Scanning a group of cow/calf pairs with a keen eye, Olive, Montana, rancher Ben Minow points and says, “There’s a good one, take a picture of that one.”

Hearty Rocky Mountain cattle are the trademark for Aristocrat Angus, located north of Denver near the town of Platteville, Colorado, since 1966.

When analyzing factors that affect profitability on any cow-calf enterprise, terms such as “pregnancy rate” and “calf crop percentage” certainly rise to the forefront.

Long before the technological era, customizing something was a way to claim ownership or establish an identity.

Gender value difference, whether bull or heifer, is what makes sexed semen a profitable alternative to conventional artificial insemination (A.I.) and natural service.

Argentina has made a name for itself around the world with its steaks. But things are changing dramatically in this country that was once dubbed “carnivore heaven.” Fish exports have overtaken traditional beef exports – which reflects the rapid decline of the cattle-farming sector in recent years. The latest figures show that during the first quarter of 2011, Argentina exported more than 145,000 tons of fish and seafood, double the amount of beef sent abroad during the same period of time. And while fish exports are on the rise, beef is looking at the wrong side of the scale.

The coldest I’ve ever been in my life was in Aberdeen, South Dakota, when the wind chill was minus 35 degrees. I can’t tell you what it felt like because I’d lost all feeling once we got into negative numbers. But I still preferred that to hot weather because you can always put on more clothes, but when it gets unbearably hot there’s only so much you can take off before breaking indecent exposure statutes. I’m touched that there have been so many good articles written this summer about how to care for the cows when it gets hot. But what about the cowboys?

I never claimed to be a cowman and I’ve got the scars to prove it! Frostbit fingers, baler twine blisters and an odd scrape in the side of my head where the hair won’t grow back from when my good ol’ horse slipped down on an ice slick on the calving lot. I went out off the front quarter, hung my left spur on the canvas medicine bag that was looped over the horn with parachute chord and lost a chunk of my ear when he drug me, unconscious, over the rusty metal feeder by the gate. My ear now looks like a chew toy!

Accelerated Genetics is again offering four types of summer internships to college students for the summer of 2012.  Accelerated Genetics internships provide an excellent variety of opportunities, from working hands-on within the A.I. industry, to networking and gaining valuable experiences that will help students to prepare for a future career.  The four types of internships being offered for 2012 include the marketing communications internship, the genetic services internship, the sales and service internship, and the veterinarian internship.