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July 1, 2009

Cover Story

Adding Value Still Pays

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Wes Ishmael

Cow-calf producers can be more than price takers. That's true even as currently tight cattle numbers lift the price floor, while anemic beef demand squeezes...

Features

At A Glance

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Roybal, Editor

This month, BEEF magazine kicks off a series of pullout spreads depicting cattle data from the latest U.S. Census of Agriculture released in February...

Hamburger Society

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Joe Roybal, Editor

I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them. That's the strategy Dick Clark says made him a very rich, pop-culture icon from the...

Low-input Heifers

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Larry Stalcup

For producers in drought country, it may take new lower-cost approaches to get first-calf females bred and bred back. A switch in calving seasons may...

Colorado Confessions

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Alaina Burt Mousel

Confession can take many forms, be it confessing to a crime, declaring sins or sharing information with reluctance. Woodrow, CO, cattle producer Mark...

Editor's Roundup

Limbering up

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Roybal

There's a frequent scene in action movies particularly older films where a character confronted by a crisis becomes hysterical. That's when a cooler presence...

Reader's Viewpoint

The corn economy

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Those of you who don't favor corn ethanol should be careful of what you wish for. What will you do with 12 billion bu. of corn? The government helps Big...

Market Advisor

Marketing 2009 calves: Part II

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Harlan Hughes

These are unprecedented economic times that call for unprecedented management actions by ranchers. Previous columns have focused on the cost side of running...

Cattle Economics

Whacking liberty

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Wes Ishmael

Stop me if you've heard this before: Certain types of forward contracting agreements have become ripe for price manipulation. This is because a growing...

Vets' Opinion

Selling our story

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Dave Sjeklocha

The challenges we face in agriculture can sometimes seem overwhelming. The daily trials and tribulations of running a farm, ranch or feedyard are only...

Meat Matters

Pragmatism opens markets

Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Steve Kay

An all-or-nothing approach to reopening global markets for U.S. beef has lost the industry tens of millions of dollars in the past few years. Thank goodness...