Category: Special Feature

U.S. Beef Production From a U.K. Perspective Part 2
By David MacKenzie Contributing Editor Editor’s Note: David MacKenzie, beef and sheep director at HARBRO Limited, leads a team charged with changing and improving the

Breakthrough BRD Technology Reenters the Market
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Those of us who handle cattle know the most redundant problem we face is bovine respiratory disease (BRD). In fact,

El Charro Café Tucson, Arizona
By James Coope Contributing Editor El Charro Café has been a staple in Tucson’s local restaurant scene for more than a century. I’ve dined

Meat Board Staff Unites in Chicago
By Walt Barnhart Contributing Editor About 60 former National Live Stock and Meat Board staff and their spouses and guests got together in the Chicago

Higher Cattle Prices, Nutrition Research, Checkoff Success Highlight TCFA Convention
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Todd Wilkinson hasn’t minced many words in his term as this year’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) president. Thus, it
Time to Buzz the Pasture Expanding Uses for Drones in Cattle Production
By Heather Smith Thomas Contributing Editor Drones were once a novelty, but new technology has made them practical for crop monitoring and livestock management. Drones

Nebraskans Well Represented in Hall of Fame
By LaRayne Topp Contributing Editor In 2023, the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame (CFHOF) carried out a decades-old tradition, sorting out from the rest of

SPICER GRIPP MEMORIAL ROPING BOOSTS WEST TEXAS A&M AGRICULTURE
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor With many of the world’s best ropers tethering more than $760,000 in total payout, the 2023 Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping

Zoetis Introduces Valcor Endectocide- Valcor Is the First Combination Endectocide for Cattle in the United States
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor Bottom line, parasites cause problems. Even when you don’t see clinical signs of internal or external parasites, they still cause

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