Category: Industry Events

GET A GRIPP! Contestants Share $900,000 Payout at Memorial Roping
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor In its traditional form, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping Committee in Hereford, Texas, staged one of the nation’s largest

BQA CERTIFICATION Stockmanship & Stewardship Just as Important at Feedyard as the Ranch
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor With steadfast consumer demand for high-quality beef, the four major packers and many regional processors “require BQA certification before

OCA Convention Red Meat Grading, Markets Highlight Annual Meeting
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Using CT scanning, Texas Tech University (TTU) researchers are making more accurate measurements of beef carcass red meat value, something

Producer Owned Beef Resumes Construction for Late 2028 Opening
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor After delays stalled by continued declines in U.S. beef cattle numbers, construction is back underway of Producer Owned Beef

Beef Empire Days- Cattle Working Teams Show off Their Skills
By Rachael Sebastian Contributing Editor Cattle processing usually isn’t a spectator sport. It’s not a sport at all, and rarely are there spectators. But
California & Arizona Cattle Feeders Meeting a Great Event in San Diego
By Julie Barnett Contributing Editor A full room welcomed the presenters for the California & Arizona Cattle Feeders Meeting that took place at the

Screwworm Highlighted at BIF Symposium
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor The threat of New World screwworm (NWS) flies buzzing into U.S. cattle herds from Mexico is intensifying. At CALF News

Be a Price Maker
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor When Andy Holloway and his committee brainstormed the first Hemphill County Beef Conference 11 years ago, they envisioned a forum

TSCRA CONVENTION Members Take on New World Screwworms, Toast Special Rangers
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Due to the continued northward spread of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, U.S. Ag Sec. Brooke Rollins announced May

Nearly 8,500 Attend Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor With $200 per cwt. fats and feeders far north of $260, there weren’t many gripes heard at February’s Cattle Industry