There are two things in this world that most folks love-
ribeye steaks and saving money. Buying wholesale cuts and cutting them yourself
are a great things to connect that love triangle. Today’s #MovieMonday is all about how to do just that.
See a live cutting demo with ACA’s Erin Beasley at the 73rd
annual ACA Convention and Trade Show! The Beef Girl is serving up beef, and
you’re not going to want to miss it. Register today HERE.
Are you still on the fence about whether or not you're coming to the ACA Convention and Trade Show? With this lineup of great speakers, you can't miss this opportunity to learn more about this industry that you work for on a daily basis. This week's #MovieMonday features ACA Executive VP Dr. Billy Powell as he tells you about this year's featured speakers. Check it out:
The next two
weeks are bound to be full of preparing meals for Christmas! What, with family in town, feasts to be prepared and cooler weather keeping folks inside, tasty meals are important. They are also the perfect environment for catching up with family and reminiscing of years past and hoping for the year ahead.
When it comes to preparing beef, do you know when to marinade versus when to rub? If not,
then this #MovieMonday is just for you! Be sure to prepare a meal so good, your family will talk about it for years to come! Check it out:
Check out this week's #MovieMonday as Jimmy and Jim Collins of Collins Farms in Cusseta, Ala. share their recipe for success that includes listening to the cattle customer and consumer. This video was produced by Angus TV and features the Collins' beautiful east Alabama operation.
Tailor your tenderloin with the help of this week’s
#MovieMonday. Tenderloin is a favorite cut in the beef family, so learn how to get a perfect cut from this lean, tender and
juicy subprimal ALL WHILE pinching pennies. It's easy- check it out! #OctBeefMonth
Our #MovieMonday is here to save the date! Spice up that
date night dinner with one of these twists on seasoning steak! Ten seasoning
options, one awesome protein.
That’s why you’ll be viewing
#MovieMonday videos that are all about ways to beef up your beef!
Use these videos as a guide to educate yourself on better ways to serve up beef to your family. Better
yet, use these tips during your tailgate and tell us about it by participating
in our #BeefUpYourTailgate contest on Facebook! Either way, it’s Beef Month, so let’s learn
about beef. Here’s a great video about the basic nutrition behind beef.
Just like we promised, here's part three to wrap up the low-stress cattle handling trio. This #MovieMonday video from NCBA’s Cattlemen to Cattlemen about effectively
moving cattle while on horseback covers the basis on what to and not to do with your cattle from the back of a horse. To view videos on low-stress handling on foot
and ATVs, just scroll down our blog posts and look for the “#MovieMonday”
hashtag! This is key information in practicing good animal husbandry, and in Alabama, we're all about that. Check it out:
Just like we promised last week, this week’s #MovieMonday will continue the trio of videos for effectively handling cattle in a low-stress manner while herding and sorting. Just as a refresher, last week’s was all about handling cattle on foot- a common practice in our great state- but this week’s focuses on using ATV’s as a means for moving your cattle.
It’s easy to learn what to and not to do on an ATV when you’re with your herd. Just watch below, and let Curt Pate and Dr. Temple Grandin show you the ropes:
Last week's #MovieMonday had to do with calving season also, but it's a big time of year for Alabama cattlemen. The video from last week, however, reflected only the cattleman's point of view, so we thought this week we would hear things from the mama cow's perspective and how she feels about us "messin' with her baby!"
We'll bet this has happened once or twice to you...it's gotten us all! Get a good calving season laugh with today's #MovieMonday!
For some farms it has
already started and for others, it’s coming any day now.
Calving season- a
glorious, miraculous and somewhat stressful time of year for cattlemen!
Assisted labor is not an uncommon practice on a cattle farm, but estimated progeny differnences (EPDs) and advanced breeding is increasing calving ease in herds all over the country significantly. In
order to gear you up for the calving season kickoff, here’s some witty tips on
what NOT to do during and after labor!
Beef grading is a big deal. It's a big deal to packers because they want to sell the highest quality of beef possible. It's a big deal to retailers and consumers because they want their dollar to get what it's paying for. It's a big deal to the government, because it has their name on it!
