CALF_News_April_May_2018

4 CALF News • April | May 2018 • www.calfnews.net  APRIL | MAY 2018 Highlights On the Web www.calfnews.net Highlights  Original, informative content  Cattle industry news updates Go Mobile Facebook  www.facebook.com/#!/calfnews Twitter  http://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 44 Recollections 45 Baxter Black 45 Index of Advertisers 47 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 Looking Ahead 12 All In 14 Whitt & Wisdom 40 Beyond the Ranch Gate 6 Hot Time in Phoenix More than 7,600 “Blazed A Trail” to Phoenix for the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. Read what the convention had to offer and peruse the photos for familiar faces among the convention goers. Cover Story 30 Agri Research Center If there’s one place feedyard pharmaceutical companies trust to put their products to the test, it’s Agri Research Center, Inc. 28 At the Foundation of Cattle Feeding: Warren Monfort Much credit has been given to Kenny Monfort, but his dad, Warren, was the true cornerstone for the family’s cattle-feeding empire. 18 Passionate Perseverance The Kansas Livestock Association is in good hands with Lee Reeve at the helm. And the head of Reeve Cattle Company looks forward to leading the association in 2018.