Tag: beef cattle
Brands: Beyond the burning hair
When it comes to your cattle, you should be pleased if planning and selection created a set of calves that can satisfy the next owner all the way to beef consumers.
‘Go time’ for newborns
A baby calf nursing for the first time . . . if everything’s going right, it might look a little peaceful. But no matter how serene it may seem on the outside, what’s happening inside is a fast and furious defense system.
When it comes to cattle quality, no one wants seconds
Take a look at any sale barn study or video auction analysis and it will show the advantages for preconditioned, reputation calves.
Breed shows held at Ohio Beef Expo
More than 30,000 gathered at the Ohio Expo Center March 20-22 for the annual Ohio Beef Expo in Columbus.
Loftis, Jones show grand champions at Ohio Beef Expo junior show
Juniors take the spotlight in show at Ohio Beef Expo; parade 730 steers and heifers.
Checkoff passed by Ky. beef producers
Kentucky beef cattle producers voted to assess themselves an additional $1 per head on cattle marketed in Kentucky in a statewide referendum held in November.
Fixer uppers? Improvements in herds can be made
I got my start with other people’s cull cows, just a bid or two above the hamburger market — which was not so dear back then.
U.S. cattle inventory down 3 percent from 2012
As of July 1, there were 95 million head of cattle on U.S. farms, according to NASS reports.
Planning, reality and planning again
’Tis the season to plan so you can stay jolly all through the year. That may include deciding it is time for Plan B...
Hoffman Farms focuses on crops and cattle
Christian Hoffman —Ohio's Commercial Cattelemen of the Year — is a young producer but is on par with some of the best.
