Whether you have 100 cows or numbers akin to the King Ranch in Texas or the Deseret operation in Florida, there’s a lot of responsibility in running cattle. “And there are at least seven things every rancher should know if profit potential is your main goal,” says Rick Machen, Texas AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist
For decades, Colleen Gillings has worked to help horses being mistreated, neglected or abused by their owners.
But, when the executive director of the Jackson Hole Horse Rescue traveled to James...More
South Dakota’s Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) is asking agriculture producers across the state about their issues with technology.
The state's Broadband Initiative, led by the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, recently partnered with USDA Field Office in South Dakota to survey producers with the goal of increasing high-speed Internet in rural areas, according to Emily Keil, social media manager for the South Dakota BIT.
The purpose of the survey was to find out what producers' issues are with the use of technology....More
Selection for Improved Feed Efficiency: A Genomics Approach is the title of an eXtension Beef Cattle Clearinghouse Community of Practice Webinar set for Thursday, Feb. 9, from noon to 1 p.m. CST....More
Leigh Rubin, creator of Rubes®, the cartoon that appears each month in the BEEF Xpress section of BEEF magazine (you can see a gallery of past cartoons here), was recently profiled in a segment on WSMV TV in Nashville, TN....More
Noted animal behaviorist Temple Grandin, a Colorado State University professor, is among inductees of the 51st Anniversary Western Heritage Awards, set for April 21 in Oklahoma City’s National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (NCWHM). Grandin will be feted, along with the late Walter Prescott Webb, a noted Texas historian, in the museum’s Hall of Great Westerners....More
Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists....More
As promised, it’s time to kick off February with an exciting new photo contest. The theme is “Winter Wonderland On The Ranch.” I’m looking for your best winter photos....More
The estate tax or death tax remains a major concern for the nation’s farmers and ranchers. Unless Congress takes action, the law will revert to provisions that will result in a much higher tax bill for heirs....More
