Columns
Bill Gates urges an ag revolution
News item: In early January an arson fire heavily damaged 14 cattle trucks at Harris Farms in Fresno County, Calif.
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I'm a Drover: Back on the ranch
Bill Donald returns to ranch chores and advocating for beef producers.
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I'm a Drover: Flint Hills award winners
In the heart of the Kansas Flint Hills, where the last of this country’s tall grass prairie grows, Mushrush Red Angus spreads over some 8,000 acres.
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What consumers think
Determining what consumers want and what they think of your product is the challenge of every business and every industry; agriculture is no different.
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The food hub movement
In an article called “Five Food Predictions for 2012,” author Andrew Stout writes: “Networked food hubs are our future.” Which might cause you to ask: What’s a food hub?
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I'm a Drover: Breeding for fertility and a cause
Nebraska seedstock producer’s special sale evolves into significant fundraiser.
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The case for MoreCowsNow
Thirty years ago a fundamental concept cattlemen needed to understand about beef production was the cattle cycle, that somewhat predictable expansion and contraction of America’s cattle herd that produced high prices, then low prices, then high prices, etc., over a period of 10 or 11 years.
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Consumer Trends: The filched filets
Filet mignon is one of the most frequently shoplifted items in this country, and its popularity as a stolen good seems to be on the rise.
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GIPSA — the goldfish didn’t get mailed
Ideas don’t always work out the way they are intended.
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Before the fruitcake
Here’s a Christmas day menu to consider: 3,000 hens, 10,000 eels, 15,000 herrings and 400 hogs.
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I'm a Drover: 40 years of innovation
Decatur County Feed Yard continues its pursuit of customer profitability.
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- What’s on America’s grill this weekend?
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Tyson sends disaster-assistance truck to Oklahoma
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Forage Focus: Pay attention to hay moisture
- Oil falls as Fed minutes send U.S. equities down
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
