Cattle Features
Cattle Ranch Of The Week: Klompien Red Angus
Klompien Red Angus was established in 1990, when Dave & Kay purchased all of the CK Red Angus replacements and leased the rest of the CK herd.
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Jolley: Five Minutes With NCBA’s Forrest Roberts & The Rocky Mountain Roundup
The center of the cattle universe will be in downtown Denver February 2-5. Thousands of cattlemen and cattlewomen will gather for the Annual Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade, show filling the city with a sea of cowboy hats, dress boots and Silverados.
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Cattle Ranch Of The Week: Aschermann Charolais
Larry and Peggy Aschermann operate Aschermann Charolais in Southwest Missouri near Carthage and east of Joplin. Their roots have always been in the cattle industry and have bred and raised purebred Charolais cattle since 1993.
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Jolley: Five Minutes With Derrell Peel & The State Of The Herd
A week ago, Tri-State Livestock News wrote about Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, Derrell Peel’s five factors he expects to have the biggest impact on market prices in 2011.
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It's The Pitts: The First Dog
After his first 500 days in The White House we thought it was time to check in on Bo, the First Dog. Here’s a transcript of our recent chat with Obama’s dog.
Q. So Bo, how is life in The White House.
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Jolley: Bill Marler & Shawn Stevens Talk About The New Food Safety Modernization Act
The long dormant, thought to be dead food safety bill was revived during the eleventh hour of the lame duck congress. Given a whiff of oxygen and electro-shock therapy by a group of unidentified House and Senate doctors, it was whisked off its death bed and hustled into the President’s office for his confirming signature just before our elected officials stampeded toward Dulles and Washington National for their annual end-of-the-year migration out of town.
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It's The Pitts: Stayin’ Put
As I’ve mentioned before, I like to read obituaries. I figure if someone has gone to all the trouble of living their life the least I can do is spend a few moments reading about it. Recently I was reading the obituaries in one of the great periodicals that runs my column, The Fence Post, about Clarence Nichols Jr. who lived to the grand old age of 91 years.
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Jolley: Five Minutes With The Death Tax & What They’re Saying
I’m taking a different approach to my weekly interview. Instead of interviewing someone about a variety of issues, I’m taking one issue – the very controversial death tax – and finding out what a variety of people say about it.
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Cattle Ranch Of The Week: Six Mile Red Angus
The Six Mile Ranch is located in the rolling hills and grassland region of southern Saskatchewan near the Canada-Montana, USA border. The ranch currently operates on 55 quarters (8,800 acres) of pasture land.
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Cattle Ranch Of The Week: Leland Red Angus
Leland Red Angus is a family operation that is owned and managed by Melvin and Luella Leland and son, Todd. Melvin’s father homestead the ranch in 1911 on the edge of the Badlands in western North Dakota.
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Jolley: Laurie Bryant, Meat Import Council Of America, Inc. & The Safety Of Imported Meat
Last week, Food Safety News published some alarming data about the safety of imported ground beef. At first blush, it seemed to put imported meats in an extremely bad light.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
