Tag: Featured Articles

Rancher/Flight Attendant Handles Herds in the Pasture and Above the Clouds
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Heidi Humphries has handled rowdy herds regularly for more than 20 years. Whether it’s right after processing or assuring there’s

TO DEFER INCOME OR NOT? Cattle Sold Early Due to Weather Disasters Face Taxing Questions
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Drought forced hundreds of Texas producers to truck breeding stock and other cattle to the sale barn last summer. Dry

HOT OFF THE GRILL: A CALF News BBQ Party
MASTERING THE MODERN CHATEAUBRIAND by James Coope Chateaubriand is perhaps the most decadent and tender beef roast, and a traditional favorite meal for special occasions

Generational Change: Can We Open the Gate?
SELF-REFLECTION IS a necessary tool for leadership development. Setting aside time for this practice is critical to strengthen leadership development by assessing skills, strengths, weaknesses

Nebraska Ag in – and out of – the Classroom
by Micky Burch Officially named for the method of harvesting or “husking” corn by hand, Nebraska was dubbed the “The Cornhusker State” in 1945. You

Weekly USMEF Audio Report: Halstrom Observations on Post-COVID Return to Japan
Japan is one of the United States’ strongest trading partners for red meat, but continued COVID restrictions have limited the return of the foodservice sector

CHUTESIDE MANNER: Exploring the Frontier of Animal Health
Surrogate Sires By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Chances are pretty good that if you’ve owned beef cows, you are familiar with artificial insemination (AI). You’ve

The Experience of Beef
By Kristin Mackey, Contributing Editor This is the first in a two-part series about the writer’s enthusiastic foray into ranch life. Beef. It’s more than

Fabricating Your Food
The Ins and Outs of Fake Meat By Gilda Bryant, Contributing Editor Lab-cultured meat products may be coming to a meat counter near you. Also

The Giles Family and the Kansas Wildfire
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor There are certain things we can do to prepare for a blizzard, not much we can do for a flood