Category: Business and Management
A Shift in the Wind
December 1, 2017
By Aly McClure, Contributing Editor
There’s an interesting scent in the air of southwest Kansas, and it’s more than manure. For years, Garden City and the surrounding areas has been a U.S. beef-growing hub, feeding over a million cattle in a 100-mile radius.
2015 Feedlot Consulting Nutritionist Survey
December 1, 2017
By Gilda V. Bryant, Contributing Editor
In 2015, New Mexico State University and Texas Tech University beef cattle experts collaborated on a feedlot consulting-nutritionist survey. Twenty-four nutritionists, responsible for rations for over 14 million cattle yearly, completed this comprehensive review.
Mason County Feeders – Backgrounding in the Texas Hill Country
August 1, 2017
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Justin Crocker rarely leaves his office. He buys and sells cattle and feed, checks the market, makes hedges and loves