Recent content by cmay

We need the cheap, lean Argentine beef to mix with the extra fat we produce to make hamburger.

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVj1X ... oM.wrpZbk- case a few years ago diagnosed by an old doctor here.

They get a few dollars for every carcass certified CAB.

AAA owns CAB. All the revenue from CAB goes to AAA. They report it as income. It's really simple.

CAB is one of the main sources of revenue for the AAA. It may have been started to sell bulls, but now it's a huge revenue stream.

Very, Very few holsteins can meet the ribeye, carcass weight, and muscling requirements of CAB.

The other CAB requirements would keep out "old black cows". You should read them.

CAB is owned by the AAA.

Several years later, some of those mommas would have been culled. The gene pool of the older cows "should" be better genetics.

Don't ever joke about ball count on here M-5.

You are wrong about your life expectancy statement. Life expectancies have decreased several times in the last 50 years. Most recently in 1993 (besides 2016). They have all been just a small blip that changed for the better right away.

I didn't read all the replies, by more parents work outside the home/farm than in the past. It may be a lot more convenient for many of those parents to drop their kids off on the way to work than to wait for the bus.

We've done it here. After the first few hit the ground, we quit checking on them. Zero calving problems. These were jersey bulls on Angus and Hereford heifers. The calves weren't bad at all. A feeder said he could consistently get 60% choice from angus/jersey calves, and they can qualify...

100 miles doesn't sound too bad to me. My wife has to travel almost 100 to the nearest Wal-mart. I have to travel 20 miles to buy gasoline. I have 2 usda custom processors within 60 miles.

By far the largest branded beef program. One BILLION pounds of beef sold per year. It is a pretty big deal.