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FAKE MEAT TAKES A GRILLING IN 2022
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Hard times seem to have fallen on the plant-based protein industry in the past 12 months. Heads went up in
TO DEFER INCOME OR NOT? Cattle Sold Early Due to Weather Disasters Face Taxing Questions
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Drought forced hundreds of Texas producers to truck breeding stock and other cattle to the sale barn last summer. Dry
Consumers Still Love Beef: Checkoff-Funded Survey Data Shows Beef Demand Remains Strong, but With Headwind
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor There’s good news in consumer beef demand. “Consumers love their beef,” says Mike Simone, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) executive
Mid-Term Elections Patience and Acceptance
By Micky Burch, Contributing Editor November 9 saw many Americans take to the ballot box and exercise their right to vote, prioritizing issues from inflation,
Politics, Yuck!
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor I have long been an advocate of limited government. It is obvious that I have little influence because it has
MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH PUSHES SUSTAINABILITY
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Debbie Lyons-Blythe has known the importance of ranch stewardship and animal welfare since she was a little girl in the
A CALF News BBQ Party
MASTERING THE MODERN CHATEAUBRIAND by James Coope Chateaubriand is perhaps the most decadent and tender beef roast, and a traditional favorite meal for special occasions
Heroes Among Us Margaret Borland, Trail Boss
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor I quit reading novels a long time ago. To this writer, nothing can top American history. Its relevancy is pure
Education of a Lifetime Part 1: KARL (Kansas Agricultural Rural Leadership)
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor CALF News National Accounts Manager Jess Ebert of Tescott, Kan., is a newly hatched graduate of the Kansas Agriculture and
Meet One Female Shaping the Illinois Cattle Industry
By Betty Haynes Illinois Beef Association CALF News Copy Editor Larisa Willrett was recently featured as part of a women in ag story in the