Category: Featured
Airwave Maven
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor We listen to her. We wait for the clear, silky voice to come over our radios, and we hope that,
Little Relief Seen in Price Pressure
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor.
Market analysts from CattleFax and Texas A&M University see fed-cattle prices pushing past $110/cwt. the third and fourth quarters of this year and push $120 in early 2019.
One Health Initiative
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher.
On June 21, there was one place to be if your focus was on the future of the cattle industry. The tiny community of Montezuma, Kan., is not exactly a common destination, but that day a host of VIPs graced the Hy-Plains Education & Research Center, along with cattlemen representing over 2.5 million head of livestock. The One Health Initiative seeks to provide “science-based solutions to reduce antibiotic use in food animal production.”
Nextgen: A New Model
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher.
The first word that comes to mind when you visit with Nextgen founders is comradery. They’re not only proud of what they’re doing, they’re proud of who they’re doing it with.
Hales Angus Farm: Six Decades of Black Success
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor.
With nearly 60 years in the purebred Angus business, 90-year-old Texan Richmond Hales has seen the breed become a staple for many ranches across the Lone Star State.
Managing Variability
By Shawn Walter, Data Scientist, AgStrata, LLC It’s no big surprise that there’s a lot of variation between one lot and the next. For that
Sustainability Framework Highlights USRSB Conference
By Jim Whitt, Contributing Editor If you ask 100 people what sustainability is, you’ll likely get 100 different answers. So, the task of getting 100
Brown Cattle Feeders
A Small Yard with Large Results By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Sammy Brown learned a long time ago that in order to compete with large-capacity
#CattleTales
If You Have Them, So Why Not Share Them By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor #CattleTales You’ve likely seen that hashtag in social media or print.
At the Heart of Cattle Feeding Warren Monfort
By Walt Barnhart, Contributing Editor.
Kenny Monfort was an icon in the beef industry, but he wasn’t the brains behind cattle feeding in the Monfort family. That title belongs to Warren Monfort, Kenny’s father.