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Cattle herd even smaller than expected
USDA's twice a year cattle inventory numbers show even fewer U.S. cattle than expected. All cattle and calves as of January 1 totaled 90.8 million head, down 2% on the year when on average, … [Read More...]
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Working to re-build the sheep industry
For Clint Krebs of Oregon, Vice President of the American Sheep Industry Association and chairman of the Re-Build Committee, the past several months have been enjoyable and quite rewarding. Krebs … [Read More...]
Managing For Profit
Riding the biodiesel roller coaster
Denny Mauser farms near the town of Early in west-central Iowa. Mauser was one of the founding members of the Western Iowa Energy biodiesel plant near Wall Lake and still serves on the company’s … [Read More...]
Rural Issues
Trend toward DDG corn oil extraction is picking up speed
More and more ethanol producers are starting to extract some of the corn oil from their distiller grains. With tight margins, they like the idea of adding an additional salable product to ethanol and … [Read More...]
Cyndi Young’s Two Cents
Educational opportunities at National Western Stock Show
My husband and I took a quick trip to Denver recently where Jim entertained (played guitar and sang) prior to the Simmental breed embryo sale and prior to the national Simmental breed cattle sale held … [Read More...]
Innovations
Pioneer official discusses seed supply, Plenish soybeans
At the recent Nebraska Ag Classic conference, Brownfield’s Ken Anderson visited with Mark Reisinger, senior manager for biotech affairs and regulatory with Pioneer. They discussed talk of a … [Read More...]
Healthy Living
School lunches undergoing health makeover
The federal government this week announced new nutrition standards for schools with the aim of healthier school lunches. The changes are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that President Obama … [Read More...]
Inside D.C.
Consolidate this, Mr. President
Commentary. I’ve just finished reading President Obama’s “fact sheet” on what the White House calls “reorganization” of the federal government – everyone else calls it … [Read More...]


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