Complete BeefTalk Title Listing
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2008	Cow Size - Effects of Cow Size on Pasture Management Cow Size - Calf Value The Great Divide: Group Versus Individual Data Do We Exist Only If Someone Else Knows We Exist? With Cow Size, One Can't Forget Production Potential This Is Next Year Country Life Goes On Cow Size – To Win the Race, You Must Know What Race You Are In Cow Size – Dry Lot Versus Pasture Cow Size – How Much More Does the Big Cow Eat? Cow Size – Big and Very Big Cows Do Exist Cow Size – A Foundational Issue One Size Does Not Fit All Now Is the Time to Sort Old Cows Develop Drought Plan When Cows Are Close Heads Up – It’s Calving Time EPDs Provide Knowledge, Producers Provide Wisdom EPD Accuracy – Contemporary Groups EPD Accuracy – Possible Changing Values Bull Buying Basics – The Numbers Are Real, But Not Absolute Bull Buying Basics – Accuracy Bull Buying Basics – The Package Counts, Not the Wrapping Bull-buying Basics – Get to Know the Numbers and Performance Will Follow Control Costs, But Don’t Sacrifice Bull Nutrition, Health and Genetics Wind and Cold Are a Dangerous Combination For Bulls Adaptability, Body Condition Closely Connected Don’t Overlook the Value of Cattle Hair Prevention and Early Intervention Are Keys to Unlocking the Sick Pen Gosh, Mom, We Just Have to Make That
2007	The Future of Beef – Proven Bulls The Future Starts with Common Sense The Annual Bull Buying Season Starts – Time to Bone Up on EPDs Don’t Buy Blowfish, Use EPDs Animal Identification, a Reality or Simply a Perception True or False - The Biggest Blowfish Use EPDs Good Bull Ads Let the Data Shine Good Bull Buying Rests on Knowing Your Cattle A Review of a Good Sale Catalog Vaccinate and Get ahead of the Storm Precalving Should Mean Contented Cows Remind Me Later Someone You Should Get To Know – Your Waste Management Professional Is Manure a Waste Problem or a Resource? Damn – I Just Can’t Get It Life Does Not Come Easy Loala Bulls Impact Calving Ease Lowline Cattle – Matching Calving Ease with Value on the Rail “These Cattle Were Very Interesting” Lowline Steer Value Plus Feedlot Performance and Carcass Characteristics Cave Images Just Can’t Compete with Cell Phone Text Herd Nutrition is the Foundation of the Cow Herd Mushrooms - Success is in the Details Pasture and Range, the Second Priority for Cow-calf Producers Grass is Not Free Attention to Details is worth $1,247,872.50 Back to the Fungus Beef Business Full of Joyful and Sorrowful Producers Roving Thoughts on a Hot Summer Day Now is the Time to Plan for Preconditioned Calves Is What We Say What We Do? Wrecks Are Not Desirable; Vaccinate Your Calves Now What Happened to the Calving Book? Animal Identification Slowly Is Becoming a Maze That Goes Nowhere Change Is Slow, But It Is Coming Don’t Forget That Every Good Rose Has Good Thorns The Willow Stick and Water – Can’t Live Without It Is It Ever Too Dry To Grow a Plant? Stress-free Calves – No Hot Shots, Whips or Sticks Replacement Heifer Roundup Opportunity Comes with Intensity Load’em Up and Bring Those “Doggies” Home Buy a Scale Forward Thinkers Always Are Needed in the Beef Industry The Key and the Calf Have Value A Burden or Opportunity? Animal Identification and Disease Management are Closely Linked Beef Techie – Maybe a New Career Where Do All the Colts and Fillies Go? It’s Not Cheap to Raise a Good Ranch Horse It’s Always Nice to Talk Cattle Would You Prefer Doggies or Dogies?
