Tag: Industry News
Hedging In a Plague
Price Protection Against COVID-19 By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor With projections for losses of $6/cwt., or more for cattle going on feed in mid-summer, there
Bandwagon Beef
Going Local By Megan Webb Ph.D., Contributing Editor In the heat of the moment it is easy to get caught up in what we think
National Cattlemen’s Foundation Now Accepting Applications for W.D. Farr Scholarships
Grants will Support Graduate Students Committed to Beef Industry Advancement The National Cattlemen’s Foundation is now accepting applications for the W.D. Farr Scholarships for 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,
Plant-Based Blasphemy
Beyond Impossible to Compare with Protein-Packed Beef By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor As was demonstrated by COVID-19’s impact on consumers, supermarket meat cases were often
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
Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame
2020 Inductees Honored By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor He was a cowboy born in Hollywood who cleaned a movie star’s swimming pool – a perfect
Profitability, Global Markets Highlighted at CattleFax Outlook Seminar
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor The annual CattleFax Outlook Seminar was held Feb. 6, 2020, as part of the Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio.
International Livestock Congress
Beef Industry’s Maligned Carbon Footprint By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Frank Mitloehner is mad, sometimes fuming. If you spread manure about the beef industry’s carbon