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The Kansas beef industry represents a major economic activity in the Kansas economy. In terms of gross cash receipts, the $4.07 billion of cattle marketings represents 58 percent of all agricultural marketings and 89 percent of livestock and poultry marketings for the most currently available year. These percentages have remained relatively stable over the past decade as crop prices and production levels in Kansas have not fluctuated very dramatically. In recent years, levels of profitability in the Kansas agricultural economy have been directly related to performance in the livestock sector.

Although the beef feedlot industry is continuing to consolidate into fewer and larger operations, the cow-calf sector remains quite dispersed. The cow herd tends to locate near the low cost forages. The larger supplies and lower prices associated with the cattle cycle point to a period in which the less efficient producers may not survive and more efficient operations will dominate the industry. While many inputs (feed, labor, utilities, trucking, etc.) will still be provided locally, less will be needed per unit of output. Because cattle production units will be larger on average than they are today, total economic activity may remain stable or increase for regions that have production units.

The beef industry is also slowly transforming from a commodity to a production orientation with increased interest in value based marketing and retained ownership. These trends will place greater value on superior cattle and on information systems that will accurately relate value through the marketing channel. New products will have to meet the requirements for fresh, processed, HRI (Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutions), retail, and international markets. As a result, the different segments of the marketing channel will communicate more closely with one another. This communication, either formal via specification contracts or informal, will coordinate to deliver cattle with specific characteristics for a given product line and synchronize production flow to more efficiently utilize processing capacity. The additional handling and processing associated with these new markets will mean additional value-added jobs in Kansas' agri- industries.

The beef industry is also quickly evolving to an integrated forage and beef system approach to production. Once the market place identifies the genetic characteristics of cattle to fill a particular market niche, the genetics will determine the needed nutrition, grazing and feeding program. Using this system approach to beef production, Kansas producers will remain competitive in the cattle industry and the global protein market. ...more

 

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SCHUMANN NAMED CEO OF ANGUS ASSOCIATION
Bryce Schumann, Lecompton, Kansas, has been named chief executive officer for the American Angus Association, effective June 13.
SALACOA VALLEY BRANGUS SALE AVERAGES $2,404
The Salacoa Valley Plenty of Class Sale was held June 14, 2008 at the farm near Fairmont, Ga.
INTERNAL PARASITES IN CATTLE HINDER OPTIMUM PRODUCTION
Internal parasites (stomach and intestinal worms) rob cattle of nutrition, reducing growth and weight gains in young cattle and hindering optimum production in all classes of cattle.
DROUGHT FORCES SUMMER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
At this point we will focus on management as related to forage availability in areas that have experienced continued lower rainfall.
DON'T MISS SIGNS OF HEAT STRESS IN STOCK DOGS
A good dog can be as much or better help than another rider or two—bringing up stragglers, keeping the herd together, rounding up a herd-quitter, getting cattle out of the brush or in any other terrain that may be difficult to get through on a horse.
EASTERN REGIONAL JR. LIMOUSIN SHOW HELD IN TENNESSEE
The Eastern Regional Junior Limousin Show was June 21 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Exhibitors came from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.
JUNIOR EXHIBITORS SHOW CHAMPION SHORHORNS
Junior Shorthorn exhibitors from 27 states, arrived in Kansas City ready to show their stars and stripes at the 2008 Jr. Nationals.
KLA YOUNG STOCKMEN'S ACADEMY TOURS WESTERN KANSAS
The second installment of the Kansas Livestock Association Young Stockmen's Academy was held July 9-10 in western Kansas.
TUCKER, DEPPE TOP JUNIOR NATIONAL HEREFORD STEER SHOW
Exhibitors from across the U.S. gathered for the 2008 Junior National Hereford Expo in Kansas City, Mo., July 16, and it was Mitchell Tucker, North Platte, Neb., who walked away with grand champion honors in the steer show.
SIOUX FALLS HOSTS HEARTLAND REGIONAL JUNIOR LIMOUSIN SHOW
The Heartland Regional Junior Limousin Show was July 12 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Exhibitors brought 156 head from Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
ALL-AMERICAN LIMOUSIN FUTURITY WILL INCLUDE FULLBLOOD, LIM-FLEX SHOWS
The All-American Limousin Futurity will be Friday, July 18, at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls, S.D.
ANGUS INFLUENCE AFFECTS EFFICIENCY, CARCASS MERIT
Successful producers have always tried to raise high-quality, high-performing cattle, but may have felt compelled to choose one ideal over the other.
FAVORABLE TRENDS ILLUSTRATE LIMOUSIN BREED IMPROVEMENT
The North American Limousin Foundation recently examined the breed's phenotypic trends for the last 10 years to gauge the effects its members' selection and management decisions were having on calving ease; birth, weaning, yearling and mature-cow weights; and frame size.
BLUEGRASS INVITATIONAL GELBVIEH SALE HELD MAY 10TH IN KENTUCKY
The Bluegrass Invitational Gelbvieh Sale was held May 10, 2008 in Mt. Sterling, Ky.
SANTA GERTRUDIS BREEDERS INTERNATIONAL HONORS PASCHAL
Santa Gertrudis Breeders International named the first recipient of the SGBI Industry Service Award at its 2008 Annual Meeting held recently in New Orleans, La.

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