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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 0243 Show Notes:

• Transitioning ownership in your operation may be the most important aspect of your legacy. Tips on doing it correctly are offered by Mike Fassler, Vice President of Consulting for Salisbury Management Services.
• Can your preconditioning program be shortened without impacting the health of calves entering the feedlot? New research suggests yes.
  

BeefCast 0228 Show Notes:

• Is anyone making a profit in the beef business today? No matter what segment you are in, these have been tough times with higher input costs. Is relief in sight? Rod Jones, Research and Extension Agriculture Economist, predicts what the next few months may hold.

BeefCast 0213 Show Notes:

• Continuing Friday's perpective of a global view of US beef production, today from a world economy standpoint.
• Enter to win the National Stocker Award
• Remember to visit the Headliners by clicking at the top of the page...

BeefCast 0209 Show Notes:

• Enter the National Stocker Award Contest
  
• Jeremy Howard, Sales Manager of BioTracking, offers you some solutions to know who is bred and who is open.
  

BeefCast 0202 Show Notes:

• Only a few weeks left to complete your application for the National Stocker Award
• Shawn Mercer, 2007 National Stocker Award Winner, offers some suggestions and insights on competing for the $10,000 grand prize!
• With the WTO Doha round still on the horizon, Rod Bain of the USDA talks about the significance of global trad

BeefCast 0193 Show Notes:

• Enter to win the National Stocker Award contest, where you don't have to be big to win. Click here for details
  
• Dr. John Clifford, USDA-APHIS, stresses the importance of animal traceability from a disease control standpoint.
  

BeefCast 0156 Show Notes:

• The importance of opening international markets to US beef supply and what progress is being made
  
• Dale Blasi, Kansas State University, shares information on the 2007 National Stocker Survey. If you are a stocker click National Stocker Survey to help your operation and your industry by taking the survey from Beef Magazine
• How you can optimize electricity supply to your program

BeefCast 0148 Show Notes:

• National Stocker Award Winner, Shawn Mercer, shares insights into his operation
• Dr. Bill Kolath, GrowSafe, tells how to compare the apples and oranges of feed efficiency with Residual Feed Intake