From the Editor

Summer has arrived as Memorial Day weekend becomes the ceremonious opening to the season of the sun. Summer is the high point of the year for your kids and grandkids, who are free to spread their wings away from the classroom.

Two major anchor stores in our local mall closed last month. In a healthy economy like ours, some might do some soul searching as to why two significant retailers would leave town. But that’s not necessary if you look at these two companies up close.

Some people breathe easy on the beach, in the mountains or at the spa.

I breathe easy when I step off the plane in Texas.

Pick nearly any day of the week from the end of February through the middle of April, and you will likely be able to find a bull sale to attend. And, if you can’t find one to attend, you can find several not to attend.

“Nationwide glorification of hog hunting has done nothing for control and everything for expansion. You can’t hunt enough to make a dent. It might be fun, but it’s not control.”

Good ideas don’t always take root the first time around. Nowhere is this truer than with the returning debate over traceability and animal ID in the beef industry.