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Exploring the specific stressors faced by cattle producers

Extension educators can make a difference in helping farmers and ranchers hold up under the many stressors that can lead to stress, anxiety, depression and substance misuse.
May 23, 2023
Charles C. Martinez, Rebekka M. Dudensing, and Josh Maples

Including mental health information in a variety of programs and formats may help familiarize livestock producers with mental health resources and remove barriers to talking about stress and depression.


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The key to measuring the livestock industry’s warming impact

A new metric for measuring methane emissions, GWP*, paints a clearer picture of animal agriculture’s true role in warming the planet and offers promise of the industry’s ability to achieve climate neutrality.
April 18, 2023
Frank Mitloehner

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Ever since the business guru shared his words of wisdom, the principle has become integral to effectively running an organization. But who knew it also applies to animal agriculture, methane emissions and global warming?


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Progressive Cattle’s top 10 online articles from the past year

Here’s a look back at which stories captured the most online attention.
December 21, 2022

Here’s a look back at which stories captured the most online attention.


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12 days of (rancher) Christmas

November 30, 2022
Carrie Veselka

It is a well-known fact that farmers and ranchers love a good practical gift. In a 2019 reader poll, 59% of readers said they’d prefer a practical gift over any other kind. So, in the spirit of the season, we at Progressive Cattle are sharing some of our favorite useful gift picks for the rancher in your life this Christmas.


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2022 agricultural law year in review

November 25, 2022
Tiffany Lashmet

Yet again, it has been a big year in agricultural law. Ranchers across the country should be aware of a number of significant legal issues and developments that have occurred over the past 365 days.


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Across the Fence: The gift of presence

November 25, 2022
Marci Whitehurst

When our kids were little, we made an effort to go see grandparents over the holidays. We flew south some years and drove five hours to my folks other years.


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4 questions producers should be asking about carbon markets

May 25, 2022
Bill Fox and Jeff Goodwin
Lots of folks in the ranching industry are hearing and talking about carbon and greenhouse gas emissions – and it’s not about it being produced by livestock. It is about potential opportunities to use land management to remove carbon from the air and tuck it safely away into the soils.
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Anxiety

Could your mental health use a tuneup?

May 24, 2022
Jason Medows
Last year, I had the pleasure of being on the That Western Life podcast. I was talking with hosts Katie and Rachel about my mission with my podcast, Ag State of Mind, when Rachel made a reference to a bit by comedian Chris DiStefano.
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Healthier eating on the go

May 24, 2022
Jami Dellifield
A common theme in American households: Individuals are moving at an always-increasing pace of “go, go, go.” Whether the “go, go, go” is related to work or play, many days you may find yourself moving from work to play to work to play with little time in between.
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Carbon contracts: Do you know the science?

May 24, 2022
Jenny Pluhar
I followed a car with “Trees are the answer” plastered all over it last week in Dallas. I laughed. The answer to what? Shade? Beauty? Can’t argue with that.
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