For most of us, April 27 of 2011 was just another day of a bucolic spring. Pasture was turning green for stockers, cows were delivering the last calves of the spring crop, the CME Feeder Cattle Index was ...
Enforcement action by the Internal Revenue Service has actually increased in recent months in the farming and livestock field.
I know, personally; some clients have informed me. One of the principal ...
Estate tax planning has never been an art of certainty, but the last two years have brought about a new era of uncertainty.
Due to congressional indecisiveness, estate tax planners have been unable ...
Seeing a family business successfully transfer from one generation to the next is a goal of many that is, unfortunately, achieved by only a few.
It is estimated that less than one-third of family businesses ...
Beef consumption in Argentina registered in 2011 its lowest per capita total in 53 years, having dropped approximately 50 percent from 216 pounds in 1958 to 106 pounds last June, according to the Institute ...
The fall run of feeder cattle marketing peaked out in late October and early November as nationwide auction receipts reached their heaviest point since January.
Calf and yearling prices gained steady ...
Feed costs have been in an increasing pattern since 2007. The cattle industry has been slowly adapting to these new economics.
Recent developments, however, have moved feed costs into uncharted territory. ...
Year in review: The 11 most-read stories of 2011
In a year that saw the launch of Progressive Cattleman, thousands of readers went online at www.progressivecattle.com to see what the new magazine ...
From an 11-year-old who buys a steer at his county fair and donates it to the local food bank, to a high school senior who buys a heifer at her county fair to benefit a memorial scholarship fund;
from ...
The cattle of Honduras are sending a friendly “Mooooollllooooo” to Progressive Cattleman and all of its readers after a recent mission trip brought informative calving insight to their ranchers.
I ...
When traditional feeds are in short supply or expensive, there are some non-traditional feeds that can be used, according to David Bohnert, a beef extension specialist and ruminant nutritionist at Oregon ...
Wanted: One young female bovine that can produce a heavy weaned calf, can rebreed within 80 days of calving, can maintain a body condition score of 5 or more on minimal feed, is easy to handle and stays ...
Estimates ranging from 650,000 head to nearly 1,000,000 head of cattle have left the drought-stricken states of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.
A lack of hay, high transportation costs, low water and ...
I just heard about a Hereford cow in England who gave birth to her second calf in three months. I’m not talking about a twin; I’m referring to a miracle known as “superfecundation.”
It sounds dirty to ...
Usually when we discuss protein in beef cattle diets, the discussion doesn’t go much further than looking at the crude protein content of the feed and ensuring sufficient non-protein nitrogen and rumen- ...
In winter, I have often stood in the icicle air and gazed up at the starlit sky. The pinpricks of light shimmer and flicker in the velvet blackness, while their reflections, like millions of candles, dance ...
The Ft. Worth Stock Show is a mecca for a lot of purebred breeders. Many, many thousands have made the trip over the years, often overcoming daunting obstacles. But Galen’s journey from Illinois takes ...
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