Miranda Reiman

On the plains: Trains and $2 corn

September 5, 2014

Consider $3,300 railcar cost a crystal ball for the corn and cattle feeding industries. “The grain farmer is absolutely going to get hammered to move his grain,” said Dan Basse, president of AgResource Company. “All of this passes back to you,” the analyst told cattle feeders and other attendees at last month’s Feeding Quality Forum in Kearney, Nebraska, and Amarillo, Texas.

Heavy cattle: Sorting the opportunities from the challenges

April 23, 2013

Miranda Reiman

Everyone in the beef chain seems to agree we need more of it. That’s the simple explanation for a trend that shows hot carcass weights (HCW) have increased 200 pounds in four decades. But for all the opportunities that presents, there are many challenges.

Beef producers and the power of selection to shape industry’s future

April 10, 2013

Miranda Reiman

You decide. Each time you buy a bull, keep a heifer or cull a cow, you choose a future for your herd and, collectively, for a beef industry that is either blessed or burdened with high prices. “I don’t want record prices because of the lowest beef supplies in 50-some-odd years, said a University of Missouri livestock economist. “I want the highest price because demand is pulling us along.”

Breed what you need

December 24, 2012

Miranda Reiman

Traditional recommendations may not fit your ranch business goals This is an era where you can customize virtually anything imaginable, from license plates and jewelry to M&Ms and burgers.

Ohio State University’s Agriculture Technical Institute, Certified Angus Beef team up to educate

March 12, 2012

Miranda Reiman

Nobody can illustrate cattle comfort better than, well, a comfortable cow. Even the best speakers can’t make an audience feel what it’s like on a farm. There are no words that can replace the actual experience of seeing cattle firsthand – watching them roam the pasture or eat out of the feedbunk. That’s why Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) has a newfound tradition of sorts. Nearly every time sales partners travel to the Wooster, Ohio-based headquarters for training and education, the company takes them on a field trip.