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Drought
Drought: Deep In The Heart Of Texas
It was shipping day on the McFaddin Ranch, south of Victoria, TX, but this day didn't carry the sense of accomplishment that most shipping days bring....
Maximizing Marginal Pastures
Close your eyes and envision this lush, green fields heavy with grass and loaded with nutrition. If that's what you see without closing your eyes, count...
Manage Your Minerals
Greg Moore knows what it's like to manage on the edge. He runs 500 mother cows near Wagon Mound, NM country generously described as Calving is April and...
Management Can Maximize Marginal Pastures
Drought-stressed pastures are an all-too-common sight across the U.S. But with management ...
Australia Drowns While Brazil/Argentina Thirst
Farmers in the Barkly Region of Queensland and the Northern Territory have been forced recently to shoot cattle stranded in mud and unable to move or be rescued. ...
Extreme Water
The sweet, cool taste of water is refreshing on a hot, dusty day. You won't go without when you visit Jake Longbrake's place, located just north of Thunder...
Drought Lessons
Unfortunately, producers in the Southeast are becoming experts at managing around drought. Most have suffered through two years of extremely dry weather,...
Light Test-Weight Barley Can Be Useful Feed
Cattle producers may be able to use lower test-weight barley as feed, Greg Lardy, North Dakota State University Extension beef cattle specialist, says...
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...