2006	Bulls Are Valuable Assets, and Now Is the Time to Evaluate the Old Bulls The Beef Business is Full of Optical Illusions Power Drives Technology Bull-buying Homework: Study Numbers, Make Good Choices Reality Hits Hard Visit Your Nutritionist Now or Your Veterinarian Later Prepare for Calving: Get a Calving Book and Use It Index Traits Can Simplify Bull Purchase Procedure Good Beef Management Includes Forage Planning The Morning Paper Calving and Pac-Man – Now is the Time Numbers, Different Functions, Different Outcomes Paranoia Can Overwhelm Common Sense Solutions When Should I Turn Out the Bulls? A Shining Star - Zero Dollar Feedlot Treatment Costs Attitude Change Alert Tagging Calves - Know Your Speed, Distance and Escape Route Ear Tags Are Like Seed - Only the Beginning Electronic Identification - Two Steps Ahead, One Back People Are Not Robots Reduce Summer Stress on Calves by Developing a Vaccination Program Shrink – $20 Worth of Understanding Source- and Age-verified Replacements Are Hard to Find Keep Your Bull at Home Did You Miss Your Rotation Date? Ten Observations on Animal Identification Grazing Plan Will Eliminate the Need to Hit Panic Button Late-calving Cows Can Be Costly Early Cow Pregnancy Check Can Create Marketing Options Drought and Infertility – Find the Fertile Cattle and Sell the Rest The J Game – Vaccinate A Cow's Production Needs to Cover Expenses Early Weaning is Certainly a Viable Option in Drought Conditions Beef Cows are What They Eat Now Is the Time to Plan Ahead For Thin Cows Verify Is a Verb, Which Means Action Verification - Same Story, Different Time Source and Age Verification Are Two Different Concepts Do You Have Your SRMs Managed by the Correct PVP or QSA? Do Not Cut Out Tags A Call to Arms Because the Rooster Crowed The Future of Beef The Changing Face of Beef Production The Future of Beef – Midsized Challenges The Future of Beef – Consumer Issues and Demand The Future of Beef – Global Competitiveness Beef Cow Waste Creates Challenges for the Future The Future of Beef – Environmental Issues for Beef Most Cow-calf Producers Are Animal-feeding Operations The Future of Beef – Labor Issues The Future of Beef – Food Safety and Animal Health Issues The Future of Beef – Animal Welfare
2005	Tagging Cattle Challenges Time Management Concept Overhead Costs Loom Big in Working Cattle on Range EPDs - Understanding the Basics Beef production - Are you in the game, on the bench or in the stands? Don't hesitate, now is the time to order calf ear tags Ear tags - The key to the future, don't throw away the key Take a look, it's in your hands Currently, out of every 100 calves entering the marketing system, 15 are lost Tracking, backtracking and retracking - the saga continues North Dakota Stockmen's Brand Inspection Service Adds 15 Percent Cut-out ear tag is a 9 on the Richter scale Individual tracking system not ready for prime time Long-term value is better than short-term premium Beef Producers Need a Green Thumb Before the bulls go out, Ask "Is this the right time?" A Tale of Four Calves; Retain Common Sense Make Way for the Little Guy, He's Paying His Bills Beef Industry Needs Cooperation A Defining Moment: 22 Pages of Details in the NAIS Plan Seen Any Tag Fairies Lately? The NAIS Animal ID Plan, Multiple Purposes, But a Single Focus??? The National Animal Identification System's Key Components Nurturing Is Key Part of Rural Circle of Life Grass and Fairy Rings Create Opportunities Tracking cattle requires more than an EID ear tag Manual tracking outdoes electronic tracking to date $20 per calf covers identification, data management and traceback Do you know what AFO means? New Words for an Old Business; Brace Yourself Be Careful When Signing Age and Source Verifiable Contracts Data Is the Power Behind the Ear Tag Pain Has No Value 500 Pounds Weaned Per Cow Exposed, A New CHAPS Benchmark Ear tags produce numbers that can evolve into data The 21st century has started with good calving percentages Calving Distribution is an Excellent Trait to Evaluate Reproduction Calf source verification must happen at the source Calf Growth Makes the Beef Business Thinking is more important than talking Sound Production Practices - Animal Identification and Waste Management Are Your Cows On a Weight-control Program? Be Proactive, the Bite is Better if it Isn't Out of One's Own Rear CalfAID - A USDA Process Verified Program Change and Productivity Should Move In Unison Can You Compete? No Error Is Greater Than Life Cha-ching - Management Systems Impact Dollars The Sum of the Parts Makes Up the Whole Feedlot Data Linked to Quality Data on the Rail Yield Grade Can be Confusing in Calculating Value Let's Check the Bull Pen
