Category: Sustainability

TAPS: Not the Forlorn Notes of a Military Bugle
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor After a hectic day of reviewing a pile of blueprints and concluding with a construction site “walk-about,” I took
VIABLE ALTERNATIVES- Texas Company Provides Innovative Water Solutions
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Rainfall and groundwater vary widely across our country. Often, eastern areas have more than adequate precipitation. Some Nebraskans can stand

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

2021 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show
Sustainability Policy, Marketing, Checkoff Success By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Think about the possibility of climate neutrality for U.S. cattle production by 2040. Can it

Regenerative Ranching
Noble Research Institute Program Promotes Better Soil, Better Pastures and Better Herd Production By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Faced with higher input costs and tighter

Saving the Ogallala
Ogallala Summit Confronts the Aquifer’s Adversities By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Their mission is to prime the pump of High Plains water conservation. And stakeholders

Ranching in Wabaunsee County
Amy Langvardt and Barb Downey, long-time Flint Hills ranchers, discuss the unique balance necessary to preserve the tallgrass prairie. Filmed by Scott Stebner as part

Profitability, Global Markets Highlighted at CattleFax Outlook Seminar
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor The annual CattleFax Outlook Seminar was held Feb. 6, 2020, as part of the Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio.
The Big Picture
By Jim Whitt, Contributing Editor.
What does sustainability mean to you? That’s a question I’ve posed to people I’ve interviewed for a film project I’m producing.

Blue Gold – When planning your operation’s future, water conservation is just as important as financial stability
By Ally McClure, Contributing Editor
In true western Kansas fashion, the wind was blowing a breezy 50 miles per hour during a water conservation meeting Dec. 8, 2017, at the new Hy-Plains Education and Research Center.