Whitt & Wisdom: Tariffs and Taxes
June 10, 2025
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor The first 100 days of our newly elected president were fast paced and not without controversy. No, I’m
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor “The demand for those upper two-thirds Choice and Prime cuts is absolutely prevalent. But the real driver for this market is ground beef,” contends Don Close, senior protein analyst for Terrain. Around 50 percent of the beef consumed in the United States is hamburger, a number that has remained steady […]
...By James Coope Contributing Editor Mother’s Day, in some form or fashion, has been celebrated around the world for centuries....
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher A recent trip to my former home, Garden City, Kan., after two years, was a...
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor It’s a decision as old as cattle feeding itself – “If I hold ‘em, will...
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor The first 100 days of our newly elected president were fast paced and not without controversy. No, I’m
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor Everett Dirksen was one of the most colorful politicians in the history of the United States. He first came to
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Imagine being able to mitigate the No. 1 problem you have faced in your life of cattle production: stress. It
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor We sometimes think that events happening far away won’t affect us; we are immune by distance. Occasionally, we are proven
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher If we were a daily newspaper, we wouldn’t be able to report all the news of the day these days.
When I look back over my many years in the cattle industry, many of my favorites memories are of the yearly Cattle Industry Conventions. Usually
All In
By Chris McClure
Beyond the Ranch Gate
By Blaine Davis
Calf’s Featured Lady
By Patti Wilson
Chuteside Manner
By Patti Wilson
Gypsy Wagon
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher
On the Edge of Common Sense
By Baxter Black
Recollections
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher
Rumblings from the Great White North
By Will Verboven
Where’s the Really Exceptional Beef?
By Contributing Editors
Whitt & Wisdom
By Jim Whitt
