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Christmas, And Life, Are What You Make Them
I've never bought into the concept that there's too much hustle and bustle around the holidays. And while one could make a good case for rampant materialism during this time, I'm a diehard capitalist. ...
Canada's Christmas Present Is Another Case Of BSE
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed the diagnosis this week of another case of BSE, this one in a 13-year-old beef cow from Alberta. ...
Calmness In Cattle Pays In Multiple Ways
Research shows calmer cows have higher levels of milk production, which translates into more pounds of calf weaned. Meanwhile, ...
Tracking Cloned Livestock
This week, livestock cloning companies ViaGen, Inc. and Trans Ova Genetics introduced a supply chain management program to identify cloned animals as they enter the food chain. ...
House-Passed Energy Bill Is Detrimental To Livestock
It still seems strange that agriculture is more concerned about the energy bill than the farm bill but that's certainly the case and for good reason. The fallout stands to be greater under the energy bill. ...
Packer Losses Can't Go On Much Longer
Anyone who follows the margins for the various industry segments knows that losses in the packing industry have been mounting week after week, since about mid August....
They're Senate Amendments, But The Joke Is On Us
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has offered an amendment to the farm bill that would require that a packer treat all producers the same "regardless of any alleged business justification."...
Use Of I-9 Form By Dec. 26 For New Hires Is Required
A notice filed in the Federal Register by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires employers to use a new Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) starting Dec. 26 for new hires....
Accept Change And Get On With It
I'm disturbed by all the complaining today - particularly by cattlemen - regarding grain-based ethanol. ...
Retail Prices Fall Nationwide For Gasoline And Diesel
The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline fell for the third consecutive week, losing 3.6¢ to settle at $3.061/gal., as of December 3...
I Don't Get It, But I Understand It
The headline is almost worthy of something the legendary Yogi Berra might say, but that brilliant piece of wisdom was shared with me a couple of days ago by a young Wyoming rancher...
Is The Optimal Beef Cow Fact Or Fiction?
A recent symposium at the National Western Stock Show looked at the optimal beef cow. The conclusion was that the optimal cow exists, but no one knows who she is...
What Is A Killing Freeze?
What is a killing freeze for alfalfa? In its simplest form, a killing freeze occurs when temps get cold enough to kill all the top growth on the alfalfa plant -- the plant wilts, turns tannish in color, and leaves fall off...
The Code Of The West
I use the term, "code of the west," a lot to signify all those things that are so great about our industry but are kind of unspoken intangibles. Of course, there never ...
Consider Grass-Alfalfa Mixture Over Pure Alfalfa
Are you going to plant a new hay field next spring? Instead of automatically planting pure alfalfa, think about mixing some grass into the planting, writes Bruce Anderson in his Nov. 28 edition of "Hay & Forage Minute." ...
Paul Hitch Resigns As NCBA President-Elect
The news came as little surprise this week as Paul Hitch, a Guymon, OK rancher, cattle feeder and farmer, announced he would step down from his position as president-elect of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA). ...
Quarantine Aims To Halt Progress Of Fire Ants
Hay producers and truckers should be aware of USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) rules restricting movement of hay out of fire ant-quarantined areas. ...
Survey Reveals Consumers' Animal-Welfare Concerns
As the farm animal care debate ensues, the American Farm Bureau Federation polled consumers on their opinions. In cooperation with Oklahoma State University (OSU), more than 1,000 individuals nationwide were polled by telephone on farm-animal welfare...
Avoid Nitrate Toxicity When Cold Weather Hits
Almost as predictable as the coming of the winter season is the horror story of the death of several cows from a herd fed "the good hay" for the first time after a snowstorm....
Falling Ethanol Prices Cutting Plant Profits
Recent declines in ethanol prices have sharply reduced profitability for ethanol producers, USDA's chief economist Keith Collins recently told the House Ag Committee. ...
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From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
