The Cattleman back issues from May 2006:
Beneficial Bacon
May 01, 2006; ... I am very proud of the new packaging the beef retailers are using to offer our product. One of my favorite weekday meals uses chuck eye steaks sold at the SuperTarget meat counter - modified atmosphere packaging and all. But imagine my delight to read recently that a Canadian pork ...
Of Things That Concern Cowmen...
May 01, 2006; ... A campaign to save the home of Charles Goodnight, legendary rancher and trailblazer, has been endorsed by the Texas Historical Foundation. Preservationists want to save the 1887 house that Goodnight built on the Llano Estacado so that it can become the centerpiece of the future Charles ...
Names In The News
May 01, 2006; ... Frederick Drummond, longtime rancher from Pawhuska, OkIa., has been inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum® in Oklahoma City. Criteria for induction include an exceptional contribution to the advancement of Western heritage and ...
Production Improvement: Holistic Approach to Increasing Calf Production
May 01, 2006; ... Most successful ranching systems optimize production by balancing the pounds of calf produced with the cost of production. The goal is not to simply wean a bigger calf, but to efficiently produce more total pounds from the operation. Several factors affect cow-calf profitability. The ...
For 50 years, Texas Christian University has been training some of . . . The Best Ranch Managers in the Business
May 01, 2006; ... When the 20 members of the 50th anniversary class of Texas Christian University's renowned Ranch Management Program graduate this month, they won't have any problems finding a job. After completing nine months of intensive training, they will be thoroughly versed in proven principles ...
What Our Non-Renewing Members Tell Us
May 01, 2006; ... Last month I shared how our newest members think we are doing. This month, I have survey results from members who did not renew their TSCRA membership. This information can help us be better salesmen. We had a four percent response to this survey, which is a good return according to the ...
Groundwater: To Market or Not To Market, That is the Question
May 01, 2006; ... Marketing water is not new. Well, actually, marketing surface water is not new. In Texas, where the state owns the surface water, people have been buying and selling surface water rights through a permitting system for at least 100 years. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ...
Ponds, Pipes, Pumps
May 01, 2006; ... Water is not a resource to be wasted. There are tools and materials to help you get it out of the ground and to your home and livestock efficiently. The Texas Cooperative Extension crop and weather report, had this to say in mid-March. "It's the same old song and dance - dry, ...
Letters to TSCRA
May 01, 2006; ... MEMBERS-ONLY WEB SITE FORUM Your forum is dead! This could be an excellent place for cattlemen to exchange ideas and views. Could also provide you with plenty of grits for future articles. I know several people that have tried it and then quit when no responses came. Norris ...
Bayer Animal Health and Bayer Environmental Science Announce Exclusive Distribution Agreement
May 01, 2006; ... Bayer Animal Health and Bayer Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, announce an exclusive distribution agreement for the sales and marketing of Bayer Environmental Science branded products in the farm hygiene market. The two products included in the deal, Tempo® and ...
Callicrate Bander Prevails in Patent Infringement Case
May 01, 2006; ... No-Bull Enterprises, LLC, distributor of patented castration products, is the exclusive licensee of numerous U.S. and foreign patents, including U.S. Patent Nos. 5,997,553 and 5,681,329. The owner of those patents, Mike Callicrate, brought suit against Wadsworth Manufacturing, Inc. for ...
Rhino Awards Flex-Wing Cutter to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
May 01, 2006; ... Daniel Sloan, Black Rock, Ark., won a new heavy-duty FR15 flex-wing rotary cutter from Rhino. Alamo Group, parent company of Rhino, marked their 50th year of flex-wing cutter technology in 2005. To celebrate this first in the rotary cutter industry, Rhino solicited contest entries from around ...
Deaths: Walter Merrick, 94, of Sayre, Okla., died Feb. 4, 2006
May 01, 2006; ... Merrick was a legend in the Quarter Horse racing business. A 60-year consecutive breeder, he bred 573 starters and 41 stakes winners that earned more than $6.4 million. "Walter Merrick simply knew things about horses that the rest of us won't ever understand," said Gary Carpenter, ...
