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The GAR Report Archives

Spring 2009

Featured Stories:

30th Annual Spring Sale Offering Reaches 31 States and 262 Buyers
Southern Carcass Improvement Project Seeks to Make Beef Better
GAR Fall Bull Sale Set for September 28
“Our Customers Speak” Video Series Draws Large Internet Audience
The GAR Report Goes Electronic

Fall 2008

Featured Stories:

4th Annual GAR Fall Bulls Selling Sept. 29, 11 AM, Posts Highest Average $Beef to Date@+61.24
Batista Family’s JBS No. 1—Worldwide & U.S.
GAR Customers Take Advantage of USPB Delivery Rights
Guaranteed Gardiner Genetics (G³) Meets mCOOL Requirements
mCOOL Requirements Finally A Reality
Sale Credit Offered to Guaranteed Gardiner Genetics Participants
No Detail Too Small For Garden City Trucker
Gardiner Breeding Guarantee
Industry Need for Efficiencies

Winter 2008

Featured Stories:

1,100 Head Sell April 5 at the 29th Annual GAR Production Sale 9 AM, at the Ranch Near Ashland, KS
Is Your End-Use Target More Pounds, More Quality or Both?
GAR-Influenced Commercial Females in Demand at 6th Profit Proven Sale
Trends Change; Importance of Quality Stays
Gardiner Angus Ranch Bull Summary • 1997-2008
Gardiner Breeding Guarantee
Free Delivery For the 29th Year
Repeat Buyer Discount
GAR Sires Represented in the 29th Annual Production Sale

Fall 2007

Featured Stories:

3rd Fall Bull Sale Offers 271 Lots of Versatility, Value and Proven GAR Predictability
Maybe There Is A Reason (or 10)
Economics drives genetic and management decisions in the beef industry
Fall Dates Set for Age- and Source-Verified Calf Sales: AngusSource® & G³
Weaned Calf Value vs. Beef Value
GAR-Influenced Commercial Female Sale Dates
GAR 29th Annual Production Sale
The GAR Marketplace
Take advantage of added value with a G³ tag
GAR Influence Cattle Sold Through USPB Excel in FY07

Summer 2007

Featured Stories:

28th Annual Sale Sets New Records While Emphasizing Affordability
Fall Dates Set for Age- and Source- Calf Sales: AngusSource & G³
Here’s proof. Gardiner customers can have it all.
GAR-Influenced Commercial Female Sale Dates
Take advantage of added value with a G³ tag
Gardiner Angus Ranch Fall Bull Sale
Realizing the Effect of Activists
USPB Grid Premiums Climb in May
Rising Costs Drive Need for Optimal Milk Genetics

Spring 2007

Fall 2006

Feature Stories:

GAR 2nd Annual Fall Bull Sale Offering Ranks in top 3% for $Beef
Sires Represented in Fall Sale
Take advantage of added value with a G³ tag
Economics Reshaping Genetic Focus
Reproduction, Carcass Traits – Can We Have It All?
Selection For $B Makes Cents
Value-Added Opportunity for G3 Cattle Dreamcatcher Ranch

Summer 2006

Feature Stories:

GAR 27th Annual Sale Presents Buyer’s Opportunity for Genetic Improvements
Hinkle’s Prime Cut 4th Female Sale sells to active crowd in record time
Strong demand in tough country for GAR genetics at Lee’s Red Mountain Genetics
National Beef Packing Company, LLC Concludes Acquisition of Brawley Beef, LLC
“Thanks for the ride, Colonel. May you rest in peace.”
—by Garth Gardiner, Gardiner Angus Ranch
Dates Set for GAR Influence Commercial Cow Sales
Selection For $B Makes Cents
—Reprinted with permission, Steve Suther, Certified Angus Beef LLC, Black Ink BasicsTM
Take advantage of added value with a G³ tag

Spring 2006

Feature Stories:

“Intelligent Design” offering sells April 1 at the 27th Annual Gardiner Angus Ranch Production Sale 9 AM, At The Ranch Near Ashland, KS—Join Us!
Bullish returns
Gardiner Angus Ranch Bull Summary • 1997-2004
8 key facts about animal ID
Strong market continues for GAR-influenced females at Profit Proven Sale
Sale credit offered to Guaranteed Gardiner Genetics participants
GAR Main Donor Summary • 2003-2004 vs. 2005-2006
U.S. Premium Beef Facts…

Fall 2005

Feature Stories:

1,700 head sell at 4th Profit Proven GAR-Influenced Replacement Female Sale, November 28, Pratt, Kansas
What demand is and isn’t – Consumption alone cannot measure demand.
GAR launches Guaranteed Gardiner Genetics (GGG) Program for customers
1st GAR Fall Bull Sale makes for a quick, successful afternoon
Look to genetics for marbling indicators
Marketing traits of successful beef producers

Summer 2005

Feature Stories:

26th Annual Production Sale Reaches Milestone April 2-Over 1,000 in Attendance to Purchase 881 Lots
Sort It Out and Take Charge
Gardiner Breeding Guarantee
AngusSource Success
Repeat Buyer Discount
Free Delivery for Fall Bull Sale
GAR Continues to Offer Customer Rebate for AngusSource Enrollment

Spring 2005

Feature Stories:

April 2, 26th Annual Sale Showcases Industry-Leading Performance For The Serious Beef Producer
Free Delivery For The 26th Year
Seven Year Comparison Documents Significant Carcass Improvements
Profit Proven Group Featured in March 2005, BEEF Magazine
Record Set at GAR-Influenced Commercial Replacement Female Sale
How Much Performance Will Be Given Up If I Use An Angus Bull?
GAR 1407 New Design 6482 Posts Impressive Numbers in 2005 Sire Evaluation

