Agriculture’s Image is No Joke
Damian Mason
Damianmason.com
Stanford University’s band used halftime of this year’s Rose Bowl to insult the Midwest and Agriculture. Stanford’s “routine” included music from the FarmersOnly.com commercials and a romantically dejected bumpkin tipping over a pretend black and white cow. It was classless, not funny, and frankly, inaccurate.
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I’m an Oregon rancher. Here’s what you don’t understand about the Bundy standoff.
Keith Nantz
Washington Post
This week, the Ammon Bundy-led seizure of a federal wildlife refuge thrust Oregon’s ranchers into the spotlight. While I don’t agree with the occupiers’ tactics, I sympathize with their position. Being a rancher was always challenging. And it has become increasingly difficult under the Obama administration.
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Red Angus Association of America Acquires Interest in Top Dollar Angus
A Steak in Genomics
The Red Angus Association of America recently acquired a major share in Top Dollar Angus, Inc. RAAA President Kim Ford made the announcement at BrainTrust during the Red Angus activities held in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show.
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Land Grab: It’s a new year but the age old fight over land and resources continues
The Cattle Business Weekly
While it may be a new year, it seems old issues are at the forefront of the news this week. Land controls, federal agencies and eminent domain are trending topics at the start of the new year.
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Beef 509 Course coming in February
People’s Defender
Beef production is more than just feeding cows. Understanding what consumers value and look for when purchasing meat can help livestock producers increase their profit potential and become more competitive in the cattle industry. Beef 509 is a two-day course that will provide beef producers with a more in depth look at their industry. I went through this class a few years ago and found it to be very informative and an eye opener.
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Feeding livestock and managing forage waste
Mark Landefeld
Drovers
Stockpiling forage for winter feed was fairly limited this year in our area due to dry soil conditions when most stockpiling growth should have occurred. More stored forage will be required this year and feeding hay has started much sooner than in recent years for many producers.
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Ethics in agriculture: Should I do it if I can get by with it?
Kari O
Progressive Forage Grower
On the farm or ranch, there are many times when we find ourselves in situations where we have to question our right versus our moral obligation to take a particular action. There are still deals made on a handshake or based on someone’s word.
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Latent Effects of Blizzard a Concern for Cow-Calf Producers
Kay Ledbetter
AgWeb
As the snow melts away from Winter Storm Goliath and cattle are gathered back into pens and pastures, cow-calf producers should continue to watch their animals for lingering after-effects, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.
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OSU’s Derrell Peel Previews 2016 Cattle Market Outlook
Oklahoma Farm Report
With the start of a new year, the cattle markets have made a big transition. From high cattle prices in late 2014 to a severe drop in the second half of 2015. Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Derrell Peel said the markets showed recovery at the end of the year and this set the stage going into 2016.
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Herding dogs move cattle at Denver’s National Western
Tom McGhee
The Denver Post
At about 45 pounds each, Slik and Zoe are small compared to the cattle they boss around each day. The two border collies take on herds of Charolais cattle with maniacal eagerness, circling crowds of the 1,500-pound beasts with a slinky run, dodging hooves that spring toward them without warning, and staring the bovines into immobility.
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