In 2014, Strive To Be The Kind Of Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
Joe Roybal
BEEF
There’s a natural tendency, I think, to look beyond home for measures of success, however. The problem is that such factors often aren’t totally under our control – things like wealth, recognition, material possessions, etc. Inspirational speaker Zig Ziglar used to say that "Money won’t make you happy, but everybody seems to want to find out for themselves."
Posted in Uncategorized
Talking Bull
Dr. Ken McMillan
DTN/The Progressive Farmer
There certainly can be paralysis through analysis. Your best resource, other than a breeder you trust, would be a calving-ease EPD.
Posted in Uncategorized
A Forage for Every Season
Bruce Anderson
South Dakota AG Connection
Think back over the past couple of years. Did you have ample pasture all season long, or were there times when more forage growth would have helped?
Posted in Uncategorized
Genomic testing: A beneficial tool for breeders
Heather Smith Thomas
Progressive Cattleman
Livestock producers now have the ability to check an animal’s DNA for various traits.
A number of genomic tests have been developed, and most breed associations offer tests to check for certain traits or defects.
Posted in Uncategorized
Farmers need to focus on what goes in as well as what comes out
Mike Scott
Forbes
Editor’s note: Stories of this ilk are included in the blog to inform those in our industry how agriculture is being presented to and perceived by the public.
As the world’s population heads towards nine billion people, it is crucial that the global agriculture sector is able to meet the increased demand for food. But the world’s food production industry is on an unsustainable path – one that mirrors the unsustainable short-termism of the financial sector in recent years – and needs to change radically if it is to feed the world of the future as well as the world of today.
Posted in Uncategorized
Burning cows: Extreme weather and America’s perilous food supply
Erik German and Solana Pyne
Salon
Editor’s note: Stories of this ilk are included in the blog to inform those in our industry how agriculture is being presented to and perceived by the public.
It’s a burning cow.
At the height of a crippling drought last year, an errant spark touched off a vast wildfire near Straka’s ranch in the sand hills 200 miles west of Omaha. Fire consumed more than 300,000 acres of Nebraska’s plains in 2012, including one pasture where Straka and her neighbors failed to reach their cattle in time.
Posted in Uncategorized
Defined by critics, big ag restarts conversation
MARY CLARE JALONICK
The Monterey Herald
Add one more item to the list of chores that Larry Hasheider has to do on his 1,700-acre farm: defending his business to the American public.
There’s a lot of conversation about traditional agriculture recently, and much of it is critical. Think genetically modified crops, overuse of hormones and antibiotics, inhumane treatment of animals and over-processed foods.
Posted in Uncategorized
