Choosing the right agricultural technology for your farm
When is it a good choice to skip a passing phase or invest in what may be the way of the future?
4-H brings out inner MacGyver
Sometimes 4-H parents have to get creative during fair week.
Plans for busy times this summer
If your goal is bigger than "making it through the busy season," then that can help you focus on what matters most.
Stay on track through the ups and downs
Cattlemen will never be able to control the weather, but they can prepare to weather the storms.
New outlook on what makes good cattle
Once you've found out how your cattle stand up to the competition, then you'll be able to weigh value-added marketing options.
We need to make beef something that people celebrate, and eat
Beef producers have to convince consumers that what they do is special, every night of the week.
Market demand backs quality cattle
The only new money in the beef industry is in consumers’ pockets. When they demand more premium quality beef and producers adapt to provide it.
Unconventional risk management in the beef industry
There are a thousand ways cattle production can go wrong, but one often forgotten is the risk associated with producing a bad steak.
As you go forward in the beef industry, remember to look back
There are differences in the journey, but also similarities of how a producer ends up looking back on a career in agriculture with more wins than losses.
Put your farm business to the test
It takes a disaster to reprioritize the things we always knew were significant, but thought could wait until tomorrow.