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Some Considerations In Cornstalk Grazing
Corn production has changed. More efficient combines lose less grain, and modern corn hybrids stand up better to pests and weather, avoiding ear drop....
Society For Range Management To Meet In Albuquerque
"Merging Trails: Culture, Science and Innovation" is the theme for the Society for Range Management’s 2009 Annual Meeting in at the Albuquerque (NM) Convention Center, Feb. 8-13....
Taking It Through The Winter
The grass-fed calves Pat and Mary Lou Guptill raise on their Quinn, SD, ranch won't go to market this fall as they have for the past 10 years. Because...
Grass-fed demand growing
Demand for grass-fed beef is exceeding current supply, according to reports from Tallgrass Beef Company (www.tallgrassbeef.com) in Sedan, KS, and Thousand...
The tail that wags the dog
Sometimes we need to forget what everyone tells us and, in the context of the broader world, look at things through different eyes. I think the beef industry's...
No early out
USDA Secretary Ed Schafer says USDA won't allow early out for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts without penalty. Schafer says market conditions...
CSI: The Pasture
Watch just about any crime scene show on television nowadays and you'd think tracking down a mysterious and lethal compound is as easy as plopping a sample...
Managing Cattle To Manage The Range
Allan McGinty likes rocks. An interesting situation, given that McGinty is one of the Southwest's leading authorities on semi-arid range management. But...
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...
