Baxter Black, DVM: Lookin’ for Cowboys
So there I was, changing planes in the DFW Texas airport. A twenty-something lady looked up and said, “Well, it’s good to see a cowboy again.”
Baxter Black, DVM: Lookin’ for Cowboys
So there I was, changing planes in the DFW Texas airport. A twenty-something lady looked up and said, “Well, it’s good to see a cowboy again.”
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High Input Prices Indicate the Need to Work on Business
Walt Davis
HeiferPro
With cattle prices in the stratosphere and costs of inputs following right along beside, and sometimes racing ahead — funny how that seems to happen — maybe it is time to re-evaluate some of the prevailing wisdom in the cattle business.
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“All I’m Asking for is a Little Respect”
Gary Truitt
Hoosier AG Today
Farm families across Indiana and the Midwest have been having increasing problems with trespassing. From driving vehicles across fields, to dumping litter in pastures, to hunting without permission, trespassing has and continues to be a serious issue for farms both large and small. A bill that would toughen trespassing laws and stiffen penalties for damage caused on farms is currently moving through the Indiana General Assembly.
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ISU Releases New Feedlot Monitoring Software
Patti Upmeyer
Vinton Today
The Iowa Beef Center is releasing a newly revised version of their Feedlot Monitoring Software in February 2014. The ISU Feedlot and Cost Monitoring Software was initially created in 1982 and has been used by cattle feeders to track costs, profits and performance since.
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Texas Ranchers at Odds on Labeling Livestock’s Mexican Roots
Alan Bjerga
Bloomberg
Ranch manager Ty Keeling trucks young cattle from as far south as Veracruz, Mexico — a 30-hour journey along cactus-lined highways — to be fattened in the Texas pastures he oversees.
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Several Educational Opportunities Coming Up for Nebraska Beef Producers
Jordan Onwiler
Nebraska.TV
Round-table events will be held across the state this February to give those who work in the beef feedlot industry a chance to learn about the latest business trends. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension is hosting the events on Feb. 11 at the Prairie Winds Community Center in Bridgeport, Feb. 12 at the Holiday Inn Express in Lexington, and Feb. 13 at the Nielsen Community Center in West Point.
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California’s drought means some ranchers can’t afford to feed their cattle
Jason Dearen
Daily Bulletin
In January, business at the 101 Livestock Market’s cattle auction on California’s Central Coast is usually slow. The busy season is normally in June or July, when ranchers have had time to fatten their animals for weeks on spring grasses.
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2014 Elected Board of Directors Announced
GoBrangus
Members of the International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) recently elected four new members to serve a three-year term on the IBBA Board of Directors. The directors will be officially inducted at the IBBA annual business meeting March 6, 2014, in Houston, Texas.
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Success Comes When Livestock Producers & Their DVMs Are Partners
W. Mark Hilton
BEEF
Two rather disappointing phone calls that I received from clients recently, along with a discussion among veterinarians at the recent meeting of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC), an organization of “beef veterinarians,” prompted this article.
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Alternatives for marketing backgrounded calves
Drovers
Beef cattle producers that braved the weather to attend the Range Beef Cow Symposium had the opportunity to listen to top-notch speakers. A common theme across many of these speakers, and especially from the producers, was the importance of capturing added value in the cattle they sell.
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