Articles about the production of beef cattle and livestock. http://cattletoday.com/rss/cattletoday.xml Copyright 2005 Cattle Today, Inc. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:52:30 -0600 editor@cattletoday.com Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:52:07 -0600 webmaster@cattletoday.com FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) http://cattletoday.com/rss/rss.gif http://cattletoday.com/rss/cattletoday.xml Cattle Today 40 60 A fundamental question was asked the other day. Why not pay more attention to the offspring of the bull when a producer is re-evaluating the bull pen rather than the current predicted performance of the bull? http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/November/CT2099.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:58:31 -0600 If you weren't at Calhoun Stockyards in Calhoun, Ga. on September 26, you were missed. Maybe more importantly, you missed a firsthand observation of the strong demand for the kind of Brangus Bulls produced by the crew at Salacoa Valley Farms. http://www.cattletoday.com/salereports/2009/November/Sale599.shtml Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:51:32 -0600 Pagan sacrifices. Burning forests. Detonating bombs. Shooting at clouds. Those are just a few ways folks have tried to prove Mark Twain wrong over time. He's the one who famously remarked that everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/November/CT2100.php Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:58:03 -0600 Ample rainfall throughout most of the Southeast helped produce a solid market at the Spring in the East IV Fleckvieh Sale here on May 2. http://www.cattletoday.com/salereports/2009/November/Sale598.shtml Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:52:04 -0600 Oftentimes pasture management is viewed as a process involving highly visible management strategies that are expensive to implement. These strategies may involve establishment of a new forage variety costing hundreds of dollars per acre to development of elaborate fencing designs. In reality, though, many of the management strategies that may have the greatest impact on the production system are very cost effective and may range from little to actually no cost at all to the producer. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/November/CT2098.php Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:58:44 -0600 You take stock of what you have every day, sometimes in satisfaction and thanksgiving, sometimes in need. The things you own, from ideas to equipment and livestock herds, are parts of a dynamic system, subject to new or better replacing old or outdated. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/November/CT2096.php Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:06:17 -0600 Nutritional needs of cows may vary considerably, depending on age (young and still growing, or mature, or old with poor teeth), size, breed, whether or not the cow is lactating and/or pregnant, whether the weather is warm or cold. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/November/CT2097.php Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:05:45 -0600 I'm not a clubby kind of guy. I don't belong to Rotary, Kiwanis, PTA, KKK, John Birch Society or Book of the Month Club. I take pride in the fact that I've been disinvited to join many groups. That's all right with me because I hate meetings. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/October/CT2094.php Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:52:02 -0600 The American Brahman Breeders Association conducted an F1 Field Day near Eutaw, Alabama on Saturday, September 26th. Chris “Chip” Beeker's Beeker Cattle was the scene of a well attended, second to none, field day to familiarize commercial cowmen with the Brahman F1. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/October/CT2095.php Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:51:26 -0600 If you talk to the typical cowman and ask him what are the important nutrients he has to consider for his cow herd, generally he will tell you: 1) protein, 2) fat, 3) fiber 4) TDN (total digestible nutrients - energy content) 5) minerals and vitamins. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/October/CT2093.php Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:11:44 -0600 Abortion is expulsion of a premature fetus before it reaches a viable stage of life, or expulsion of a dead fetus at any stage of gestation. Many early abortions take place without being noticed; at early stages of gestation the embryo or fetus may not be large enough to be easily seen. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/September/CT2064.php Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:09:30 -0600 On October 24 Oak Creek will sell 160 registered OCF Forage Tested Bulls - 95 Brangus, 40 Red Brangus, 15 Angus and 10 Red Angus followed by 250 commercial heifers. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/September/CT2065.php Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:08:57 -0600 A set of Angus-Gelbvieh cross feeder steers topped the market at the Superior Livestock Video Royale XVII Sale held July 27-31 in Winnemucca, Nev. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/September/CT2062.php Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:08:41 -0600 If you asked most auctioneers I think they'd agree that momentum is what makes auctions the best way to sell darn near anything. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/September/CT2063.php Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:07:52 -0600 “In a world of seven billion people and expanding, where malnutrition, hunger or outright famine are commonplace, it's dumbfounding that Time magazine would take one of the great American success stories — the efficient agricultural production of an abundant variety of healthy, safe and affordable foods for consumers in the U.S. and throughout the world — and turn it into an unrecognizable story of exploitation, manipulation and greed,” wrote J. Patrick Boyle, president and CEO of the American Meat Federation. http://cattletoday.com/archive/2009/September/CT2060.php Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:39:15 -0600