“[Switching from a traditional parlor to an automated milking system] primarily came down to the time savings,” Mallonee says.

Kathi Creamer remembers it like it was yesterday – the moment she knew she’d found her life’s calling. She was 9 years old, following her 4-H club as they made their rounds of the National Western Stock Show in Denver. 

We need a new language when we talk sustainability in the arid West, or at least fine-tuned definition with an injection of reality.

On Jan. 24, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced it filed notice of intent to sue the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over the listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act.

For the past 50 years, the Joe C. King & Sons Ranch has operated with the belief that their corner of central Montana is best left as native range where cattle, wildlife and landscape act in a mutually beneficial and sustainable system.

Sometimes what looks cheaper may not be when all costs are considered. 

When my colleagues and I first started working with cover crops, we all had experience with the usual mix of crops grown in the Magic Valley, either by growing up on farms or working with them in our professional careers.