CALF_News_October_November_2019

4 CALF News • October | November 2019 • www.calfnews.net  OCT. | NOV. 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 5 Gypsy Wagon 16 Chuteside Manner 50 Recollections 52 Baxter Black 53 Index of Advertisers 54 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 10 Rumblings From the Great White North 11 All In 12 Whitt & Wisdom 46 Beyond the Ranch Gate 6 What's in a Name? It all boils down to semantics as the beef industry strives to differentiate real beef products from fake. Cover Story 24 Where She Wants to Be As the Sneed-Pool Cattle Co., turns 90, president Pamela Stevens embraces opportunities to produce for ever-evolving niche markets. 30 Darrell Peel Ph.D. Understanding a Global Industry OSU professor Darrell Peel travels the world, alternately learning and teaching about the world beef market. 36 Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping “The Gripp” saw more than 900 contestants this year and roped in $100,000 for WTAMU ag scholarships.