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Top-10 Winter ChecklistSep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Amanda Nolz While warm summer temperatures make the challenges of icy, frigid weather seem far away, now is the time to make the preparations that will minimize those... |
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Drought
Weather Worries and Weather Woes
By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor
It's likely that cattle producers in the Southeast won't look back on 2007 with any fondness. This region, home to about 25% of the nation's cow-calf production, withered under an unrelenting drought last year, and entered '08 desperate for a change...
Wildfire danger HIGH
compiled by BEEF staff
While it's been a year of moisture extremes, some regions that enjoyed high rainfall are facing the prospects of high wildfire danger. Oklahoma, for instance,...
Grazing Programs
Two new grasses for Southern Plains
compiled by Alaina Burt managing editor
Meet “Verl” and “Chet,” two new forage-grass varieties engineered to provide year-round grazing...
2008 Fencing Guide
The latest products for fencing and a directory of suppliers...
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Jim Gerrish
Fall calving with tall fescue
by Jim Gerrish contributing editor
Spring may not seem the right time to be thinking about the virtues of fall calving, but if you live in the tall-fescue zone of the U.S., you should be...
Five steps to winter savings
by Jim Gerrish contributing editor
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all...
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
