In December, I made the trek to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to check out the Tulsa Farm Show. Oklahoma, in its best effort to make me feel at home, welcomed me with temperatures colder than what I left at home in Idaho.

You’ve treated calves before, and you know the dose on the label is effective. But this one slipped through the cracks; he’s sicker than most you’ve treated. Why not give him a few extra ccs? It can’t hurt, right? Actually, it can.

It's a new year! I'm sure we all got a few goodies for Christmas, maybe a new pair of boots or coveralls … maybe a can of tuna fish (don't ask, but yes, it was wrapped).

The latest Cattle on Feed report pegged the Dec. 1 feedlot inventory at 11.512 million head, 108 percent of last year. This is an additional 864,000 head in feedlots compared with December 2016.

The Beef Checkoff, one of the leading voices promoting beef products, launched a new campaign featuring the hashtag “#RethinkTheRanch” and several videos aimed at showing consumers how the beef industry works from farm to table to celebrate 25 years of promoting the beef industry.

Most readers do not use futures contracts, according to a recent online poll by Progressive Cattleman.

As we move into the new year, it will be worthwhile to spend a little time planning and preparing for the upcoming calving season. Excellent animal husbandry, deliberate preparation and common sense can go a long way to promote a successful calving season.

It’s been said, “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.” That could explain why drought was again a hot topic at the Range Beef Cow Symposium in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in late November.

It seems to fit Kentucky perfectly to be the No. 1 state with the most head of cattle east of the Mississippi river.

The city of Denver and the Western Stock Show Association began work on Nov. 3 with a ceremony clearing ground toward the $1.1 billion National Western Center project and restoration of the site of the National Western Stock Show.