Beef Magazine

Market First 

Jan 1, 2008 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

Our Dad and Grandpa always bought cattle cheap, and then upgraded them. This industry has always been about one segment trying to beat up on another one....

Beef Quality Advocate 

Nov 1, 2007 - By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

The beef industry must work day to day to keep its eye on the target. That's the motivation for Carl Crabtree, a Grangeville, ID rancher, in his efforts to make sure Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) programming remains “job one” throughout the U.S. beef industry.

For nearly 20 years, BQA educational programming has reached thousands of beef and dairy producers in nearly every state. BQA concepts have been instrumental in...

Industry loses two legends 

Oct 1, 2007 - compiled by BEEF staff

A pair of industry legends passed away recently. W.D. Farr, 97, patriarch of an internationally known family cattle-feeding enterprise recognized for...

Know Your Strengths 

Oct 1, 2007

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....

Cactus Feeders & Tyson Team Up In Argentina  

Jun 22, 2007 - Clint Peck

Cactus Argentina has all the look and feel of a Texas Panhandle feedyard. After all, Cactus Feeders of Amarillo, TX, has worked since 1999 to introduce Texas-style grain finishing to South America....

Fire & Ice 

May 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

Jeff Haley looks at the tiny sprigs of green poking up through the sandy earth and smiles. Big. He has good reason to. A year ago, he stood near this spot while despair gripped his guts and tore at his heart...

Selling Beef Not Cattle 

Mar 1, 2007 - By Norm Herdrich

What's a small eastern Washington rancher to do if he's not satisfied with what he gets for his calves? Some keep doing what they've been doing, and complain about it...

Meet Incoming NCBA President John Queen 

Jan 8, 2007

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