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BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly

Strategic Planning for the Ranch

11 must-read profitability tips from Burke Teichert

After a lifetime of working very hard at trying to make ranching profitable, you learn a few things. Here’s a collection of the very best ranching wisdom from BEEF columnist Burke Teichert.

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Commentary

3 key production areas that contribute to ranch-level sustainability

Did you know that doing the right thing and doing things right is the essence of sustainability? Here’s the business case for ranch-level sustainability.

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Gardiner Angus Ranch's 37th Annual Production Sale • April 2
Selling 1,200 head. View video of sale offering, sale book and more. Watch sale live and bid online at LiveAuctions.tv.
 

Market Outlook

March cattle markets: In like a lamb and out like a lion?

March may shape up to be an influential month from a number of perspectives.  Here’s a look at what you might see this spring from the beef business.

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Marketing

Analysis: Can you afford those bred heifers?

Heifers born in the spring of 2014 and developed and bred in 2015 are probably going to hold the record for all-time high costs for years to come. What’s the outlook for this year?

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KEEP IT REAL
In the pasture 

Lower birth weight = more live calves

In the feedlot 

Higher yearling weight = more pounds, efficiently

At harvest 

Increased carcass weight = more pounds at harvest

Larger ribeye = better yield grades

More marbling = higher quality grades

 

Commentary

What will the 2016 election mean to agriculture?

With the primaries now shaping up and providing a somewhat less murky picture of the 2016 presidential election, the question arises about how agriculture, and particularly the cattle business, will fare under a new president.

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Cattle Economics

Price gap between top and bottom calves will likely widen

No matter the particular market, the top calves — those that pose buyers the least risk, the most market opportunity and usually a combination of the two — typically sell at the top of the market.

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Industry At A Glance

Beef recaptures market share from pork and poultry

Beef is back in the saddle, and the shopping cart, after recapturing market share from pork and poultry. Can beef hold that position?

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Leachman Bull & Female Sale, Monday, March 21, Wellington, CO.

Selling 500 Efficiency & $Profit Bulls and 100 Hairpin Females.
Call Lee at (970) 219-8519. Click here for more information.
 

BEEF Poll

Do you worm your cows?

  • We worm both cows and calves before turn-out.
  • We only worm the calves before we turn out on grass.
  • We don’t worm our cattle before they go out on pasture.
Vote here

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Digital Edition

March 2016 Magazine

Our March issue of BEEF is now online! This month's edition features our annual feed composition tables, the 2016 weather and market outlook from CattleFax and tips on how to solve "winter pinkeye."

View issue here

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