Sexual health clinic to extend hours for Valentine's Day
“These evenings will be a walk-in clinic with minimal questions asked our priority is ensuring you feel safe and comfortable.” Click to check the original article.
2023 Nutrien Classic Sale peddles multiple six-figure horses | The Land
According to both Mr Smith and Mr Rowland, the equine industry is beginning to enter a feedback loop of growth, as more interest in horsing competitions is driving demand for more horsing events, which creates a need for more horses, which creates jobs for horse trainers, who provide more horses to improve the quality of […]
Winners of the Beef Spectacular Feedback Trial
All the results from the 2023 Beef Spectacular Feedback Trial presentation night. Click to check the original article.
Berry Show returns in 2023 after three year hiatus | The Land
The jampacked two-day program featured all the popular agricultural highlights including dairy and beef cattle judging, horses and showjumping, goats and poultry, hay-stacking competition, Young Farmer Challenge and woodchopping plus a whip show, bullock team demo, draught horse team demo, ag machinery parade, fireworks and much more. Click to check the original article.
USDA Deputy Secretary shares updates at cattle industry convention
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh to the 2023 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show Friday. “We appreciate the working relationship NCBA has with Deputy Secretary Bronaugh, especially as our focus turns to reauthorization of critical components of the Farm Bill like […]
Turning classwork into life learning
We have a winner! Today I am announcing the winner of the Cornerstone Cattle Marketing DVD set I am giving away, that was made by Ann Barnhardt. Ann received 53 entries from three different countries, the United States, Canada, and Australia. I am excited to announce that 21-year-old Haley Johnson is our winner. Haley grew […]
Farm/ranch leases: Put it in writing
We have another reminder of the importance of putting agricultural leases in writing. This one comes from the Texarkana Court of Appeals in Coniglio v. Woods. [Read opinion here.] Background Candido John Coniglio, Sr. (“Senior”) owned a 5,100 acre farm in Fannin County which was managed by his son, Candido John Coniglio, Jr. (“Junior”). Michael Woods owned the […]
The impact of tight hay supplies on winter feeding costs
As we prepare to turn the page on January, most cow-calf operations are well into their winter feeding programs. High fertilizer prices in the spring of 2022 likely resulted in less fertilizer being applied to hay ground. This was combined with a lack of rainfall in much of the US to result in a sizeable […]
Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd: ‘One of the great buildings of the Middle Ages’
Wales is spoilt for beautiful, evocative and dramatic castles in magnificent locations — yet still Caernarfon Castle stands above the rest. On April 25, 1284, Edward I’s queen gave birth to a son, also named Edward, within the precincts of brand-new Caernarfon Castle. When little Edward’s elder brother, Alfonso, died four months later, the King showed […]
Zoetis and Select Sires Inc. partner to help cattle producers
Zoetis is excited to announce its partnership with Select Sires Inc. to help cattle producers gain more from data. The partnership provides a grid marketing service, GeneNet, which will provide Performance Livestock Analytics customers a designated marketing platform to communicate and promote the value of their cattle. Select Sires’ farmer-owners will gain value with access […]
Elanco enhances PenPoint offering for feedyards
Elanco Animal Health announces the addition of PenPoint Sort to help cattle feeders maximize profitability. PenPoint Sort adds to the existing Elanco Knowledge Solutions portfolio of services designed to optimize practices and products through trusted tools, technologies and insights to empower data-driven decision making. PenPoint Sort is a bolt-on chute technology system that helps simplify the difficult […]
R-CALF USA member featured in documentary
A documentary by More Perfect Union, How Big Beef Is Killing America’s Farmers, features R-CALF USA member Coy Young has been released. Young, a fourth-generation cattle rancher from Missouri, captured America’s attention first by sharing the backstory of his own near suicide – depressed cattle prices that rendered his ranching operation economically untenable – in […]