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BeefTalk: Those Cows Can’t Catch Me Now   ( 2012-05-24 )

It has been just more than a year since the Dickinson Research Extension Center initially decided to furlough the bulls for a month by changing bull turnout from early and mid-June to the second week of July.

BeefTalk: There Is Room for More Cows   ( 2012-05-17 )

Today, the cattle business is just as real as it was at the turn of the century. However, the market, consumer and even the producer have not remained unchanged.

BeefTalk: Don’t Take Bull Fertility for Granted   ( 2012-05-10 )

There are three major considerations when evaluating bulls as the breeding season approaches.

BeefTalk: Are Your Cows Ready for Breeding?   ( 2012-05-03 )

In a perfect world, cattle never should be out of shape for breeding.

BeefTalk: Birth Weight in the Eyes of a Chicken   ( 2012-04-26 )

What is interesting to ponder is how the poultry world has modified the chicken to become what it is today.

BeefTalk: Try Hard for Less Than 3 Percent Calf Death Loss   ( 2012-04-19 )

At what level of death loss does an individual producer become concerned?

BeefTalk: Preparing for a Dry Year Using Lazy L Culling   ( 2012-04-12 )

An example of proactive management is when a producer evaluates cow-calf numbers and determines in advance how many pairs should be turned out to grass and adjusts the inventory accordingly.

BeefTalk: Plan Ahead Instead of Reacting; Sell Infertile Cows   ( 2012-04-05 )

As with bulls, open cows simply eat well, compete better and produce fat.

BeefTalk: Drought and Stocking Rates Are Two Key Terms   ( 2012-03-29 )

A producer sleeps much better if a 1,200 pound cow has 30 pounds of dry matter available per day while grazing and a similar amount of hay available when confined.

BeefTalk: I Wish They Were All Like That One!   ( 2012-03-22 )

The cow-calf producer sees the business differently than the backgrounder or feedlot owner.

BeefTalk: Carcass Merit Pays   ( 2012-03-15 )

Producers should pay attention to how the calves perform in the feed yard and the type of carcasses that are hung up on the rail.

BeefTalk: The $2,017.31 Carcass   ( 2012-03-08 )

The value of beef is a constantly changing plus-and-minus world where producers hope to avoid discounts.

BeefTalk: The World of Genetic Marketing   ( 2012-03-01 )

As one reviews carcass data sheets and scans them for useful information, the complexity of this business is what really stands out.

BeefTalk: It Is in Caring That We Will Survive   ( 2012-02-23 )

Producers that are successful in raising livestock in balance with their own lives understand when things are not right

BeefTalk: Understanding Things We Do Not Control   ( 2012-02-16 )

The cow-calf producer, in general, does not calculate margins and does not have the option of increasing the price to cover yesterday’s losses.

BeefTalk: The Winner - the Heavier-conditioned, Large Steer With No Muscle   ( 2012-02-09 )

Although all the data needs to be studied, one steer certainly caught my eye

BeefTalk: Cattle Size Is Different Than Cow Size   ( 2012-02-02 )

In one decade, large carcasses are strongly discouraged and, in the next decade, strongly encouraged.

BeefTalk: Meat, Fat, Size and Quality   ( 2012-01-26 )

The cattle industry is and always has been a series of relationships that we hope will result in desired outcomes.

BeefTalk: $1.43 short   ( 2012-01-19 )

Producers buying replacement bulls and heifers realize that, even within the industry, costs are increasing.

BeefTalk: Like Begets Like   ( 2012-01-12 )

Without good genes, the calves will not meet the producers’ expectations and, more than likely, not meet the buyers’ expectations when the calves are sold.