Category: Featured
2025 Nebraska Cattlemen Convention
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor More than 500 Nebraska cattle producers and others gathered Dec. 10-12, 2025, in Kearney, for the 2025 Nebraska Cattlemen
TCFA CHAIRMAN LAPHE LAROE A Lifetime at Feedyards
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Laphe LaRoe still had his baby teeth when he cleaned his first feed bunk and scooped his first manure
Protect Your Investment
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Silage-cutting time is an intense, high-pressure juncture wrought with the possibilities of accidents and breakdowns. Add to that the
The Generational Drive to Get Better Trust the Science Behind Genetic Selection, but Follow Your Instincts
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor The cattle business, as those of you reading this are fully aware, can be tough. It can be hard physically.
GET A GRIPP! Contestants Share $900,000 Payout at Memorial Roping
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor In its traditional form, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping Committee in Hereford, Texas, staged one of the nation’s largest
Gearing Up to Hunt Down a Possible Screwworm Incursion Screwworm flies are moving north. Is it only a matter of time?
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor It’s very likely that it’s not a matter of if but when screwworm flies cross the southern border and make
PLATTE VALLEY SADDLE SHOP
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Somewhere north of 3,000. That’s a big number. It’s a bit shadowed by time but seems accurate enough. It’s
Oklahoma National Stockyards Tradition Continues in OKC, but the Future Is Fuzzy
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor For some 115 years, the Oklahoma National Stockyards (ONSY) has been a center for calf and stocker cattle marketing. That
Producer Owned Beef Resumes Construction for Late 2028 Opening
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor After delays stalled by continued declines in U.S. beef cattle numbers, construction is back underway of Producer Owned Beef
Contingency Planning a Vital Part of Your Grazing Plan Start Drought Planning While It’s Raining
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor A grazing plan is a feedback loop, according to Chad Ellis, consisting of three basic parts. The first is setting