Category: Top Stories

WILL CATTLE PRICES SURGE EVEN HIGHER IN 2024?
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor If you liked 2023 cattle prices, 2024’s should please you even more. Depending on the quality of cattle being sold

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

CBB CHAIR JIMMY TAYLOR
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Jimmy Taylor knew his commercial Angus herd needed a spark to generate more revenue from his family’s century-old operation. That

Don’t Let Bullish Fed Cattle Profits Be Ruined by an Unexpected Wreck
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Fed cattle prices have seen a steady rise since markets tanked to under $100 per hundredweight (cwt.) in early 2020.

Gypsy Wagon August/September 2023
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher I can’t believe it’s time to publish the August/September issue of CALF News, but my summer has been different. Caught

Artificial vs. Human Intelligence
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor If you wanted to make a case for the superiority of artificial intelligence (AI) over human intelligence, consider this

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

Hope for a Cure Is Focus at Pender Cattlemen’s Ball
By LaRayne Topp Contributing Editor Hip hop moves – smooth as ice – on a style show stage, the whistle of a long black train

Yes, You Can Put Beef-Dairy Crosses on Pasture- Research Shows Beef/Dairy-Cross Calves Can Perform on Grass
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor The beef-dairy boom has been a win-win all the way around. It’s a win for dairies, adding significant value to

Whitt & Wisdom: Should’ve Been a Cowboy
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor When Jim Shoulders passed away in 2007 I wrote a tribute to the rodeo legend in my CALF News column.