Tag: Columns
Beef in the 2025 Consumer Landscape: Enduring Trends and New Patterns
By Megan Webb, Ph.D. Contributing Editor Heading into 2025, the American beef industry is proving resilient amid economic challenges and shifting consumer habits. Even
ANTHRAX The Spores That Never Die
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Anthrax has raised its ugly head once again, this time in Wyoming where several herds in Carbon County have been
Trading and Volatility
By Chris McClure Contributing Editor Will Rogers once said, “An economist’s guess is liable to be as good as anybody else’s.” I don’t claim
Cattle Trailers Are Rolling Beef Industry Billboards
By Megan Webb, Ph.D., Contributing Editor As fall rolls in, cattle producers are moving their herds from summer pastures to crop residues or dry lots
U.S. Election Very Important to Canada- Outcome Will Affect Cattle/Beef Trade
By Will Verboven, Contributing Editor Whenever there is an American presidential election, political anxiety seems to break out in Canada. That’s because, unbeknownst to most
Highway From Hell
By Blaine Davis, Contributing Editor Traversing again through the proverbial “ranch gate,” I am on another trip south to the Gulf Coast. This time to
Gypsy Wagon October November 2024
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Would you believe that, after some 15 years, I finally got to shake hands and have dinner with Will Verboven.
Gypsy Wagon August September 2024
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher I don’t think it was dysgraphia (not knowing what to write) but more like lack of inspiration when I sat
The Socialist Spider
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor In the words of Scottish economist Adam Smith, “There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than
Climate Change – Will It Be Mitigation or Adaptation?
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Most folks involved in commercial production agriculture have already seen the relentless march of climate change (CC) ideology begin to