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Predicting Doability
There's something almost mystical about in cattle. We all think we know what it is when we see it steers that keep gaining during a Panhandle snowstorm...
States Report Easter Freeze Effects On Hay Stands
Here's a rundown of reports on hay-stand conditions following the Easter weekend cold snap...
Moving Cattle Safely From Ranch To Rail
"Master Cattle Transporter Guide" is a new checkoff-funded training program (DVD and print manual) that aims to minimize injury to cattle during transportation....
Consider Price Protection On Your Fall Calves
With the unheard-of volatility in corn prices and a virtual guarantee that high-cost feed won't go away, cow-calf producers might be wise to consider some sort of price protection to ensure against a wreck waiting to happen. ...
Third-Party Verification Boosts Calf Premiums
Better prices are available for calves and yearlings with third-party verification of solid preconditioning and age and source verification...
Combat Lower Calf Prices With More Pounds
With today's high-dollar corn, growth implants may be an efficient and economic strategy for ranchers to add pounds to their calves and...
A financial early-warning system
Like canaries placed in a mine to provide early warning of danger to workers, there are three herd business management tools that ranchers should consider...
Creating A Ranch Vision
We are, says Barry Dunn, at the tip of the tipping point. What's happening in this industry is absolutely unique in my lifetime, says the Texas A&M-Kingsville...
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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...























