Category: Cover Story

Can Water Rights and Water Conservation Co-Exist?
By Gina Gigot Contributing Editor On December 15, 2022, an AP headline read: “This Is the First time the Kansas Water Authority Has Voted to

OUR DAILY LIVES: The Effects of Weather on How We Live
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Weather. It is a broad subject – too broad to write about even in general terms, and too personal to

Connecting Through the Checkoff
By Micky Burch & Larisa Willrett Contributing Editors As we spend some time this issue discussing the into beef promotion, research, education, information and urban/agricultural

PREVENT DISEASE SPREAD U.S. CattleTrace Has the Prescription But Needs More Producer and Feeder Members
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Cattle diseases can be catastrophic to the beef industry, so isolating infected cattle is critical. To benefit helpless herds, U.S.

Stop the Government Land Grab
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor The still-lingering 30 by 30 program was described by the Biden administration as a way of “tackling the climate crisis

The Future of Water In The West
Maybe Mark Twain Wasn’t Right After All By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor IF THERE’S A QUOTE that sums the history of water use in the

A Seriously Wrong Road
By Walt Barnhart Contributing Editor Climate change zealots who sound alarms about a pending climate apocalypse that will soon destroy the planet won’t think much

Stop the Government Land Grab
“Producers can manage their land much better than government bureaucrats.” By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor THE STILL-LINGERING 30 by 30 program was described by the