Fall 2004

Feature Stories:

GAR-Influenced Profit Proven Commercial Angus Replacement Female Sale, November 29, Pratt, Kansas
GAR Continues to Offer Customer Rebate for AngusSource Enrollment
U.S. Premium Beef Converts to LLC Structure
GAR Expands Through Land Lease
Beef Production vs. the SUV
1st Annual GAR Fall Bull Sale Set For October 7, 2005 at the Ranch
Angus Business Experiences Growth in Fiscal 2004
Balancing Act—Are Producers Placing Too Much Emphasis on Selection for Carcass Merit?
Colleagues Make BEEF Magazine’s “Top 40” Industry Leaders

Summer 2004

Feature Stories:

25th Anniversary Production Sale Sets New Record at Gardiner Angus Ranch
GAR Sired Steer Wins 2004 Beef Empire Days
The Deadly Mistakes of Breeding Season
Grid Maker Progeny Sought After in Spring Sales Across U.S.
USDA Yield Grades Explained
GAR Marketing Update
Irsik and Herman Cattle Return Healthy Premiums through USPB

Spring 2004

Feature Stories:

25th Annual GAR Sale Offering Represents The Future “Unplugged”!
GAR offers commercial customers rebate for enrollment in AngusSource program
How Much Performance Will Be Given Up If I Use An Angus Bull?
Kansas Beef Producer Wins Prestigious Vision Award
USPB records large grid premiums during fourth quarter
Profit Proven Commercial Angus Female Sale tops ‘02 mark

Fall 2003

Feature Stories:

Profit Proven Female Sale to offer 1150 head of GAR-influenced genetics
AngusSource Offers New Marketing Tools
GAR Commercial Customers Some of First to Enroll in AAA AngusSource Program
“New” CIDR + Prostaglandin Synchronization System
The Top 10 Principles To Powerful Marketing
Gardiner Angus Ranch Plans for 25th Annual Production Sale
Summary of Grid Performance, FY 2003
Mule Creek Ranch Tops Pratt Market
Fiscal 2003 was a strong year of growth for USPB NBP Acquisition Tops Successful Year

Spring 2003

Feature Stories:

24th Annual Production Sale The Best Ever At Gardiner Angus Ranch
A Note From Gardiner Angus Ranch
Your synchronization toolbox
Why is profitability so rare in the cattle business
Beef Logic: Muscle
USPB Members take home $105,000 in Best Of Breed Angus carcass contest

Winter 2003

Feature Stories:

1,000 Head sell April 5, 2003, at the 24th Annual Gardiner Angus Ranch Production Sale, Ashland, KS
Fashionable Females
U.S. Premium Beef continues to be one of the industry's greatest success stories
Harvest Time: Learning from the past making decision for the future
Gardiner Sires Place At The Top of Best of the Breed

Fall 2002

Feature Stories:

GAR Customers Join Forces — 1200 Head of Source-Verified, GAR Influence Females Sell Nov. 18, 2002, Pratt, KS
What Kind Of An Industry Do We Want to Have?
Understanding the "tools" we have to use for synchronization, Part II

Summer 2002

Feature Stories:

Developing marketing opportunities for our customers a high priority
Three Common Management Traps
Giles Family & Krier’s Combine to offer 1,000 GAR Influenced Females, November 18, 2002
U.S. Premium Beef, Farmland National Beef Unaffected by Farmland Industries’ Filing
Understanding the "tools" we have to use for synchronization

May 2002

Feature Stories:

April 6,2002 – A Historic Day At Gardiner Ranch
Management of Artificial Insemination Based on Twenty-One Heat Detection Signs
Timed Insemination Programs for Cattle – Why Couldn’t We Do This 10 Years Ago?
Ultrasound: A Tool for Improving Reproductive Management of Cattle
Studying a Lesson of the Cattle Feeding Industry

Spring 2002

Feature Stories:

Helpful Info About The Offering
The Great "Melting Pot" Theory
A Note from Henry
"How Much Performance Will Be Given Up If I Use An Angus Bull?"
Precision Tops Australian Feed Efficiency Trial

January 2002

Feature Stories:

Is end product important? Or…yeah, whatever.
Data is only as good as the analysis — using carcass data to improve quality
There is a feed yard that fits your operation
USPB Announces Grid Changes
Have we gotten the wrong message about optimization?
Nelson Farms Production Sale Scheduled for February 15, Alma, Nebraska

October 2001

Feature Stories:

Information & Technology 101
Total Quality Management: A Corporate Concept For The Beef Industry
Will Corporations Control the Cattle Business?
GAR Contributes to R.A. Brown Ranch Elite Angus Female Offering, Oct. 10-11

May 2001

Feature Stories:

Gardiner Angus Ranch 22nd Annual Production Sale Most Successful To Date
Questions from GAR customers
Value-added Performance: Genetics, health, management – all of the above
Synchronization of Estrus in Beef Heifers – time-tested and “new” ideas

January 2001

Feature Stories:

Reproduction, growth, carcass traits – can we have it all? (part 3)
U.S. Premium Beef Announces Grid Improvements
Freeze Branding

December 2000

Feature Stories:

Reproduction, growth, carcass traits – can we have it all? (part 2)
A young Gardiner customer asked the following questions…
Uniform Product or Genetic Diversity?

November 2000

Feature Stories:

Reproduction, growth, carcass traits – can we have it all? (part 1)
GAR-influence cattle sold through Superior Video Auction top Labor Day Sale – the best bulls of the Angus breed.
Angus Beef Record Service (BRS) is valuable tool for commercial producers
GAR customers receiving healthy premiums through U.S. Premium Beef