2004	Sum of the Parts Determines Beef Carcass Value You Can Bet Your Ribeye Steak that Ranchers Will Adapt and Survive Whether or Not There Is Profit, Producers Deal with Realizers Cattle Breeds and Grazing Systems Make for Good Discussion Crossbreeding Provides Real Economic Opportunities Cold Snow Creates Imagery While Challenging People and Cows Remember the Black Cow You Purchased Back in ’04? Do You Know What USAIP Stands For? Ninety seconds and counting: the cost of labor in cattle ID Equipment Is Pricey, But Life Is Priceless Facility and Equipment Costs are Part of National ID Program Shrink - The Hidden Cost Left To Blow In The Dust Picking Up the Tab: An Uneasy Moment Pick the High Spot, Provide Some Protection and Bedding Gain is for Profit, Not Cost Recovery Sire Selection Made Easy: Pick From the Top 25 Percent Buy Bulls that Graduate at the Top of Their Class Acceptable Means Raising a Calf With Marketability We Have Lift Off Are Seasonal Effects on Birth Weight Real? Develop Drought Strategies Before You Need to Cull Cows An Electronic ID Project to Help Beef Trees, People, Cattle, Graduates: All Important Industry Elements How many cows are in heat? Are they ready for breeding? Be Ready for the Big “Swoosh” The Value of Data - $41,667 When Dealt a Royal Flush, Bid High The Fire Drill: A False Positive Test Do You Want to Early Wean? Death On The Prairie Death in the Feedlot – A Harsh Pocketbook Reality Data Collected From Beef Cattle Is Good Only If Used Net Calf Value Return Exceeds $750 Record The Roar of Silence Present When Technology Takes a Hit Pac Man 101: Vaccinate Against Foreign Invasion The Ever Changing Cost of Putting in a $2 Ear Tag Where Have All the Beef Cows Gone? How Do You Spell Beef? Change Bellowing Calves Lose $2 to $3 in Value Daily CHAPS: basic information and decision-making power Calf Vaccination Expenses Trivial In Comparison to Value of Calf More Power, More Pounds; Six Minutes Could Save a Life A Wild Ride, But a Lesson Learned Read Owner’s Manual before Using the Trailer Tonight There is One Less Beef Is What’s for Dinner Clean Out the Cull Bulls and Save Feed Inventory Proper Bull Care Now Will Bring Dividends Next Spring Late Calving Cows: Lost Weight, Lost Dollars Eyeball to Eyeball, It’s Never Too Late to Speculate Premises Identification - How Does It Affect Beef Producers? A Cow Is Still a Cow, But How We Manage That Cow Is Changing Production, Marketing Plans Need to be Evaluated Separately
2003	Closed for Inventory - Come Back Tomorrow Cow Value is Important to Create Cash Flow Value Data Analysis is Important Part of Calf Finishing Phase Records Provide the Proof When Looking for Bull Power Cows are Coming Off the Corn in Good Shape Professional Producers Show Meaning of “Here’s the Beef” Genetic Train Includes 60 Chromosomes in Each Cell Working to Make Beef Data Collection Gives Accuracy to Trait Selection in Beef Cattle Selection in Bull Buying Can Lessen Surprises in Calf Crop Heifers are Half Done Calving Before Their Expected Calving Date AI Sire Selection Criteria Aids in Building a Uniform Cow Herd Records Can Provide Opportunities for Maximum Heterosis Data Study Helps Evaluation of Moderate Framed Beef Cows Managing Within the Circle of Life For a Real Weather Report, Ask you Grandparents Base Calving Season Changes on Costs, Resource Availability Examination is as Important as Cow Reproduction Preparation Bull Shopping Can Be a Success with the Right Data Paperwork Without Trust is Environmentally Unsound