Links for Profits

This time of year many of us are evaluating how to improve our operation as we review our records from the past year.  As you look to your records and information sources, you might want to consider some Internet information resources. At NCBA we strive to bring you the most current industry information and resources. Listed below are some sites that we find useful. 

Sidebar – Do you have a favorite cattle or beef industry Web site?  Send it to us and we will publish it in the next issue of IRM NEWS in National Cattlemen.

Production Information Sites

Cow Calf Corner – Oklahoma State University cowcalfcorner.okstate.edu/archive.htm
Great Plains Veterinary Center gpvec.unl.edu/
Iowa State University SPA www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/ansci/beef/spa.html
University of Kentucky IRM Programs  www.uky.edu/Projects/BeefIRM/
Kansas State University Ag Management www.agmanager.info/livestock/
Temple Grandin’s  Cattle Handling www.grandin.com/
Beef Information Database adds.org/
Western IRM Center – Colorado State University  www.wcirm.colostate.edu/
Montana State University Extension Beef Site animalrangeextension.montana.edu/Beef/BEEF.HTM
University of Missouri Extension Publications  agebb.missouri.edu/
Kansas State University Stocker Cattle www.beefstockerusa.org/
Oklahoma State University Ag Economics  agecon.okstate.edu/faculty/ffmr.asp
Texas A & M University Animal Science animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/index.htm
University of Nebraska Beef Cattle beef.unl.edu/
Iowa Beef Center/ Iowa State University www.iowabeefcenter.org/
University of Illinois www.traill.uiuc.edu/beefnet/
North Dakota State University www.beeftalk.com

Breeds of Cattle

Oklahoma State University www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/cattbeef.html

Market Information

Cattle-Fax www.cattle-fax.com
Livestock Marketing Information Center  www.lmic.info
University of  Nebraska – Dillion Feuz www.feuzmarketanalysis.com/
Kansas State University – Jim Mintert www.agmanager.info

IRM/SPA Certified Software

BRS Records www.beefrecords.com/
Back in the Black animalscience.ucdavis.edu/extension/livestockmanagement.html
CattleSoft www.cattlesoft.com
CHAPS 2000 www.chaps2000.com
CowCalf5 www.cowcalf.com
Cow Sense www.midwestmicro.com/
Texas A& M SPA agecoext.tamu.edu/spa/

USDA Links

General www.usda.gov
Farm Service Agency www.fsa.usda.gov
Risk Management Agency www.rma.usda.gov
Ag Marketing Service www.ams.usda.gov
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service www.aphis.usda.gov
Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration www.usda.gov/gipsa
Ag Research Service www.ars.usda.gov
National Ag Statistics Service www.usda.gov/nass
Economic Research Service www.ers.usda.gov
Food Safety and Inspection Service www.fsis.usda.gov
Foreign Ag Service www.fas.usda.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service www.nrcs.usda.gov/