grazing

Watching the recent upward trends in the cattle markets on the CME, it appears that the cattle business climate may be improving significantly. Both the live cattle market and the feeder cattle futures show a sustained positive outlook.

To what do we credit this progress: higher consumer demand, lower carcass weights, or less domestic protein competition? Let’s visit today with Jim Robb, LMIC, about the market trends.

BeefCast 0461 Show Notes:

• Today we investigate managed intensive grazing strategies with David Davis, Superintendent of the 1,200 acre Forage Systems Research Center at the University of Missouri. 

BeefCast 0291 Show Notes:

• 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 0127 Show Notes:

• Grazing wheat pastures then harvesting the wheat crop can result in a win-win situation (click here for KSU research results and more info)
  
• Identifying factors effecting beef quality can lead to new methods of price discovery