

BeefTalk: How Does One Stay in the Beef Business?   ( 2009-06-25 )

Change for the better means data or records to guide in and out value, direct expenses and overhead within a beef operation.

BeefTalk: The Plight of Being Average   ( 2009-06-18 )

With rising input costs and falling calf value, survival in the beef business is a very real question for many producers.