Category: Featured
Once-In-A-Lifetime Spectacle
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor
We all know about the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. It was the first solar eclipse visible across the entire U.S. in 99 years. Many of our readers, no doubt, were lucky enough to witness the event.
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention Addresses Workings in Washington, Disaster Plans, State Checkoff
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor From recent victories for cattlemen in Washington, D.C., to the need for more checkoff dollars for beef research and promotion,
New Tool May Reduce Antibiotic Use
By Gilda V. Bryant, Contributing Editor
Feedyard operators know that incoming calves have a tendency to develop illnesses – especially bovine respiratory disease (BRD) – caused by stress.
In Search of Excellence at Hy-Plains Feedyard
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher
Smack dab in the middle of one of the most productive U.S. cattle-feeding regions, the HY-Plains Education and Research Center near Montezuma, Kan., links practical and experienced cattle-feeding experts in a state-of-the-art facility with professional researchers and educators.
Dr. Dee – WTAMU Sees Record Enrollment in Veterinary College
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor
With wisdom garnered from the likes of Ladd Hitch, Bill Braum and Richard McDonald, Dee Griffin, DVM, was destined to become a long-time leader in feedyard animal health. He is among the newest members of the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame.
CALF’s Featured Lady – Kari Risty
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor
Kari Risty is proof that ranch wives are practical, flexible, hardy kid-raisers who can cook and run a cattle chute. Born at Rahme, N.D., she grew up raising Suffolk sheep, Angus and Maine-Anjou cattle.
Blue Grass Stockyards – More than a Market
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor
Jan. 30, 2016 is a date that few folks in Lexington, Ky., are likely to forget. Construction workers accidently started a fire at the downtown Blue Grass Stockyards. High winds fanned flames 30-70 feet high, consuming the seven-acre facility, crossing the street and destroying other businesses.
Young Stockman – Riley Hadwiger
By Riley Hadwiger, Contributing Editor Living on my family’s farm in central Nebraska, I have learned many aspects of raising cattle and crops. My name
Unified Family, Diversified Operation
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor
One outfit that’s mastered this skill is the Dave Lamb family of Anselmo, Neb. Allowing each family member to navigate their own course in life, they’ve managed to incorporate several entities into their sizeable operation – a cow-calf unit, grass yearling business, feedlot and farming operation.
The China Deal – It’s Not TPP, But Still a Far East Feast for U.S. Beef
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor
Back in Beijing after 14 years – U.S. beef.
Not since 2003 has China welcomed U.S. beef to its shores.