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Genetics
Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics Regarding Cow Size
Reading the September issue article, The Lowdown On Lowlines (page 26), I was reminded of the late, great Fred Johnson, who I met a decade ago as a 20-year-old...
Artificial insemination of commercial cows | Bottom-line Breeding
Time, observed Sir Francis Bacon, is the greatest innovator. While that may be, a dose of cowboy logic can certainly help things along. Take, for instance,...
Lowdown On Lowlines
It was their search for the best way to merchandise the grass covering the rolling hills of their Cody, NE, ranch that led Jerry Adamson and his son Todd...
Planned Crossbreeding Pays
When you're producing cattle, variables are the name of the game. You manage those you can control and deal with those you can't. But in cattle feeding,...
Muscling In On Markets
South Dakota beef producer Jerry Hofer implemented a genetic program for his Lakeview Piedmontese that could become a new driving force in the beef industry....
Marker-assisted Feeding
Sometimes, getting to simple can be a very complicated process. Take, as an example, Cargill Cattle Feeders. In mid-2007, the cattle-feeding company began...
Can We Breed 'Em Healthy?
We can breed them black or red, horned or polled. We can breed them for growth, marbling, tenderness or milk production. But can we breed cattle to resist...
Genetics and immune function
Up to now, about the only way a cattleman could help his cattle develop a strong immune system was by vaccination. But information is growing that immune...
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...
