Category: All In

A Balancing Act
By Chris McClure Contributing Editor Rural America, the home of rodeos, parades, Friday night football, homecoming, Old Settlers reunions, one small grocery store, a post

All In: Headlong Toward Fall
By Chris McClure Contributing Editor Will green grass and high feed prices delay the fall run? With October known as the “dying month,” should July

Reinvention
By Chris McClure Contributing Editor What do you do when the things you have always done no longer seem to work? Do you try something

ALL IN – Winds of Change
By Chris McClure Contributing Editor I awoke this morning to the sounds of the wind as it swooped across the flat plains from the Southwest.

ALL IN: Weathering the Storm
By Chris McClure Contributing Editor Charles Marion Russell’s watercolor of a starving cow surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves is one of his most

Ear Tags May Expedite Pulls for BRD
WT Research Feedlot has been providing important data for cattle feeders since the early 1970s. By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Pen riders are a unique

A Winding Road Home, Elizabeth McGibbon
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Elizabeth “Izzy” McGibbon is heading home to the family ranch in Green Valley, Ariz. She will be well-armed with a

The Rural vs. Urban Mindsets
By Chris McClure, Contributing Editor For the most part, people trust the system. We need to make sure that remains true. THERE IS A TENDENCY

Reprogramming Behavior
By Chris McClure, Contributing Editor IT SEEMS LIKE WE’VE been talking about traceability forever. I remember back in the ‘90s the topic crossed my desk

Environmental Stewardship
By Chris McClure, Contributing Editor I have to admit that there is a streak of environmentalist in me. It’s a practical type of environmentalism, but