Category: Featured
Wickens
Melbourne, Australia By Kathleen and Mark Hennessy, Contributing Editor While we lived in Melbourne, Australia, we tried to visit as many places as we could.
Feeders Get ‘Market Flu’ During COVID
By Heather Smith Thomas, Contributing Editor The livestock industry is facing uncertain times and feedlots have been struggling with marketing issues. Warren Rusche, South Dakota
Hedging In a Plague
Price Protection Against COVID-19 By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor With projections for losses of $6/cwt., or more for cattle going on feed in mid-summer, there
Bandwagon Beef
Going Local By Megan Webb Ph.D., Contributing Editor In the heat of the moment it is easy to get caught up in what we think
National Cattlemen’s Foundation Now Accepting Applications for W.D. Farr Scholarships
Grants will Support Graduate Students Committed to Beef Industry Advancement The National Cattlemen’s Foundation is now accepting applications for the W.D. Farr Scholarships for the
Ranchin’ Vets
By Corey Downs, Contributing Editor Ranchin’ Vets was born from the idea that managing livestock is one of America’s oldest traditions, one that embodies the
Plant-Based Blasphemy
Beyond Impossible to Compare with Protein-Packed Beef By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor As was demonstrated by COVID-19’s impact on consumers, supermarket meat cases were often
The Experience of Beef
By Kristin Mackey, Contributing Editor This is the second in a two-part series about the writer’s enthusiastic foray into ranch life on the Withers Ranch,
Sick Country, Sick Cattle Markets
Coping With COVID-19 By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor There have been wrecks, bad ones, like the 1970s beef price freeze, the ‘80s whole-herd dairy buyout
A Girl With a Mission
Feeding the World Starts Here and Now By Faith Baxter, Contributing Editor It all started with a servant’s heart and an idea. The desire to