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1. Progressive Cattleman Market watch: (Market Reports); Click the date to see the latest Progressive Cattleman Market watch. (PDF) July 9, 2019 June 11, 2019 May 10, 2019 April 11, 2019 March 12, 2019 February 11, 2019 January 8, 2019 December ...; Created on 24 June 2019
2. How your information builds the industry: (From the Editor); Being a political junkie, I’ve been relatively torn between fascination and dismay when studying the results of the most recent presidential election. Dismay because my candidate didn’t win (yes, I know ...; Created on 24 March 2014
3. National Beef plant closing Brawley facility: (Industry News); National Beef will close its Brawley, California, meatpacking facility despite local efforts to convince the company to stay. The company announced in late January that it would close its Brawley plant ...; Created on 24 March 2014
4. Idaho passes bill penalizing animal abuse video: (Industry News); Idaho became the seventh state to pass legislation prohibiting undercover video of animal cruelty. Lawmakers passed SB 1337 by wide majorities in both houses before being signed by Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” ...; Created on 24 March 2014
5. Progressive Forum: How important is immigration reform to the U.S. beef industry?: (Producer Profiles); Progressive Forum is a compilation of viewpoints from cattle producers on a given topic. Hear what those with boots on the ground have to say about the issues. How important is immigration reform ...; Created on 24 March 2014
6. Signs of intended herd expansion despite inventory declines: (Market Reports); Producers have good incentives to increase the national cow herd, and expansion, which has been stymied by drought the last several years, may now be under way. Evidence supportive of herd expansion ...; Created on 24 March 2014
7. Global Beef Roundup: U.S. import forecast shows moderate recovery: (Market Reports); U.S. agricultural imports for 2014 are forecast to be $110 billion, which is $500 million more than the preceding forecast and 5.9 percent higher than 2013. This projected growth rate is more brisk than ...; Created on 24 March 2014
8. It's the Pitts: A friendly test: (Lee Pitts); The word “friend” just might be the most overused word in the English language. The word has been diluted like watered wine, a bar drink and the American dollar. Take, for example, a “Facebook friend.” ...; Created on 24 March 2014
9. Life insurance: Effective estate planning tool for ag families: (Management); Life insurance can serve a number of purposes for the agricultural family. Besides providing for the continuation of income in the event of a breadwinner’s death, life insurance can do the following: Provide ...; Created on 24 March 2014
10. Brazilian beef in the U.S.? What about foot-and-mouth disease?: (Industry News); On Dec. 23, 2013, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule to allow the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from certain regions ...; Created on 24 March 2014
11. Vaccination alone does not make everything better: (Herd Health); Every year, cow-calf producers reach for magic vaccines which will prevent their calves from getting sick. Calves’ immune systems are capable of protecting against the majority of disease threats. Our ...; Created on 24 March 2014
12. Dung beetles: Dirty work, big benefits: (Grazing); We think of cattle and symbiotic relationships primarily with rumen microbes. The animal provides habitat and the microbes help optimize roughage digestion in the cow. There is another “bug” that has ...; Created on 24 March 2014
13. Attention to detail: (Herd Health); Skill set will dictate receiving protocol The need for skilled operators to take naïve, light or unhealthy cattle to the next level is as strong as it has ever been with tight supplies, expensive antibiotics ...; Created on 24 March 2014
14. Stick to stocker basics: (Herd Health); There are as many schools of thought on stocker management as there are stocker operators and livestock advisers. Granted, production requirements vary with geography, but if you stay focused on two ...; Created on 24 March 2014
15. Reader Survey Results 2013: (Polls); Reader Survey Results 2013 Progressive Cattleman collected surveys from 800 online and print readers from April to December 2013 to gather feedback about the beef industry. Click here or on the ...; Created on 24 March 2014
16. Handle cattle to minimize bovine respiratory disease: (Herd Health); Stressors of weaning, transportation, processing and handling can significantly impact an animal’s exposure and susceptibility to respiratory diseases through the various stages of beef cattle production. ...; Created on 20 March 2014
17. The risks to early grazing of tall larkspur: (Grazing); Larkspurs (Delphinium spp.) are abundant native plants found on foothill and mountain rangelands in most Western states. These long-lived perennial plants are widely distributed and typically grow ...; Created on 20 March 2014
18. Managing your stockers for low disease incidence: (Herd Health); Cow-calf producers commonly separate calves from their mothers, load them on a trailer and haul them to the nearest livestock exchange. The calves are unloaded into a pen with feed they are not used ...; Created on 20 March 2014
19. Bonds Ranch stakes a return on investment in stocker cattle: (Producer Profiles); To many people, color, breed and genetics play a large factor into the cattle they buy. But at the end of the day, these traits may not equal the highest profit. For the Bonds family of Bonds Ranch ...; Created on 20 March 2014
20. Vaccine storage in a work setting: (Herd Health); Are we just punching holes in the hide? If you have ever experienced bad digestion, traveler’s revenge or perhaps just good old-fashioned burn-your-backside diarrhea the day after a picnic and wondered ...; Created on 20 March 2014
21. Trichomoniasis – the disease that won’t go away: (Herd Health); Trichomoniasis is one disease that likes to sneak into a herd. The first thing a producer might see are cows returning to heat when they should be pregnant. This sexually transmitted disease is caused ...; Created on 20 March 2014
22. On the Edge of Common Sense: A foot-long prolapse: (Baxter Black); It was a Colorado winter afternoon when the boys spotted a big cross-bred cow wobblin’ along with her calf trailing behind and a prolapse as big as an army-issue duffle bag. When they got closer, they ...; Created on 20 March 2014
23. Managing cow costs on the ranch: (Management); Whether in good times or in bad, be it with high prices or low – today’s rancher knows that a profit depends not on what comes out of the cattle, but mostly what goes in. Producers at the Range Beef ...; Created on 10 March 2014
24. Identify the motivating force that leads you: (Management); The new year brings with it new motivations and goals. Many people make New Year’s resolutions – only to hope that they are still following them by the end of January. As 2014 rolls in, how about aiming ...; Created on 19 December 2013
25. With the promise of drones comes legal questions: (Facilities & Equipment); Imagine a future where a rancher can use an autonomous drone to fly out to a pasture miles from the homestead to check on his herd. The drone reports back that the herd is accounted for except for ...; Created on 18 December 2013

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