Growth is uncomfortable, but necessary
The beauty of continued growth is learning to make improvements and then build on them.
You need cows that are worth owning
Cows can't do math, but their owners should at least do some counting. From financial balance sheets to stocking rates, a precise inventory is...
Valued partners in the beef business
There are partnerships all across the beef business, but they're not always as clean as who will bale the hay and who is going to feed it.
Small changes can accomplish big goals
Set long-term goals for improvement by making changes to your daily routines.
Going once, going twice…
Sold. That word can be cause for celebration or the beginning of a personal pity party. It all depends on what dollar amount follows...
No mountain-top views without crossing the valleys
Nicole Lane Erceg reminds readers that just as cattlemen have made it through tough times in the past, they shall make it through current struggles as well.
Summer steak sales equal CAB record
A steak sizzling on the grill is to a consumer what a cash register cha-ching is to a grocer. Despite economic conditions, those sweet...
Grid marketing could reward your herd
Most cattle feeders are pretty shrewd businessmen and women. They don’t just know how to run a break-even.
They live and breathe them. They study...
Black Ink: Happy people lead to happy cattle
When ranchers or feedlot employees are unhappy or feeling stress, how much pride can they take in the job they're doing? Call it mammalian empathy or stress-related errors of management, but those bad feelings are contagious across species.
Lots of hard work behind the scenes
Miranda Reiman reminds cattle farmers and ranchers, there’s a lot of good in that hard work that nobody sees.