Deaths: Joseph Clyde Wessendorff, 88, of Richmond, Texas, died Feb. 27, 2006
May 01, 2006; ... He was born on July 21, 1917, in Richmond, where he spent all of his life except for time in college and the military service. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1937 and then attended law school at The University of Texas. During World War II he was a captain in the ...
Deaths: Hilton Kutch, 84, of Azle, Texas, died March 2, 2006
May 01, 2006; ... He was born Sept. 19, 1921, and attended North Side High School in Fort Worth. A rancher and cattleman, he owned ranches in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. He was a longtime member of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Reisers Association. Kutch began his career on the historic Fort ...
Deaths: Johnnie "Rusty" Dwain Tinnin, 66, of Bell Ranch, N.M., died March 12, 2006
May 01, 2006; ... He was born April 12, 1939, in Floydada, Texas, graduated from Floydada High School in 1957 and earned a degree in animal husbandry from West Texas State University in 1962. He married Bennie Mae Grubbs on Dec. 29, 1965. He was ranch manager for Bivins Coldwater Cattle Co. from ...
Premises ID Remains Voluntary, but Important
May 01, 2006; ... Premises identification, the first step in a national animal identification program, will remain voluntary until 2007, according to news and comments from the Texas Animal Health Commission More than 10,000 livestock premises have been registered in Texas and nationally more than 213,000 ...
Moore and Theek Honored at Houston Annual Bull and All Breed Commercial Female Sales
May 01, 2006; ... The 39th Annual All Breed Range Bull and Commercial Female Sales of the 2006 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo(TM) were dedicated to Hilmar G. Moore, Richmond, and Jim Theeck, Brenham. The All Breeds Livestock Sales Committee, one of the 93 volunteer committees of the Houston show, annually ...
87 Herds Help Launch Limousin Inventory Management System
May 01, 2006; ... More than 8,500 spring-calving cows in 87 herds are part of the Limousin Inventory Management System (LIMS). The North American Limousin Foundation (NALF) finalized enrollments in the system's inaugural season Feb. 15. Beginning with calves born this year, active NALF members have the ...
Sale Reports
May 01, 2006; ... Thomas Charolais, Inc., Vintage 2006 Feb. 18, 2006 - Raymondville 75 yearling bulls, avg. $2,631 15 pairs, avg. $2,223 13 bred cows, avg. $1,653 27 bred heifers, avg. $1,609 15 open heifers, avg. $1,523 143 total lots, avg ....
Beef Demand Dips Slightly in 2005
May 01, 2006; ... Consumer demand for beef dipped slightly in 2005 but the Beef Demand Index remains up more than 20 percent since reversing its 20-year decline in 1998, said Cattlemen's Beef Board Chairman Al Svajgr. "We had such a stellar growth year for demand in 2004 that we didn't top that mark in ...
USDA releases national animal ID implementation plan
May 01, 2006; ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released details of the implementation plan for the establishment of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Also released was a plan for the initial integration of private and state animal tracking databases with NAIS. Complete ...
TSCRA inspectors recover more than $6.2 million in 2005
May 01, 2006; ... Stolen livestock and ranch equipment worth more than $6.2 million were recovered or accounted for in 2005 by the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. In an annual report given March 29 to members attending TSCRA's annual convention in San Antonio, Executive Vice President ...
China will accept US beef
May 01, 2006; ... China agreed to take action on a number of key U.S. trade issues, including opening its borders to U.S. beef, during an April 11 meeting between top Chinese and U.S. officials. U.S. secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns and United States Trade ...
Memorial honors inspectors
May 01, 2006; ... The names of two TSCRA field inspectors killed in the line of duty in 1923 are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D. C. Inspectors H. L. Roberson and W. D. Allison will be honored on May 13 during the 18th annual candlelight vigil hosted by the ...
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association ... protecting the stewards of land and livestock in the Southwest
May 01, 2006; ... Disasters and Animal ID My intention was to write this month's column on the Panhandle grassfires. TSCRA members in that area have suffered significantly, losing forage and livestock to horrific fires. One member I spoke with, Len Cowden, lost 96 percent of his forage to the ...