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Holy Cows
Holy cows. That's what Greg Spradlin calls the 78 cows he has on 21 different farms in the northwest corner of Georgia. Each year when the calves from...
Let the market work
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...
Desert Doer
It was Thursday, Dec. 6, and Andy Groseta was bouncing between phone calls in his office after returning from Tucson, AZ, where he'd addressed an international...
Fertile Female
Dennis Nelson of Milaca, MN won't soon forget #134, the ID tag one of his favorite, fertile females wears. She's got that determination to really make...
Know Your Strengths
When Shawn Mercer took over management of his grandparents' farming and cattle operation 15 years ago, he'd have given his eye teeth for a blueprint he could apply to the cattle business in general, and the stocker business specifically. After his grandfather died, Mercer and wife Katie struggled to figure out how to make the farm pay its way for another generation....
Stocking the future
It's easy to watch thousands of calves prowling vast pastures or smaller groups trolling a feed bunk, and get to thinking the stocker and backgrounding...
Match game
Grass management is our primary focus, emphasizes Scot Holcombe, this year's summer-stocker division winner in the National Stocker Award competition....
Who are the new giants?
The cattle industry said goodbye to two of its greatest pioneers and champions recently. W.D. Farr, 97, of Greeley, CO, and Fred Johnson, 91, of Summitville,...
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...
