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Consumer steak preferences
The ideal steak is locally produced, Choice Angus fed a mixture of grain and grass that is traceable to the farm of origin, Iowa State University researchers...
Spending wisely
No dartboards. No crystal balls. No coin flips. I've heard lots of theories on how decisions about your checkoff dollars are made. Most are not accurate....
Target Market
Beef producers are slowly increasing their marketing efforts to the Hispanic community. Not only has this consumer group demonstrated an affinity for...
The Taste Of Protein
Umami. It's pronounced and it's such a mysterious sounding word that you might think it refers to an ethnic trend or a spiritual practice in a faraway...
No smoke just smoke & mirrors
In response to a March issue guest column likening the use of 2-agonists (i.e., Zilmax) to the end of beef demand (Does anyone smell smoke? page 74),...
Best Guesses In The New Age
Ask a dozen folks how to plan for the next 12 months and you'll get plenty of discussion based on myriad qualifications and assumptions, but few confident...
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, decreased to the low $3 in mid-year, and surpassed $4 later in the year....
A Change In The Lineup
If you head south from Ellendale, ND, past the community baseball field and a mile into South Dakota, you'll find the ranch headquarters of Bruce and...
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From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
