On the heels of the eighth annual National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s Antibiotic Symposium, held Nov. 13-15 in Overland Park, Kansas, both Wendy’s and McDonald’s released updated policies and concerns regarding the beef both companies are sourcing, namely, in regards to the antibiotics producers are using to keep those animals healthy.

The books have closed on 2018, and we are now working through winter and looking forward to spring. For the spring-calving cow-calf producer, this is a good time to analyze what it cost to produce a pound of weaned calf last year.

An important lesson worth remembering is simple: “What if” usually happens when you least expect it to happen.

Our natural tendency when filling columns in a calving book is to start with the calf. Like kids in school, their performance is a direct reflection of their parents.

Health insurance costs have been on the rise for several years and are frequently named by farmers and ranchers as becoming a burden to their families and operations.

People kept telling Larry Coleman of Coleman Angus he needed a Facebook page. But ranching life is busy, and it wasn’t something he was interested in trying.

Based in Pomona, Kansas, Judd Ranch has garnered distinction as the American Gelbvieh Association’s number one breeder and owner of Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction for 20 of the past 21 years, a testament to the management and genetics the first-generation operation has worked to develop.

Today’s seedstock producers face the daunting task of organizing massive amounts of data from veterinary records, animal marketing reports, as well as collection and sales of semen and embryos.

Staying relevant in the seedstock sector of cattle production is a back-and-forth game of keeping up with the times and focusing on solid foundations.

Prescribed fire is a common practice to help control brush in native grass pastures. Those who implement prescribed fire will spend numerous hours and dollars preparing for this practice before it is implemented.