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Lose the hot-shots
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM
While Boone Carter's Don't Stress article in your April issue (p. 32) was interesting and informative, the paragraph referring to the use of electric...
Reader's Viewpoint: No voice, no power
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
In response to Troy Marshall's article on accepting ethanol (February 2008, Should we just accept and adapt?), I absolutely agree. While I know...
Producers share the blame
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Regarding the treatment of the downer dairy cows in the Chino, CA plant (“California Nightmare, March 2008 BEEF), my 45 years in the beef industry tell me...
We’re all regulators
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
During the week I'm chairman and CEO of a large national food company dealing with dairy products. I've been in the business 38 years and have run plants, conversion facilities and various distribution companies. I've dealt with...
Let the market work
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM
In regard to Tom Peters' letter, Accept change and get on with it (page 8, January BEEF), what the ethanol issue comes down to is theft by policy. And...
Accept change and get on with it
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
I'm disturbed by all the complaining today particularly by cattlemen regarding grain-based ethanol. As a consulting nutritionist with 400,000 cattle under...
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...























