Cow calf corner: The pros and cons of growth-promoting implants

Cow-Calf Corner is a collection of timely management tips of interest to cow-calf producers in Oklahoma. This week, Glenn Selk weighs the pros and cons of growth-promoting implants.

1. U.S. electricity prices grows 1.1% in 2013
2. Consider oats as a double crop after wheat
3. Jolley: What is to become of beef?
4. Ag markets moved generally higher Wednesday
5. U.S. coal prices steadily increase value
6. Angus breeders honored by the Beef Improvement Federation

1. Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
2. 3,000 pounds of copper wire stolen from Oklahoma ranch
3. Crude oil expected to peak and cost of electricity to go down
4. Changes in U.S.-Mexican cattle and beef trade
5. Peterson Brothers: What summer vacation?
6. 2100: 11 billion mouths to feed

1. COOL isn’t working
2. Feedyard margins a train wreck, packers cozy
3. Canadian CJD cases are “classical" form
4. Jolley: What is to become of beef?
5. Will Smith dethroned in latest Peterson Farm Bros. parody
6. New ads emphasize agriculture’s role in economic recovery