CALF_News_April_May_2019

4 CALF News • April | May 2019 • www.calfnews.net  APRIL | MAY 2019 Highlights On the Web www.calfnews.net Highlights  Original, informative content  Cattle industry news updates Go Mobile Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/ calfnews/ Twitter  https://twitter.com/calfnews YouTube  www.youtube.com/CALFnews Advertising Jessica Ebert National Account Manager (785) 477-1941 jebert@blueprintma.com Features In Every Issue 6 Gypsy Wagon 22 Chuteside Manner 43 Recollections 44 Baxter Black 45 Index of Advertisers 46 Where’s the Really Exceptional Beef? Subscription Request Form  New  Renewal  Address Change Domestic  1 Yr $40  2 Yrs $70  3 Yrs $90 New Foreign (Send U.S. funds—U.S. Bank only)  1 Yr $50  2 Yrs $90  3 Yrs $120 N ame F irm Name S treet C ity S tate Zip P hone No. e -mail  Commercial Feeder 1,000 to 5,000 head annual marketings  5,000 to 10,000 head annually  10,000 to 20,000 head annually  20,000 to 40,000 head annually  40,000 plus head annually  Stocker/Feeder operator  Cow/Calf operator  Other Please enclose old magazine label. Send check, money order or U.S. funds BluePrint Media P.O. Box 292, Lodi, WI 53555 Opinions 10 Rumblings From the Great White North 12 Looking Ahead 13 All In 14 Whitt & Wisdom 38 Beyond the Ranch Gate 8 The Cattle Community Gathers in New Orleans A big convention for the Big Easy. A first for the Cattle Industry Convention, New Orleans showed off its Southern charm as host city. Cover Story 34 Kane Beef Has a New Owner There are some fences to mend, but Kane Beef’s new owners look forward to re-opening the plant for South Texas feeders. 28 Southwest Beef Symposium Southwest producers got a lesson in health issues and their effect on the bottom line. 26 Where's the Really Exceptional School Lunch Program? Remember when school lunches were something to look forward to? This Nebraska school district has gone “old school,” preparing meals inhouse.