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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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IBS AND AMS TO HOST GRAND OPENING
Integrated Breeders Service (IBS), LLC, and American Marketing Services together are hosting their Grand Opening and Field Day at the IBS Bull Stud facility in Wheelock, Texas, located at the corner of OSR and Texas State Highway 46.
THEM AGAINST US -- PART III HAVE THEY LOST THEIR MINDS?
High yield agriculture has enabled more people to live without hunger while using less land. High yield agriculture, according to its critics, is also responsible for everything from Amazon deforestation, to increased global warming, to an untenable breakdown of societal relationships.
HAPPY DAYS BEEFMASTER SUMMER ROUNDUP SALE HELD JULY 24, 2010
The Happy Days Beefmaster Summer Roundup Sale was held July 24, 2010 in Anderson, S.C.
FOLLOW CRITERIA FOR OPERATING FARM AS A BUSINESS
In hobby loss audits, the IRS sometimes views various types of ranching activities as a means of generating tax losses, rather than a profit-oriented venture.
COW CREEK TO HOLD PRIVATE TREATY BULL SALE AND ANNUAL HEIFER SALE
Cow Creek Ranch's proven track record of supplying reliable, durable, long-lasting bulls sets the foundation of the 200 head Private Treaty Bull Sale going on now.
NEW JUNIOR HEREFORD BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED
Four new National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) Board members were elected as well as a new officer team selected at the 11th annual VitaFerm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) July 9 in Indianapolis.
KEEPING YOUNG CALVES HEALTHY CAN BE EASIER THAN YOU THINK
When weaning season is put on fast-forward, maintaining calf health is all about pushing “play” at the right time.
SALACOA VALLEY AND MILLER BRANGUS HOST BULL SALE
David Vaughan of Salacoa Valley Farms, and Bert and Doyle Miller of Miller Brangus, are pleased announce their first joint Brangus bull sale October 2nd at Salacoa Valley Farms in Fairmont, Ga.
BLACK INK -- WHAT INFORMS YOU
Take another look at your cattle. Get out your records and take a deeper look. You think they're the right kind, but you may have plans to “improve” them through breeding and management.
MSU STUDY MONITORS WEED RESISTANCE
Mississippi is one of six states participating in a study monitoring the problem of glyphosate-resistant weeds and trying to prevent any more from developing.
IT'S THE PITTS -- LOYAL TO THE BRAND
I have a multitude of faults and there are many things I don't like about myself. I drive, talk and eat too fast and type too slow. I have no patience, can be hotheaded at times, can't keep a secret, and I worry constantly about things that will never happen. Just to name a few of my many faults.
BEEF BOARD APPROVES 2011 BUDGET
The Cattlemen's Beef Board unanimously approved a $40.6 million budget for Fiscal 2011, down 7.4 percent from the Fiscal 2010 budget and representing a decline of about 24 percent in the last five years.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK -- BOO!
If you've ever had one of those dreams, the kind where you can touch, smell and feel every aspect, then you know why it took Hooter a while to find his bearings.
SIMMENTAL SOLUTIONS SALE HELD AUGUST 7TH
The Inaugural sale of the Fall Sale Season started on a hot and sunny day in southern Alabama.

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