Tag: Sustainability
EarthOptics: Unlocking Your Carbon Potential
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Have you considered selling carbon credits? They can be generated on your farm or ranch and provide additional income for
Feeding Ruminants or Making Energy
By David MacKenzie Contributing Editor One of the highest priorities any government must have is to feed its nation. Food security undoubt-edly came back to
MAKE A SECURE BEEF SUPPLY PLAN- Be Prepared for FMD or Other Foreign Animal Disease
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor It’s inconceivable, but detecting foot and mouth disease (FMD) in even one bull, cow or calf could shut down the
TAPS: Not the Forlorn Notes of a Military Bugle
By Blaine Davis Contributing Editor After a hectic day of reviewing a pile of blueprints and concluding with a construction site “walk-about,” I took
Canadian Government Tries Carrot Approach to Reduce Cattle Methane
By Will Verboven Contributing Editor Cattle producers know that, sooner or later, their governments will force methane reduction regulations on their industry. Progressive governments and
DDG CUBE SUPPLEMENTS HELP Studies Show Sound Stocker and Fed-Cattle Performance
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Producers always strive to improve grazed stocker cattle performance and profitability. Feedyards buying those cattle want animals that will perform
Cattle Are Sustainable and Reduce the Carbon Footprint
By Megan Webb, Ph.D. Contributing Editor A sustainable beef supply is comprised of three intersecting pillars – social responsibility, economic viability and environmental stewardship. Sustainability
Maximize Rain-Revived Pastures With Sound Fall Range and Pasture Management
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor One of the driest spells ever was broken this spring and summer by drought-busting rain that blessed the Southern Plains
MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH PUSHES SUSTAINABILITY
By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Debbie Lyons-Blythe has known the importance of ranch stewardship and animal welfare since she was a little girl in the
2021 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show
Sustainability Policy, Marketing, Checkoff Success By Larry Stalcup, Contributing Editor Think about the possibility of climate neutrality for U.S. cattle production by 2040. Can it