Have you heard of Cosmopolitan Magazine? I imagine not alot of you have read it...the pages aren't exactly filled with advice on how to market your cull cows and calculate distillers grains into your feed rations. No, the magazine focuses more on...

Have you registered for the BEEF Quality Summit yet? Presented by BEEF Magazine, this year's summit is focused around the issue of, "Quality--A solution to rising costs." Now doesn't that sound beneficial for the struggling cattlemen during these...

Many of you know that I served as a National Beef Ambassador in 2006. For those of you that aren't familiar with this program, the NBAP is a youth organization that works to promote beef to our nation's consumers, working with the media and...

I’ll admit that I wasn’t the first to see Oprah’s latest assault on the agricultural industry. In fact, just as I refuse to listen to country musician Carrie Underwood because of her affiliation with the Humane Society of the United States, I also...

I have always stood by the fact that if you want to learn something new, you only have to look to someone with a lifetime of experience and ASK. I have never been afraid to lean on a friend or an industry professional to guide me through my...

If you picture a round of poker, the stakes are high, the tension is thick and depending on how the cards are laid will determine who holds all of the chips, right? Well, I liken that to the lawsuit against JBS-Swift. How will the hand play out? ...

Got a case of the Mondays? Well, these photos will add an interesting spin to your Monday morning. Count 'em...1, 2 and 3 bull calves born to the same dam. Can you believe it? I blinked three times to make sure I was seeing it right. Has this ever...

Last night I attended the South Dakota State University Ag/Bio Career Fair. With over 90 companies represented, I was overwhelmed by the agri-business in one building. As I made the rounds, I saw representatives from processing plants, feedlots...

Should you Expand Your Cowherd? is the topic of today's lead headline on BEEF Daily. And, I would guess that is the exact question alot of you are asking yourselves this fall...

Do you ever really think about the people purchasing your beef? Sometimes, it’s really easy to forget about our consumers in the grocery stores when we are busy watching the markets and feeding cattle. Let’s face it…if they aren’t buying beef, we...