Baxter Black: His Father’s Son

Baxter Black:   His Father’s Son

Mary waited for Jesus outside the cave

The promised resurrection meant He was saved.

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Farm Bureau Seeks Solutions to Plummeting Cattle Prices

Farm Bureau Seeks Solutions to Plummeting Cattle Prices

Cotter Brown

Northern AG Network

The Montana Farm Bureau has joined 26 other state Farm Bureaus in signing a letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting his attention on two important matters: relief to cattlemen seeing increasingly volatile markets and investigating any price manipulation that may be occurring in the cattle industry. In addition, the states asked that the USDA look into ways to use the Commodity Credit Corporation funds to help in this time of crisis.

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USDA prevails in state beef checkoffs suit

USDA prevails in state beef checkoffs suit

Steve Dittmer

Western Livestock Journal

The following gives some detail about what R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America) was trying to do, its arguments and how the court decided. The court issued a 27-page opinion and the following are only highlights.

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Simple Synchronization of Cows – One Injection, One Time through the Chute, and Bull Breed

Simple Synchronization of Cows – One Injection, One Time through the Chute, and Bull Breed

Aaron Berger, Bethany Johnston

University of Nebraska

Have you wanted to have more calves born earlier in your calving season, but did not want to deal with the increase in labor, cost and facilities to utilize estrus synchronization and artificial insemination?  The protocol shown (Figure 1.) can increase the number of cows coming into estrus early in the breeding season, with one time through the chute, one injection, and breeding using only natural service.

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Heifer Repro Woes

Heifer Repro Woes

Dr. Ken McMillan
DTN

Any reproductive issue during breeding season needs to be dealt with immediately. Time is critical. The most likely problem in this case is follicular cystic ovary disease. This occurs when there is a disruption of the normal hormonal pattern to the estrus cycle.

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Agriculture Must Be Included in Disaster Loan Program

Agriculture Must Be Included in Disaster Loan Program

American Farm Bureau

Thirty-one agriculture organizations and businesses are calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration to include agricultural businesses in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, as intended by Congress in the CARES Act.

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Cow-calf producers should record multiple births in their herds

Cow-calf producers should record multiple births in their herds

Donald Stotts

High Plains Journal

Cow-calf producers need to keep recordkeeping and genetic drift in mind when cattle births result in twins that are a heifer calf and a bull calf. “This condition—called freemartinism—causes infertility in most of the female cattle born twin to a male,” said Dana Zook, Oklahoma State University Extension area livestock specialist for northwestern Oklahoma. “Freemartinism is recognized as one of the most severe forms of sexual abnormality in cattle.”

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OSU Extension Livestock Economist Dr. Derrell Peel Offers Advice For Producers In Uncertain Times

OSU Extension Livestock Economist Dr. Derrell Peel Offers Advice For Producers In Uncertain Times

Oklahoma Farm Report

Dr. Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock economist, about moving forward during uncertain times. Dr. Peel said we’re in unprecedented territory for the cattle market. We’ve seen massive shocks in the market before, Peel said, but these were specific events and we were able to quickly think past the event “This one is different,” Peel said. There is just a lot more uncertainty and it involves everyone, he said.

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What’s coming in the next beef price cycle?

What’s coming in the next beef price cycle?

Harlan Hughes

Beef Magazine

During this last cycle, my study herd manager had a history of marketing his calves at fall weaning time. He put his feed and energy in wintering the cow herd, developing his replacement heifers and spring-calving the next calf crop.

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Roles played during the cattle drive

Roles played during the cattle drive

Kathie Bell

Dodge City Daily Globe

Cattle were brought to early Dodge City by a bunch of rough and wild young men who created chaos in town. But that didn’t mean the drive itself was wild and unorganized.

Everyone in a group herding cattle had a role to play.

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