CALF News Aug./Sept 2018

4 CALF News • August | September 2018 • www.calfnews.net  AUG. | SEPT. 2018 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 5 Gypsy Wagon 18 Chuteside Manner 47 Recollections 48 Baxter Black 49 Index of Advertisers 50 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 Name Firm Name Street City State Zip Phone 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 12 Rumblings From the Great White North 13 Looking Ahead 14 All In 16 Whitt & Wisdom 42 Beyond the Ranch Gate 6 In Search of Security Security comes in all shapes and sizes – from protecting your land, to ensuring treatment options for your animals, to guarding your electronic information. Cover Story 40 Little Relief Seen in Price Pressure So many variables in the market … so little margin for error. 24 Hales Angus Farms For six generations Hales Angus Farm has made black cattle their business. 20 Nextgen – A New Model Integration in the beef business is tough, but Nextgen Cattle Company is taking a hard run at it.