Cull Cows Now or Take 40 Cents on the Dollar Come Fall Producers Know their Cattle with “SmartCows” Evaluating the Costs of Source Verification Tagging and Tracking Cows is not as Simple as it Sounds Can the Cow Do What We Want Her to do? Projected Steer Value is Key in Retained Ownership Decisions Low-Cost and High-Cost Producers May View Price Projections Differently Fear of Unknown Prompts Retained ownership Reluctance Know the Numbers When Making Ownership Decisions Risk and Potential Benefits Need Managing for Successful Outcome Biosecurity Issues Affect Beef Industry Production Steer 2180 Sets the Performance Goal 2002 Steer Crop Provided Insights and Profits Herd Health is Paramount to Profits Herd Health Directly Affects Beef Cattle Profit Early Pregnancy Checking Can Increase Sale Options The Future of the Beef Business Involves Records on Total Herd Performance Use Herd Benchmarks to Evaluate Performance Focus on Profit Items for Successful Beef Production Can You Comprehend the Vastness of the Beef Industry? Mobile, Multiple-Use Power Units Replace the Farm Truck Calculate Numbers to Provide Money for Future Generations Managing Costs Can Help Bank High Calf Income Ear Tags are Only for Those Who Surrender A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush, Maybe Knowing How to Compare Apples to Oranges is Critical Market Power Creates Sale Options for Heifers Female Inventory Change Analysis is Big Benefit of Commercial Records Working to Get More “er” From the Calf Crop Ever Wonder What Quality Grade Is? Use Benchmarks to Establish In-Herd Quality Grades Yield Grade Affects Beef Pricing Scales White or Red, What Meat are Your Cows Producing? Our Industry’s Future Rests with New Generations
2002	Inventory Count Is Essential to Write Profit, Loss Equation Track Enterprise Income to Develop Beef Production Plan Did You Do Your Best? Did You Have Fun? Bull Sale Season Has Begun; Start Your EPDs Use EPDs to Design Your Beef Production Plan Why Not Indicators for Beef Bulls? That Cow Wasn’t Supposed to Calve Today EPDs Are Road Signs for the Beef Producer Scientific Method Is Just the Facts, Opinion Is for the Entertainers Beef Production Equation Involves Bull, Cow Qualities Beef Industry Changes Appear on the Horizon Evaluate Sire Selection Birth Weights Using Data Life Is a Moment, But It Is Our Only Moment! How Many Cows Do You Have? Are You Monitoring for Johne’s Disease? Cow Breeding Is Our Focus Now Calving and Weaning Dilemmas Closely Connected by Weather Considering the Future of Animal Agriculture – Should it Expand Here? Beef Business Profit Involves Precious Management Skills Marketing Plans Need to be Formulated Now Are Your Cows Ready to Breed? Check Your Bulls as Often as You Check Your Cows How Do We Balance the Books When They’re Off by $78,837? June Is Time to Shift Into Neutral Before the Next Crunch Time Allow Calves to Grow Quickly, But Use a Pinch of Economics Produce Six More Bags of Cow Cake By Harvesting Forage at the Optimum Time Rapid Food Product Changes Demand Close Attention to Bull Selection Have a Plan to Get Rid of Freeloading Cows - K. Ringwall Nutritional Needs Important During Drought Management Sort Young, Thin Cows Before Winter Arrives Early Weaning Can Alleviate Feed Management Concerns Wean Early; Cull Early and Deep; Order Your Feed From the East Very Dry Years Can Trigger Early Weaning of Calf Crop Labor and Facilities for $1 Per Head is a Pre-Weaning Bargain Decisions Based on Data Improve Odds, Can Help with Time Crunch In the World of Agriculture, Almost is Not Good Enough Beef Production From a Bull’s Eye Point Of View Retained Ownership Needs a Meaningful Relationship Hold onto Your Soil; It Is the Heart of Our Livelihood How do I get $600 for My Calves? Grid Marketing Demands Knowledge of Markets and Your Cattle Is the Investment in Corn Chopping Worth the Potential Income? Cow Choppers vs. Corn Choppers Depopulation is the Fork in the Road Where Change Meets Opposition Calculating Shrink on Sale Calves Can Be Your Profit Thin Cows or Fat Cows - Which is Better? I Wish, I Wish, for a Lifestyle Called Beef Use Lazy L to Make Inventory Reductions Improve Calving Distribution by Proper Winter Management Young and Old Cows Just Need a Little Extra Care Preparation Involves Accepting Yourself and the Things You Can’t Control Closed for Inventory – Come Back Tomorrow
