Category: Special Feature

DDG CUBE SUPPLEMENTS HELP Studies Show Sound Stocker and Fed-Cattle Performance
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Producers always strive to improve grazed stocker cattle performance and profitability. Feedyards buying those cattle want animals that will perform

TEXAS TECH VET SCHOOL STUDENTS ENJOY CLINICALS
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor When Amarillo’s Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) welcomed its first students in 2021, a major purpose was

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