Toward the end of January Brenda Black, author and speaker, contacted us for an interview about our cattle production model. We appreciate her telling our story in such a positive light, and we hope that same positive light will be ignited by others in the livestock industry. Brenda’s article, titled … Continue reading
Category Archives: Industry Buzz
Are cattlemen even asking for this?
I don’t know where to begin on expressing my thoughts about the article I just read. An animal scientist, here in the United State, is conducting stem cell research in an effort to make the supply of bull semen inexhaustible. The basic idea is to serialize young, healthy bulls and … Continue reading
… a gain for ranchers…
Today I read an article about the closing of 2,000 feed lots in the United States last year. According to this article, the rising prices for young cattle, high feed costs and drought conditions in cattle country are to blame. High costs and drought conditions are old news. Its in … Continue reading
Folks, this is just gross
Within the span of five days, the same story, from two different publications, came before me. It appears that a test tube burger has been created. Folks, this is just gross. The meat, described as grey and slippery in texture, has been grown from the stem cells of a cow … Continue reading
Grazing cull cattle
Tuesday evening, Don and I attended a farm walk sponsored by the Boone County SWCD. The purpose was to view, first hand, the grazing program utilized by an area cattleman and his wife. This program was fairly standard. Forty percent grazed, 30% trampled, 30% left standing, daily moves, fly control, … Continue reading
Don’s take aways
I’ve mentioned before that Don and I are members of the American Herbataurus Society. This is a group of good folks with good ideas about animal husbandry. Don attended the annual meeting back in November and I asked him to share some topics of discussion with me. The below ideas … Continue reading
I’ll just come right out and say it
I’ll just come right out and say it. Animal activist groups are bad for America and American families. Some of these groups want to ban animal agriculture and put animals on the same level as, or above, people. I have never personally met any of these folks, however I get … Continue reading
American Herbataurus Society Annual Meeting
The American Herbataurus Society will be having its annual meeting in Rock Falls, IL on November 1st and 2nd. Details can be found on the Society’s webpage www.americanherbataurus.com. This is a great organization and I encourage you to at least visit the site and look around even if you can’t … Continue reading
All there is to say
My friend, Jon Angell, said all there is to say…. “By now you may have heard that the USDA has found a case of BSE in a California dairy cow. The beef supply is SAFE. Safe guards are in place to keep BSE infected cows out of the food supply … Continue reading