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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 ...
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 ...
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” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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