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Should you grow bigger beef calves amid pandemic?
2020-04-23 13:47:00| Beef
Meat processing plant shutdowns make for hard cattle decisions in the nations heartland.
What's the market plan for those 2019 calves?
2020-03-09 17:38:00| Beef
You have to budget your backgrounding enterprise before you select that as a marketing alternative. Both cost of gain and marketing loss need to be considered in making the backgrounding decision.
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Want to earn more for those calves? Time to do more
2020-03-09 16:19:00| Beef
Like it or not, we are in a position in this industry where were going to have to do more to earn more."
Marketing your calves in 2020 Plan B
2020-02-29 20:03:00| Beef
It makes a difference when a heifer is born in the cattle cycle. Thats because the most profitable cows are those females reaching their peak production at 4 to 6 years of age at or just before the peak in the price cycle, and culled in or just after the peak price year. Will 2019 replacement heifers ever be profitable?
Feeder calves jump higher on spring grazing prospects
2020-02-21 02:34:00| Beef
It was a busy week at test auctions with nearly 9,000 more head at test auctions than the week prior. Prices rebounded as well on the prospects of a solid pasture grazing season.
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