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As I suppose is the case with most ranches, branding time is a momentous occasion at our place each year. Despite the inevitable minor wrecks – like when 35 calves break and run just as you’re getting the tail-enders pushed into the branding trap – it’s one of those things that can be considered an event, rather than just another day.
Almost seven years ago, Progressive Dairyman told its readers about a new, biodegradable pot being produced by Freund’s Farm in East Canaan, Connecticut. They called them CowPots.
While an individual may have a good “feel” for hay pricing and trends, there is no algorithm, no formula and no magical way to predict hay prices. However, hay market trends are like an animal’s behavior; if you study how an animal reacts in different situations, you can make some reasonable predictions as to how it will react to events.
In the cow-calf business, fall profits depend heavily on decisions producers make in the spring for both cows and calves. Keeping calves healthy and prepared for top marketing programs and getting cows rebred are universal keys to ranching success.
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Business Conference, held March 18-19 in Madison, Wisconsin, gave producers plenty of classes, presentations, food and time to connect with other producers from around the country. Watch a recap of the show below.
Banned for more than 40 years, the notorious insecticide DDT is still being found on properties, as the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) discovered last week at a collection event held as part of Earth Day activities.
A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist told members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry that U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba could reach $1.2 billion annually if regulations are relaxed and some trade barriers are lifted.
