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Beef Economics & Markets: 17 guides
- Beef That Eats Well: What Fat Genetics Mean for the Angus ManThe fat in a steak is partly inherited. Here is what is known, what is not, and what to do about it.
- The Camera on the RailA straight look at the imaging systems grading your cattle and what they mean for cross calves.
- Carbon Talk and Export Beef: What To Do About ItForeign buyers may ask about carbon. Here is how to answer without selling yourself a story.
- Climate Targets and the Cattleman: What the Goals Mean for Your RanchIndustry groups have set dates. Here is what is real, what got dropped and what it means at the gate.
- Filling Your Own Freezer: From Pasture to ProcessorRaising or buying a steer for the freezer saves money only if you plan it. Finishing, processor booking, inspection rules and cut sheets.
- Grass-Finished Angus: Selling the FlavorA man's look at what grass does to beef and how to sell what you actually raise.
- Grass-Finished or Grain-Finished: What You Gain and What You Give UpPick the finish that fits your grass and your buyer, not the one with the best slogan.
- Heavy Carcass, Oversized Steak: The Cut Size ProblemYou can raise a bigger steer, but nobody wants a steak that hangs off the plate.
- Hump Over Two Inches Costs YouA black hide gets you to the door. The neck gets checked after that.
- Inside the Steak: What Lab Work Says About Angus FatResearchers counted the fat compounds in Angus beef from different finishing systems. Here is what a cattleman can use.
- Modest Marbling: The Line That PaysWhere the premium line sits on the rail and what a cattleman can do to land on the right side of it.
- Hormone-Free, Antibiotic-Free, Natural: Paperwork and Plain TruthA label claim is a promise you have to prove from the calving pen to the cut-and-wrap.
- Reading the Packer's GridThe grid is a price list for carcass traits. Learn to read it before you load cattle.
- Regenerative Beef and Omega-3: What You Can SayThe claim sells beef. The fine print decides whether it holds up.
- Talking Sustainability Without Getting BurnedA plain-spoken way to describe what you do on the land without a claim you cannot back up.
- Ten Boxes a Carcass Has to CheckThe CAB spec sheet from a cattleman's side of the fence, and where cattle actually fail.
- Ten Specs, Ten Ways to MissWalk the CAB checklist like a pre-trip inspection and know where your cattle fall short.