Category: Featured
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.
Agri Research Center
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor.
There are ways to prevent bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in cattle, but there’s not a “miracle-mycin” that magically keeps BRD from hurting a herd and keeping chronics out of the feedyard.
Passionate Perseverance
Aly McClure Contributing Editor.
In the heart of what was once a national park sits a 100-year-old family farm and feedyard in Garden City, Kan. Now called Reeve Cattle Co., the operation is a bustling hive of energy and innovation, always willing to go the next step in improving the agriculture industry.
Hot Time in Phoenix
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor.
When winter’s wrath had many digging out of snow and battling blizzards, the Arizona desert was a welcome treat for some 7,600 producers, feeders and others with beef industry roots.
VFD Enters Second Year – How Have Producers and Feeders Responded So Far?
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor.
In December, Reuters reported that an investor coalition that presses for corporate responsibility is calling on McDonald’s Corp., Denny’s Corp., and Sanderson Farms Inc., to stop buying or producing meat raised with medically important antibiotics.
Paying It Forward
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor
Families offer security, guidance and love. Fortunate and farsighted families offer a bonus – a legacy. One Kansas family has passed on a legacy of industry service up their family tree to benefit cattle producers everywhere. At its roots stands a strong woman – Jan Lyons.
CALF’S Featured Lady – Annette Siegel
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor
Anyone living in Sherman County, Neb., can attest to the fact that Annette Siegel is one of the hardest-working women in the neighborhood. That’s a remarkable accomplishment considering she was raised a “townie” in the community of David City, some three hours east of the Siegel’s Litchfield ranch.