Trish Charleston is the owner and operator of K&T Cattle Company, owner of Specialty Risk Insurance, author of The Cowboy’s Wife – My Favorite F Words and The Circus Waits for No One, humorist and blogger.

As you read this article, we will all be just past the midyear mark for 2020. While I usually save most of my “year-end” reflection for the end of the year, there seems to be plenty of things to reflect on just in the first half of this year.

Weaning is a challenging time for cattle and their owners. Our management decisions affect calves’ response to stress, which is a contributing factor to illness.

The COVID-19 virus has disrupted our lives and businesses, including the beef industry.

The word “closed” is usually a simple, straightforward, black-and-white adjective – but when it refers to a cow-calf herd, there can be a significant amount of gray inferred in the description.