cowherd management

BeefCast 0299 Show Notes:

• Mark Frasier, beef producer from Eastern Colorado, operates a family ranch including 40,000 acres with varying stocking rates based upon the available resources. He walks through the ranch with us.
• Tom Field, previously of Colorado State University, has taken a new leadership role at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.

BeefCast 0297 Show Notes:

• Today, producer perspectives from the BEEF Quality Summit. Conversations feature Art Brownlee, Asby, NE, and Jerry Wulf, MN

BeefCast 0291

• Should retail beef products from carcasses treated for safety by irradiation technology bare a label stating so? Susan Carter, USDA, weighs in.
• Taking advantage of grazing crop residues makes a lot of sense with elevated feed input prices, but what you should know before you open the gate. 
• Reference: publication on grazing crop residues

BeefCast 0279 Show Notes:

• Dale Blasi, Beef Specialist at Kansas State University, shares how beef producers can fulfill their obligations to the now mandatory County of Origin Labeling

BeefCast 0278 Show Notes:

• Sandy Johnson, Cow/calf Specialist in Kansas, talks about how producers can deal with higher input prices

BeefCast 0275 Show Notes:

• The steps we can take to protect our right to use antibiotics in livestock production. Dr. Lyle Vogel, AVMA, offers his thoughts.
• Finding the "sweet spot" in stocking rates

BeefCast 0274 Show Notes:

• Barry Dunn, Executive Director of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management, share his suggestions for remaining profitable in the ethanol era. Managing Risk in Dynamic Times
• Click here for additional management tools

BeefCast 0259 Show Notes:

• Making more with less. In this time of high input costs, optimizing forage utilization is extremely important. KC Olsen, Kansas State University, offers his thoughts.

BeefCast 0246 Show Notes:

• Pfizer recently acquired Bovigen and Catapult Genetics. Nigel Evans, Vice President of Animal Genetics, outlines their decision and direction.

BeefCast 0245 Show Notes:

• Jim Mintert, Livestock Economist, talks about the cowherd liquidation and its effects on our industry and potentially you operation.
• The American Veterinary Medicine Association has developed new resources for you. Click here to take a look.