2001	Know Your Costs When Buying Hay for Energy Raising Bred Heifers - Is It Worth the Returns? Heifer Calves Present Value-Added Economic Opportunity Buying Bulls by the Numbers can Provide Data and Increase Profit Use Data and Benchmark Values to Buy Bulls as an Investment Serious Bull Buying Requires Window Shopping and Numbers Homework Cow Contentment is Evident when Calls are only to the Next Pen Sire Selection Decisions Have a Long-Term Impact on the Herd Have You Investigated all the Options of Beef Production Be Aware of Needs, Supply When Looking to Buy Bulls For Beef Producers, Caring for Living, Breathing Animals is Top Priority Sorting by the Numbers can Relieve Some Feedlot Mangement Problems Retained Ownership - Is Your Decision Based on Factual Data? Changing Calving Date Can Impact Income Opportunities Are Your Heifers Ready to Breed? Your Feedlot Game Plan - Is It Responsive to Your Situation? Successful Beef Production Involves and Artists Attention to Details Conservative View of Opportunities Will Minimize Risk, Aid in Production Do You Belong in the Beef Business? Review Numbers Carefully To Maximize Beef’s Profit Potential The World’s Best Beef Is Made in the Northern Great Plains Calving Reflections Generational Differ ences Exist, Attention to the Basics Is Lesson Learned Sire Power is Important Part of Successful Beef Enterprises Cowsonality -- Familiarity That Creates Producer Predictability 2002 Spring Work Schedule Takes Shape for Producers Now Is Time to Check for Breeding Success Hay Harvest Time Sets Scene To Calculate Winter Feed Needs Eliminate Complacency -- Make Those Round Bales Big and Tie Them Tight Collect Data Now to Gain Knowledge for Decisions Ogeechee - Brighter from the East, Record Keeping Continues to Progress Attention to Detail Necessary for Quality Beef Cow Records Get the Most Bang for your Buck: Cull Those Heifers Now The Final Report Card Is Here for Last Year’s Calves When to Sell the Calves? Retained Ownership Could Give Families a 16 Percent Raise The Horse Did Not Get Saddled Today Option Processing -- How to Use Forages for Fall Cattle Grazing Increased Calf Value, Not Premiums Can Be Realized Good Number Use Can Minimize Risk Exposure Net Returns Look Positive for 5 Years -- What’s Next? Is Management or Genetics Responsible for Slackers? Good Questions are Abundant, but Answers Require Solid Research Not All Make It to the Finish Line, but 2001 Numbers are Good Sleeping With the Calves Do You Know the Variation in Your Herd Performance? Out-wintering Is a Challenge That Presents Opportunities Positive Economic Benefits Possible by Studying Numbers Listen to Ideas from the Next Generation of Beef Producers Keeping Bulls Out of Sight and Out of Mind Can Lead to Disaster No Dead Slips Please A Handshake Communicates Honesty, Good Luck and Thanks
2000	Pounds Weaned Per Cow Exposed: An Important Production Trait Pounds Weaned Per Cow Exposed: How Herds Differ Fall and Pregnant Cows: Make Measurements Now Prepare Now for Future Calving Seasons Data Needs to be Collected to Aid Management Plans Determining the True Value of Calved Can be Tough Vaccinating Pays Producers Can’t Management What They Don’t Measure Calves, Cowboys and Pickups - Transportation Costs Are Often a Hidden Charge Weather Change Heightens Awareness of Weaning Time A Cow’s-Eye-View of Weaning Use Technology to Make Management Decisions Winners are the Profit Takers in Beef Business Sound Sorting Makes Good Sense in Beef Management Give Special Care to Cows that will be Three Years Old. They Need It Beef Value Increase is Major Contributor to Local Economies Plan Cow Herd Replacement by Evaluating CHAPS Data Consider Production Potential When Buying Cows Count Those Cows - And Determine Your Hay Needs

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