CALF_News_February_March_2021

4 CALF News • February | March 2021 • www.calfnews.net  FEB. | MARCH 2021 Highlights On the Web www.calfnews.net Go Mobile Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/ calfnews/ Twitter  https://twitter.com/calfnews YouTube  www.youtube.com/CALFnews Instagram  www.instagram.com/calfnews/ Advertising Jessica Ebert National Account Manager (785) 477-1941 jebert@blueprintma.com Features In Every Issue 5 Gypsy Wagon 16 Chuteside Manner 31 Gatherings 33 On the Human Side 34 Recollections Opinions 8 Rumblings From the Great White North 9 All In 10 Prime Points 12 Whitt & Wisdom 32 Beyond the Ranch Gate 6 2021 in a COVID-19 World Although part of the same industry, producers and packers have long shared a relationship reminiscent of the Hatfields and McCoys. COVID stepped in and, for some, reminded both parties of their common goals – producing quality beef products for the world. Cover Story 18 U.S. CattleTrace Never has disease transmission, both among people and animals, been more top of mind. CattleTrace is a voluntary traceability program designed to keep cattle and the beef industry safe. 22 Mark Standage Mark Standage and his trucking company are keeping the wheels of agriculture turning. 35 Where’s the Really Exceptional Beef? 37 Baxter Black 38 Index of Advertisers 38 CALF's Featured Lady 30 Heroes Among Us Being deemed “inappropriate and unladylike” didn’t stop Mary Engle Pennington from eventually becoming a pioneer in safe food preservation, handling, refrigeration and transportation. 28 Custom Feeding Cattle from California to the Carolinas Longtime CRI Feeders Manager Scott Anderson is taking on a new challenge in 2021 as Texas Cattle Feeder’s Association chairman.