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Cattlefeeding.com has its roots deeply planted in all segments of the cattle feeding industry. The founders are made up of independent cattle producers who share a common desire to improve on what feeders, producers and customers really want in a computer service. The founders include Brookover Feedyards Inc., MidWest Feeders, Fairleigh, HRC, Poky Feedyard, and Cattle Empire. Together they are proud to provide producers and investors with user-friendly access to a vast pool of knowledge. The company started in Western Kansas as a way to promote support for kids. Beef for Kids is a non-profit organization that promotes beef to kids for the benefit of kids. Cattlefeeding.com, Beef for Kids main backer, gives 20% of all its proceeds to the future of the kids. With the guidance of feed yard owners, cattlefeeding.com offers resources of not only marketing cattle without a commission, but buying and selling equipment, providing information and connecting potential employees and employers all at one stop. By pooling the cattle feeding industry it gives producers the efficiency of a one-stop shop for beef, information, and fresh minds to expand this ever-growing industry. There is willingness in the cattle industry to try a new approach that brings the old and the new together to make the ultimate industry. From the opening page with Barchart market quotes to the exclusive Feedyard Forum, where those with an interest can pose questions and receive answers, cattlefeeding.com is filled with information useful to feeders, producers and investors. USDA Ag Market News provides a complete list of nationwide Livestock auctions and the quantities for sale. There's a page exclusively for Shelf Cattle. Log on free and browse the Classified Pages. You'll find eight categories of products and services, including the Job Board. Click the Resource Room and you'll find a wealth of information: a library with current articles and reports of issues effecting the producers, glossary of cattle feeding terms from "angular" to "zebu," a complete history of cattle feeding plus a listing of cattle diseases. Other pages include: Feed Yard Directory, Free bimonthly E-newsletter, and Trivia Quizzes. One page deserves special attention, Cattle feeding 101. It's a primer for those who are considering cattle feeding as a business venture or investment opportunity. Interactivity is a key feature of Cattlefeeding.com including links to more than 600 other sites. Once a member signs on they may add their feedlot to the Directory or the Shelf Cattle page; put an ad in the Classified sector; participate in conversation on the Feedlot Forum; answer the Trivia Quiz... you can even submit your own questions. For more information, please contact Tom Bendure, Marketing Manager at 620-275-4530 or e-mail him at tom@cattlefeeding.com. |
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