Category: Featured
SHIELDING CATTLE FROM SUMMERTIME STRESS
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Providing preventative care for livestock is an objective that Boehringer Ingelheim takes seriously. I spoke with Dr. Joe Gillespie, Professional

Taking Time for a ‘Boot Check’
By Kristin Mackey Contributing Editor It was a beautiful day in the mountains of Colorado as I headed from Denver to a Colorado Springs


TAPS: Not the Forlorn Notes of a Military Bugle
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor After a hectic day of reviewing a pile of blueprints and concluding with a construction site “walk-about,” I took

Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Banquet
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher There wasn’t any doubt about where the “really exceptional beef” was during the recent trip to Orlando, Fla., for the

MUDDY CREEK TAGS
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor The Deeds’ garage was, well, it didn’t look like a garage. Family vehicles were parked outside under available trees. In

WILDFIRE RECOVERY UNDERWAY More Than 1.2 Million Acres Burned, Three People Killed, 15,000 Cattle Dead
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor The largest wildfire in Texas history stole much of the lifeblood of hundreds of ranchers in the northeastern Panhandle in

CALF’S Featured Lady- Danielle Kasselder
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Calhan, Colo. native Danielle Kasselder has traded the Rocky Mountains for a new home in Nebraska. Her youth was spent

Methane Digesters: Miracle Technology or Discriminatory Evil?
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Farm methane digesters are most notably used on large dairies and confinement hog units. They are now becoming a more

Observations of an NCBA Past President
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Todd Wilkinson can breathe a sigh of relief. After a busy year as National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) president, he