Category: Top Stories
SPICER GRIPP MEMORIAL ROPING- Hereford Roping Payout Hits $780,000-Plus
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor At CALF News, we love covering traditional, cattle-oriented events that spark the spirit of farm, ranch and cattle feeding communities.
RAMP Up the Benefits of Starter Rations
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Feedyards seek rumen-pleasing rations designed to boost animal health and generate more efficient gains. When it comes to getting calves
USDA Feeder Cattle Grades Explained-Here’s What USDA Market News Reporters Do at the Sale Barn
By Burt Rutherford, Contributing Editor “They called ‘em whaat?” That’s an exclamation likely uttered throughout the history of the cattle business by sellers and buyers
Zinc Is Essential to Beef-on-Dairy Success Dairy Crosses See Stronger Performance
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor With herd rebuilding still at a snail’s pace, feedyards will likely see more beef-on-dairy cattle in their pens the next
Service Vet, You Bet
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Mark Turney, DVM, is a high-energy guy. He requested a visit with CALF News, having some thoughts he wanted to
USDA Proposes New ‘Fairness’ Market Rule Proposed Rule Is the Latest and Most Concerning in a Rulemaking Series
By Burt Rutherford, Contributing Editor “All’s fair in love and war,” the old saying goes. But what about the cattle market? The answer to that
2024 Beef Empire Days in the Books
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher Photos courtesy Bonita McClure, BED Executive Director Fifty-six years later, Garden City, Kan, is still the place to be in
Remembering a Prodigious Poet
By Walt Barnhart, Contributing Editor In high school I memorized a popular poem with the intention of using it to impress a girl I
THE STATE OF NEW YORK SUES JBS USA- And we have another new word to learn.
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Greenwashing. What is that? It’s at the center of the lawsuit that Letitia James, New York Attorney General, has filed
Richard Waller forges ahead with the help of Faith, Family and Friends.
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Life can be hard; we all have experienced bad times. Richard Waller of Holdrege, Neb., has endured his share of