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The Worst of Perfect Storms
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor (Editor’s Note: The strength of Mother Nature’s power was evident in a catastrophic storm that led to the loss of

The Farmer’s Market
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor A few Saturdays ago, accompanied by my wife and our 12-year old grandson, Paxton, I perused Wichita’s Kansas Grown! Farmers

PRODUCER PROFILE – BOB HIBBERD, CATTLE BUYER
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Chances are, you have met Bob Hibberd. Not in a hand-shaking, howdy kind of way; you’ve probably met him

CALF’S Featured Lady-ASHLEIGH NASH, ENTREPRENEUR
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Ashleigh Nash is hard to keep up with. The young mother of three has numerous irons in the fire,

Flatland Philosopher: Going Fishing
Going Fishing Bawling calves and hanging dust That gets in ears and forms a crust Around the nostrils and the lips; The contest has commenced

Marketing With the End Goal in Mind
By Megan Webb, Ph.D. Contributing Editor Envisioning Success When the sun rises, I enjoy starting the coffee pot, turning on the early morning news, reviewing

Where’s the Really Exceptional Beef? – The Stockyard Brighton, Mass.
By Dario Delle Chiaie Contributing Editor Being a Massachusetts native, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting some really great steakhouses over the years while working

Maximize Rain-Revived Pastures With Sound Fall Range and Pasture Management
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor One of the driest spells ever was broken this spring and summer by drought-busting rain that blessed the Southern Plains

Raising the Bar, Then Exceeding It – The 2022 National Beef Quality Audit Showed Improvement, Lost Opportunities
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor We’re getting better. A lot better, in fact. But much like a football coach who, even when the team

Beef Empire Days 55 Years and Going Strong
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher It has it all … a live cattle show, cattle working contest, rodeo and a cattle crawl, along with a