Cattle Market Update
From Steve Kay, editor and publisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly. Catch a roundup of each week’s cattle-market activity every Friday afternoon! View the market review now!
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2007 BEEF Quality Summit Presentations
Ranchers care
Proposition 2, the Standards for Confining Farm Animals initiative statute, is a California ballot proposition that passed in that state's general election...
No, I expect you to die
There's a scene in the movie, where James Bond is spraddled across a table with a laser beam moving up from his feet to cut him in half. His nemesis stands...
Bud Box
Bowie, TX, stockman Bud Williams says he hopes to live long enough to see his animal-handling brainstorm put to use in every U.S. feedlot and ranch. At...
Humane Livestock Handling
Written by Temple Grandin with Mark Deesing, Humane Livestock Handling is a 230-page, soft-cover blueprint for low-stress cattle handling. The Colorado...
Temple Grandin on prods
I would like to make an additional comment on Boone Carter's article on low-stress cattle handling regarding the use of electric prods (Don't Stress,...
The changing corn environment
Part II: Short-term management implications The bottom line to the changing corn environment is that feedlot costs of gain (COG) will increase substantially...
The shape of things to come
I came to a revelation recently that troubles me. Twenty years ago, my wife would have warned anyone to avoid the subject of animal-rights groups unless...
Chino fallout continues
At press time, four U.S. Senators had introduced bipartisan legislation seeking tougher penalties, including permanent closure, for firms that process...
From Our Columnists
Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...
























