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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. The worst label in the GMO debate: (From the Editor); Having listened to the opposing sides waging a fierce debate over genetically modified organism (GMO) food labels in the U.S., it’s painfully obvious who’s winning the battle. And it isn’t the family farm ...; Created on 23 March 2016
3. U.S. cattle inventory up 3 percent: (Market Reports); The Feb. 2, 2016 U.S. Drought Monitor reported very little change in drought conditions in much of the Southern Plains. With recent heavy precipitation, the Feb. 2, 2016 Crop Progress – State Stories reported ...; Created on 23 March 2016
4. Networking, where more minds are better than one: (Management); As our consumers seek more information about the products we produce, our industry has started to realize the value in networking. When you read a statement on Facebook or in your local paper making a ...; Created on 23 March 2016
5. Learn now which products require a VFD: (Management); Producers preparing for the upcoming Veterinary Feed Directive commonly ask questions about which products will require a VFD. The short answer: All feed-use antibiotics the FDA, World Health Organization ...; Created on 23 March 2016
6. Feeding soyhulls on toxic tall fescue is option for stockers: (Grazing); Kentucky was covered mostly by trees, briars, broadleaf weeds and very little forage when the original cultivar of tall fescue, Kentucky 31, was commercially released in 1943. The potential of tall ...; Created on 22 March 2016
7. SDSU applies the flexible approach to facilities: (Facilities & Equipment); New South Dakota State cow-calf unit facilitates many cattle types Students and beef producers alike will soon have the chance to check out a new state-of-the-art beef unit in Brookings, South Dakota. ...; Created on 22 March 2016
8. What is a ranch horse?: (Facilities & Equipment); This originally appeared in The Utah Cattleman Newsletter. With my part-time vocation as an auctioneer, I get to be involved in a number of horse sales throughout the year. I also get numerous phone ...; Created on 22 March 2016
9. Make it easier with hydraulic calf tables: (Facilities & Equipment); Chutes and calf tables have made livestock handling easier – on the animals and the people doing the job, whether branding, castrating, dehorning, implanting calves, etc. Tilt tables for calves have ...; Created on 22 March 2016
10. Designing the watering system for your grazing method: (Facilities & Equipment); One of the challenges of designing a rotational grazing system is providing an abundant supply of clean drinking water to cattle located in multiple paddocks or pastures. The use of surface water (creeks ...; Created on 22 March 2016
11. Facility design can affect manure cash value: (Facilities & Equipment); Want more nutrient value from your manure? Take your facility design into consideration. Housing cattle in a slatted floor with a pit below can double the cash value of your manure, according to Nicole ...; Created on 22 March 2016
12. Managing partial-confinement cow herds: (Feed & Nutrition); Several factors have led producers in today’s beef industry to adopt partial confinement as a management strategy in the cow herd. Leases for perennial pastures remain high as many acres across the ...; Created on 22 March 2016
13. Retrofitting dairy barns for beef production: (Facilities & Equipment); One of the biggest challenges with any stocker-grower operation is capital. Building shelters, especially for producers in states with inclement weather, can be a huge investment. However, in many ...; Created on 22 March 2016
14. Getting the best bale bed for your buck: (Facilities & Equipment); When making equipment purchases for the farm or ranch, many people base decisions on how they’ve always done things. One thing may have worked for them before, so why do it any differently the next ...; Created on 22 March 2016
15. Maintaining flow through chute to squeeze or loading ramp: (Facilities & Equipment); Stockmanship, cattle handling and facility design continue to be points of debate and interest among stockmen. We’ve argued the Bud Box versus crowd tub, the hot shot, the whip, the flag and a whole ...; Created on 22 March 2016
16. 4 steps to construct a long-lasting H-brace: (Facilities & Equipment); You have likely heard a story about a time your friend was tightening the fence wire, and the corner post either came out of the ground or leaned over. This is preventable with a well-constructed corner- ...; Created on 22 March 2016
17. Composting disposal for both confined, pastured cattle: (Facilities & Equipment); Mortalities are an unfortunate reality for both confined and pastured livestock operations. Whether they’re caused by disease or natural disaster, losses can occur, and these mortalities must be managed ...; Created on 22 March 2016
18. Ask the Consultant: The basics of stocker cattle management: (Grazing); In the broadest sense, stocker cattle are animals to which producers can add value. Most often, the term “stocker cattle” refers to 300- to 900-pound calves grazed on pastures after being weaned. The ...; Created on 22 March 2016
19. The art to healthy, successful banding of calves: (Herd Health); Keep the bull or make it a steer? The question is one a rancher asks each time a bull calf drops. When it comes to castration practices in the cattle industry, the deciding factor will forever be personal ...; Created on 22 March 2016
20. Don’t let fence wire tie you down; you have choices: (Facilities & Equipment); Selecting fence wire was a simple task when I was a boy during World War II. Daddy went into the ranch supply store, asked for barbed wire or net wire, and took whatever the merchant had in inventory. ...; Created on 22 March 2016
21. Making low-stress, safe work of spring working: (Herd Health); The practice of low-stress handling is an economic decision as well as an animal welfare issue. It also is a practice that aids in getting a job done efficiently using fewer people, less time and preventing ...; Created on 22 March 2016
22. Irons in the fire: Self-medication and Grandma: (Paul Marchant); When I was a kid, one of my favorite treats was a chunk of sugar and sour something-or-other with a Sweet-Tart label, if I remember right. It was the exact size and shape of a big old sulfa bolus. I ...; Created on 22 March 2016
23. It's the Pitts: Cowboy commandments: (Lee Pitts); I’ve learned a few things from cows and cowboys over the years, such as good veterinarians are hardly ever on time. It doesn’t pay to be a tightwad when it comes to buying a horse, vaccines, a good ...; Created on 22 March 2016
24. On the Edge of Common Sense: Pleasant Valley: (Baxter Black); Once upon a time, there was a beautiful little valley called Pleasant Valley. Pristine streams ran down from wooded hillsides. Wild game was abundant. Fish flourished. The peasants tilled their farms and ...; Created on 22 March 2016

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