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How to be profitable in the cattle market

When it comes to marketing there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that when it comes to marketing we have no idea what we are doing. This is only a systemic thinking problem and it can easily be fixed. The thing is this thinking problem was like a peacock fanning its […]

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Tennessee beef cattle operations host Mexican buyers

International trade relations and the beef cattle industry in Tennessee recently benefitted from an inbound trade mission with seven buyers from Mexico. “Focusing on international markets is one way we keep agriculture our state’s top industry,” Tenn. Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, D.V.M., says. “The recent inbound trade mission connected buyers from Mexico with Tennessee beef […]

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USRSB announces Grazing Management Plan Development Module

The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) announces its Grazing Management Plan Development Module. The module serves as a tool for cattle producers overseeing a grazing operation to develop and implement a written grazing management plan (GMP). It includes a downloadable template that can be customized to each operation’s needs.  A written grazing management plan […]

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10 ways to insulate a period property

Modern technology might offer sustainable, cost-effective heat sources, but the best-value unit of energy is the one you don’t lose through your roof, floors, walls and windows. Tim Moulding, a eighth-generation builder, suggests ways to keep an old building warm. Illustration by Adam Larkum. Owners of old houses don’t have the same opportunity to achieve […]

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