Babies Everywhere!

We’ve all seen the cell phone pictures flooding the internet – “The best calf this side of the Mississippi!” “Here’s our next high dollar steer!” “This one will make your mouth water!” Etc. Etc. But, we’ve been out picturing baby calves already, and they really are a sight to see! Here are a few from Altena Show Cattle in George, …

Our Perspective

We think our customers are the best of the best. Seeing them be successful makes us happy, and we love to brag about their big wins and high sellers! We might even argue that the livestock industry is filled with the best people. These people care for their livestock above anything else, work their booties off in all kinds of …

Opportunities at Chi & Maine Junior Nationals

We’ve been talking for weeks about all the exciting things we have up our sleeve. So … drum roll please … We will be hosting an event at Maine & Chi Junior Nationals called “Meet, Greet & Tweet.” This will be an opportunity for you to get to know the Focus crew, ask any questions you may have about our …

Branding Time

Many of you have been branding your cattle on the ranch, among other things like dehorning, castrating and tagging. A recent post on the Smithsonian.com really helped explain the nomenclature that goes along with cattle branding. This is a wild rag folks. Image courtesy of eaglebrandcowboytack.com I (Robin) am an Indiana native. I attended college in Kansas, and was introduced …

Where’s Our FOCUS this week? Vol. 12

Where does time go? There’s only 27 days until Chianina & Maine-Anjou Jr. Nationals in Grand Island, NE! We are working on a couple great things for the event, so get ready for some exciting stuff from us soon. In the mean time, our customers are putting great sets of livestock together for some online sales. Tuesday – Miller Hampshires …

#FallSaleChat – June 3, 2013

We’ve been hinting about some exciting things happening at Focus lately, and we’re finally ready to reveal the first one!   We are going to be hosting an event on Twitter for those of you interested in hosting a club calf sale this fall. This will be an open forum, where you can ask questions to us (@gotfocus_co) via direct …

Where’s Our FOCUS This Week? Vol. 11

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all spoiled your mamas yesterday. In our experience, our moms have done so many things on the farm/ranch and taught us hundreds of lessons. Check out our contest on Facebook and tell us how you spent Mother’s Day! Our crew is getting ready to go all out at the Chianina & Maine Anjou Jr. Nationals …

Customer Spotlight: Miller Hampshires

You’ve heard us say time and time again that we’re a full service livestock marketing agency, that we’d love to represent your livestock operation, no matter the species. Today on the blog, we want to share about one of our sheep customers – Miller Hampshires of Seagraves, Texas. The operation includes parents Jim and April, their son Dustin and wife …

New Meat Naming System

There’s a new system in town for naming meat cuts. This new system, newly approved by the USDA and the Industry-Wide Cooperative Meat Identification Standards Committee, should hit grocery store shelves this summer – just in time for grilling season. An article by Elizabeth Wiese in USA TODAY, outlines the changes that will be implemented. “With the new names come …