Tag: Business and Management
Feeders Get ‘Market Flu’ During COVID
By Heather Smith Thomas, Contributing Editor The livestock industry is facing uncertain times and feedlots have been struggling with marketing issues. Warren Rusche, South Dakota
Ranchin’ Vets
By Corey Downs, Contributing Editor Ranchin’ Vets was born from the idea that managing livestock is one of America’s oldest traditions, one that embodies the
Heroism Needed on the Harvest Floor
By Megan Webb, Ph.D., Contributing Editor During morning chores, the sunrise reminds me to be thankful for a new day, a new bounty of hope,
The Experience of Beef
By Kristin Mackey, Contributing Editor This is the second in a two-part series about the writer’s enthusiastic foray into ranch life on the Withers Ranch,
Sick Country, Sick Cattle Markets
Coping With COVID-19 By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor There have been wrecks, bad ones, like the 1970s beef price freeze, the ‘80s whole-herd dairy buyout
A Girl With a Mission
Feeding the World Starts Here and Now By Faith Baxter, Contributing Editor It all started with a servant’s heart and an idea. The desire to
Unique in All the World
By Chris McClure, Contributing Editor It seems for years that kids have been caught up in the latest trend whether it is the brand of
Visiting Through Modern Technology
By Shane Koester, Contributing Editor I’m a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), majoring in animal science, minoring in Nebraska Beef Industry Scholars
Tony’s Meats and Market
By James Coope, Contributing Editor On a hot Saturday afternoon in Centennial, Colo., the patio outside of Tony’s Meats and Market is teeming with people
A Fresh Look At a Successful Transition
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor The Ostrand Angus story is a blend of old and new, of family and one person’s faith in another’s integrity.