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The Nose Knows
By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor
There are several good ways to wean your calves. Chasing them down the middle of a highway isn't one of them. Yet, through no fault of his own, that's...
Market NowOr Later?
By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor
In sizing up calf marketing this fall, Dillon Feuz, Utah State University livestock marketing specialist, says there will be some profit opportunities,...
Dealing With $4 Diesel
By Ron Torell, Willie Riggs and Duane Griffith
With record-high prices on new vehicles, $4/gal. fuel, and the limited maintenance and repairs that can be performed at the ranch on newer model vehicles,...
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Is Global Warming Building Steam Or Cooling Off?
by Troy Marshall
Perhaps more than any other scientific issue, global warming has been difficult to assess, primarily because it so quickly became politicized in ...
2008 Across-Breed EPD Table Released
The table of adjustment factors to be used to estimate across-breed expected progeny differences (AB-EPDs) for 16 breeds was presented ...
Bill Mies Looks At The Industry’s Next 12-18 Months
by Burt Rutherford
It doesn't take Bill Mies long to roll out his best-case scenario for the next 18 months. That's because the beef management consultant, and former ...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
