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BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly

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Industry Outlook

Plan for cowherd growth

Will the cowherd continue to grow? You can debate both sides, but it's likely it will keep getting larger.    

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Management

Better business: Analyze your cowherd’s production facts

By conducting a comparative analysis of your beef cow profit center’s production factors against a set of benchmark herds, you’ll know where things went well. More importantly, you’ll know where to improve your operation.  

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Nutrition

Doing a forage analysis? Here's what you need to look for

A forage analysis can tell you a lot about the nutritional value of your hay or pasture. Here’s a look at what numbers to consider.

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Sustainability

Thomas brothers make the ground better in Idaho’s Owyhee mountains

Cooperating with USDA, young ranchers improve the land for both sage grouse and cattle.

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Industry Outlook

Is packing capacity keeping up with full throttle cowherd expansion?

While beef packing capacity appears sufficient, the expanding cowherd and increasing capacity use suggest there is less room for error than a decade ago.      

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Industry At A Glance

GMO crop prevalence nearly 100%

In spite of the manufactured hysteria over GMO crops, the technology has been proven safe for humans. Maybe that’s part of the reason nearly all crops are now grown from GMO seed.

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Get to know the ranching operations who made BEEF's Seedstock 100 listing, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
 

Industry News

Market outlook kicks off Range Beef Cow Symposium

There’s still time to register for the biennial event, Nov. 28-30 in Cheyenne, Wyo.  

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Industry Voice

Sponsored

Beef checkoff shows consumers how you are raising beef

Consumers have a lot of questions about beef production. And sometimes the answers they get don’t reflect the real story – your story. That’s what the new checkoff-funded consumer campaign called “Rethink the Ranch” is all about....

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Digital Edition

November BEEF Magazine

You can read BEEF magazine on the go. Read the whole issue in digital form here.

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2018 Farm Futures Business Summit - Two packed days of learning to move your farm business and commodity marketing skills ahead. Details  at www.farmfuturessummit.com/.