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Information For Both Sides
Feb 01, 2009; ... February is a short but intensely busy month for the Texas cattle business. Look in the calendar in the back of this issue and you'll see an event or sale nearly every day in February. We hope The Cattleman calendar is your first go-to place for information each month on upcoming events ...
Range Scientists Release New Book: Brush and Weeds of Texas Rangelands
Feb 01, 2009; ... Drs. Charles R. Hart, Barron Rector, C. Wayne Hanselka, Robert K. Lyons and Allan McGinty have released their latest book, Brush and Weeds of Texas Rangelands. With this book at their fingertips, landowners and rangeland managers can easily identify the brush and weeds posing the ...
TCFA Names Officers, Board
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA), during its 2008 annual convention in Grapevine, named its officers and directors for the coming year. Monte Cluck, Boeme, is chairman of the board; Mike Engler, Amarillo is chairman-elect; and Bo Kizziar, Spearman, is vice ...
Football Fans "Beef Up" Tailgate Activities
Feb 01, 2009; ... To encourage football fans to "beef up" their tailgates this season, the Texas Beef Council (TBC) partnered with Fiesta Spices and HEB to search for the "Ultimate Tailgater." Beef was kept top-of-mind for tailgaters and fans during seven Texas A&M home football games where the beef checkoff ...
Names in the News
Feb 01, 2009; ... Gov. Rick Perry appoint- ed Ted Conover, Tyler, to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority board of directors. The authority assists with projects that promote economic development in rural areas. Conover is president of the Bank of Tyler. He is a member of the Texas Banker's ...
Money-Saving Vaccination Tips
Feb 01, 2009; ... It's not a scientific number, but from conversations with his peers and with veterinarians around the country, Dr. Glenn Rogers, Pfizer Animal Health, has come to think that about a third of the vaccination products being administered on the ranch are being administered right. That's an ...
26 Years and Counting
Feb 01, 2009; ... Brush control for the long term Ranchers generally expect renovation-style brush control to last them for more than a few years. But 26 years? Without follow-up treatments? It's possible on West Texas brush populations of creosotebush and tarbush. That's the treatment ...
Ponder a Pecan Proposal
Feb 01, 2009; ... Pecans - a nutty idea or a possible profit center for your ranch? Editor's note: In challenging economic times, landowners have to think about complementary and alternative uses of the resources they manage. While managing hunting leases works for some landowners, it's not for everyone ....
Replacement Females: The Right Kind, the Right Care
Feb 01, 2009; ... She will take care of you, if you take care of her EDITOR'S NOTE: IN LAST MONTH'S ISSUE WE LOOKED AT THE GENERAL REPLACEMENT FEMALE MARKET AND OUTLINED THE PROSANO CONS OF BUYING VERSUS RAISING YOUR HERD REPLACEMENTS. IN THIS ISSUE WE WILL FOLLOW UP MM HOW TO MANAGE THOSE FEMALES AND HOW ...
Mexico Welcomes Cattle From Texas
Feb 01, 2009; ... Since even before the Rio Grande was the border marker between Texas and Mexico, cattle have been moved from one side of the river to the other. This all came to an abrupt halt in 2003 when a single Canadianborn cow in Washington state was confirmed to have bovine spongiform ...
THE FRUGAL CATTLE RAISER
Feb 01, 2009; ... Worthy Investments With input costs at a record high, it is increasingly difficult to make a profit in the cattle business. In 2008, we asked our readers what they were doing to make up for the increased costs for fuel, feed and fertilizer. This year, we want to know the one thing you ...
Start With a Solid Baseline
Feb 01, 2009; ... Editor's note: This is the second installment in a 12-part series on cow-calf Standardized Production Analysis (SPA) that was developed by the IRM Committee of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. This series has been created in partnership with Dr. Damona Doye, regents professor and ...
26 años y contando Control de matorrales de larga duración
Feb 01, 2009; ... Por lo general, ganaderos esperan que el control de matorrales dure más que sólo unos pocos años. ¿Pero, 26 años? ¿Sin tratamientos de seguimiento? Ahora es posible en las poblaciones de dos tipos de arbustos: la gobernadora del desierto o hediondilla [Larrea tridentata) y el hojasén ...
SIMPLE BVD TESTS CAN PLUG A DOLLAR DRAIN
Feb 01, 2009; ... In tough economic times it is critical to do everything possible to improve the efficiency of one's operation. Often we have the misperception that cutting costs will afford that efficiency. The real key is to use your operating capital wisely to obtain the greatest value for your ...
Surviving in Today's Cattle Market: A Response to TSCRA President Jon Means
Feb 01, 2009; ... Ranchers I have spoken with lately are becoming increasingly alarmed over production factors that are beyond their control: high prices for feed, fuel, fertilizer and, of course, the need for rain. In addition, there is growing public concern about handling methods used in the production ...
CRIME WATCH
Feb 01, 2009; ... Special Ranger Reports Two Denton County Thefts, Three Oklahoma Cases Special Rangers H.D. Brittain and John Cummings report thefts of cattle and equipment in Texas and Oklahoma from October to December. If you have information on these or any other theft cases, please contact ...
SAVE COSTS BY CALIBRATING
Feb 01, 2009; ... Calibrate your herbicide sprayer to achieve economical weed and brush control. Proper sprayer calibration is a key component in obtaining economical weed and brush control. Applying too much chemical can be a costly mistake and not applying enough spray can result in ineffective ...
ALLIED INDUSTRY
Feb 01, 2009; ... Havard Sales Management Company Sells Raymond Havard, founder and owner of Havard Sales Management Co., Lufkin, recently announced the sale of his auction company to Pedersen and Pedersen Auctions Inc., Lake Charles, La. Havard Sales Management (HSM) was founded in 1963 and has ...
Novel Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue Safe for Pregnant Mares
Feb 01, 2009; ... For years it was said that pregnant mares should be removed from endophyte-infected tall fescue three months prior to foaling; however, with technology, a novel endophyte-infected tall fescue has been developed. "When we talk about tall fescue we are generally speaking about the old ...
The Native CHOICE
Feb 01, 2009; ... Thinking about making the switch to native grasses? There are a few things to consider before you plant. With increased input costs comes an in- creased interest in alternative produc- tion practices. But is a switch from introduced grasses to native species like switchgrass or eastern ...