Before any meat is packaged or any dollars are spent, the beef must go through the fabrication and grading process. At any given harvesting facility in the nation, there's United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials standing long hours in grading booths accessing each carcass as it goes down the line. They grade based on characteristics found between the 12th and 13th rib of a side of beef such as marbling, color of lean, age of the carcass and several others.
This process is taken very seriously and is government regulated. That's why third-party USDA graders man this part of the fabrication process instead of just any employee available that day!
There's a lot that goes into beef quality and yield grading and a lot of weight behind the final grade given. This is important for producers, packers, retailers, chefs and consumers alike to know! That's why this week's #MovieMonday is all about how it's done! Check it out:
Beef Quality Grading: "An estimate of the eating satisfaction of the carcass"
Beef Yield Grading: "An estimate of how much lean meat will be yielded from a given carcass"
Beef jerky...it used to be a main course for a meal because families on the frontier could cure it and store it for long periods of time, providing them with a way to maintain a source of protein in their families' diets and preserve large kills. However, today it is a snack that kids tug on their mom's shirttails and ask for while standing in the line at the grocery store. Any moms out there ever had this happen? It even makes a great stocking stuffer for the man of the house around Christmastime for those of you who are beginning plans for the holiday season.
Sweet and tangy, spicy and savory, salty, juicy, yummy snacks. Who knew that beef could make such a good snack food to cure whatever craving it is you're having? Speaking of curing...check out this week's #MovieMonday to see how this timeless and tasty treat is made and packaged so it can make it into your grocery bags!
As
the fall season gets closer, the smell of pumpkin candles and the coziness of a big sweater become comforting fantasies for the ladies about while the cooler weather entices the menfolk...especially the farmers! While the farm hands are busy baling hay and handling everyday farm duties, the family cook can find some great recipe ideas for slow cooked beef right here!
As those fall fantasies make those cold-season recipes become more and more
appealing. Slow cooking is a popular cold weather meat cooking alternative to
outdoor grilling, and this week’s #MovieMonday will show you how to add
a punch of lite, summertime flavor to slow cooked #BEEF. Don’t save the crock pot for wintertime! Pull it out now and get the best of both worlds!
It's no secret that farming can get tiring, redundant and just downright scary at times as family farmers. If you ever find yourself feeling down-and-out about it all, just remember that you are doing something amazing every single day.
You are supplying 25% of the world's beef supply with only 10% of the world's cattle.
You are providing a safe, wholesome, heart-healthy, nutrient-packed product that moms can confidently feed their children.
You are part of the single largest segment of American agriculture.
You are a vital part to the longevity of our industry, and without you, the heritage of the "cowboy" would ultimately disappear.
The Peterson Farm Brothers (PFB) have mastered the art of loving their job and making it fun. They might can help you gain a new perspective on the whoas of everyday farm labor.
Tired of doing the same old chores? Let the PFBs remind you how much your cattle and consumers depend on you:
Wishing you could take off on a summer vacation but can't because you've got cattle to tend? The PFBs can remind you that taking care of livestock can be as fun as it is important:
Got the baling season blues? The PFBs can remind you that it's necessary to stock up for the wintertime. If nothing else, they can give you a catchy tune to sing on those endless hours of pulling a baler:
Volatile market got you dizzy? The PFBs can remind you that's important to farm, farm, farm:
And last, if you're tired of working long hours "farmer style," then let the PFBs cheer you up and remind you that you're not alone:
At the end of the day, farmers are hardworking people. We appreciate our farmers today and everyday for the hours and hours of hard labor they put in to feed the world a safe, wholesome product! We hope these fun videos can cheer you up on a bad day and encourage you to keep on doing what you do best on a good one! Thanks, farmers!
Ground
Beef is a common ingredient for meals in American households. In fact, it’s so common
that Ground Beef accounts for 51 percent of beef purchases in one year!
More
common than it’s appearances in family dinners is the mishandling of Ground
Beef by consumers. Check out Southern Living's video on five tips for correctly
handling Ground Beef for this week’s #MovieMonday.
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thought about going back to get your Masters? Well save your money and let the
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Graduates of this program will be equipped with not only the information needed
to understand the many facets of the American beef industry, but the knowledge
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If you’ve
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