The national Beef Checkoff funded a Consumer Image Index study in 2013 that indicated consumers are more positive about beef (the product) than they are about beef production practices.

One scenario producers may be faced with in cool-season stocker cattle production is whether or not to continue grazing with a set of cattle through graze-out or to sell these cattle and replace them with lighter calves.

Producers allocate checkoff dollars through National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to various research organizations for studies on consumer desires in beef qualities. Research has shown tenderness and taste as primary factors in whether people buy beef.

Over the past decade, federal estate taxes have often been in the news and a major concern for farmers and ranchers. In 2008, the estate tax exemption was only $2 million. Thus, a person whose taxable estate at death was worth over the $2 million exemption was required to pay federal estate taxes on the amount over the $2 million exemption.

Drought conditions persist in the Southwestern U.S., but Southern Plains wheat pastures have received sufficient moisture to remain in relatively good shape.

Calving season is in various stages around the region, which means it is time to develop a herd health plan (HHP) to start those newborn calves out on the right track, promoting good health. An appropriate herd health plan/protocol ensures all cattle are raised in the best health.

Warren Buffett defines a leader as “someone who can get things done through other people.” True leaders have the ability to chart a vision and motivate, inspire and empower people to follow them.

Making sense of restrictions for antimicrobials starting December 2016The world of perception is changing the rules in the beef cattle business, and nowhere is it more apparent than in the use of antibiotics.

Most Progressive Cattleman online readers prefer to castrate young calves by using bands.