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Magazine Articles

Americans' new diet

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Steve Kay

Want a hot stock tip? Consider buying Hormel and Kraft. Actually, I'm not in the business of recommending stocks but I can't help reflecting that these...

New chemistry in fly control

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Wes Ishmael, Contributing Editor

No one's sure what Hell looks like, but it's a safe bet flies are buzzing around. Depending on where you run cattle, face flies or horn flies are often...

Parasitic wasps help control flies

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Burt Rutherford, Senior Editor

Wes Bonner sits in his office at Nolan County Feeders in Roscoe, TX, north of Sweetwater, and watches a housefly go idly about its business. For a brief...

Protecting vaccine efficacy

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Clint Peck

Rule of thumb treat your vaccines like your beer. Do so, and one of the most important and least obvious ranch or feedlot biosecurity measures will be...

Full-feeding of stocker cattle

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Wes Ishmael, Contributing Editor

Every stocker operator worth his cake wagon knows about using feed to extend forage, increase stocking rate, or increase pounds, while also delivering...

Spring deworming of cows pays off

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Burt Rutherford

You can look at it the same way you look at weeds in your pastures, says Mike Hildreth. The weeds are there and, if they get too thick, need to be controlled....

BEEF Online Poll—“How do you feel about COOL?”

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM

With full implementation of country of origin labeling (COOL) set to begin in April 2009, do you think: COOL will lead to more U.S. beef sales, fewer...

Facelift

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Joe Roybal

A quick look at the time-worn mug at the top of this column will tell you that obviously the headline doesn't have anything to do with me. But as you...

BEEF XPress

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM

Must Reads Knowing where you stand is the first step in managing a beef cow through tough economic times. When the economic profit of a beef cowherd turns...

Potbelly runs afoul

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

A massive federal takedown of a Mexican drug cartel resulted in 41 arrests and seizure of hundreds of kilos of drugs and one livestock trailer hauling...

This month in brief

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) decision to block JBS SA's acquisition of National Beef Packing (NBP) delighted opponents of further consolidation in...

Election returns

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

At press time, Democrats had gained seven U.S. Senate seats, and two others were in recount, inching toward their goal of a filibuster-proof, 60-seat...

Gangbuster exports

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Exports of U.S. beef and variety meats in August surpassed July exports by almost 15%, logging in at $416 million. That exceeds the previous value record...

Scholarship deadline

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

College juniors and seniors can apply for one of five scholarships sponsored by Certified Angus Beef (CAB) and the Colvin Scholarship Fund. CAB will award...

Setting The RFID Standard

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Amanda Nolz

Not much riles up South Dakota cattle rancher Jeff Ebersdorfer, but ask about country-of-origin labeling (COOL) and he's ready to tell you a thing or...

Credit Crunch

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Joe Roybal Editor

No doubt, these are tough consumer times. Market losses in 2008 alone total more than $6 trillion; the Dow Jones is off by around 40% from its Oct. 9,...

Pasture vs. lot backgrounding

Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Compiled by Alaina Burt managing editor

Backgrounding calves on pasture garners more dollars, New Mexico State University researchers find. Scientists conducted a three-year study involving...

This month in brief

Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Benchmarking is among the most powerful ranch-management tools available to ranch managers and one of the least used. One reason is the general lack of...

Corrections

Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The write-up for Breeds of Cattle, 2nd Edition that appeared in BEEF September issue (page 6) inadvertently omitted Bob Hough as among the contributors...

This month in brief

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

As feeder-cattle and feeder-calf prices adjust to new market dynamics of corn, ranchers are left with little leverage regarding the cost of gain beyond...

Correction

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The July issue article Global Beef Wrap (page 30) by Clint Peck incorrectly stated that commercial beef production in Europe plummeted from 1,200 metric...

State of the industry

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Find BEEF magazine's annual state-of-the-industry report at: beefmagazine.com/advertisers/BEEF%20SOI%202008_0609.pdf. Penned by Shane Ellis, Iowa State...

Flood relief

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and state cattlemen associations are teaming up to provide disaster assistance to farm and ranch families impacted...

Hot Shots

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Fewer corn acres High nitrogen costs and strong soybean prices have forced a shrinking in corn acreage for 2008. According to USDA's March 31 Prospective...

This month in brief

May 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Sailing uncharted waters is how ranch-management guru Harlan Hughes characterizes this new biofuels economy. Fueled and protected by ethanol mandates...