"I think any time we can celebrate those tiny victories and actually have something that works in our favor, doesn’t cost us a lot of extra ti…
"If I’m delivering a box of beef to a consumer, can I prove to that consumer that that animal was raised on our operation?" Check out Jaclyn W…
"I’m a firm believer that when you leave during calving season, for every one hour of being gone it will take two hours to catch up."
Nebraska has long been known as the Beef State and May is Beef Month, so it’s the perfect time to enjoy a delicious burger or steak.
"It seems that beef has been on the menu lately and not necessarily in a positive light. It’s hard not to struggle with this as I go out every…
“Decisions are made by the people who show up,” Randall Debler repeated. As a full-time cattleman in Alma, Kansas, his personal philosophy of …
Every rancher out there has a different selection method when it comes to choosing replacements. Some choose early, some sort later. Some sort…
Most Popular
"One thing that I do not condone in agriculture is to tell someone to not consume a product that has been produced by the well-worn hands of t…
Many of us have changed the way we purchase and prepare our food over the past 12 months. Families now spend more time cooking at home. We are…
Heard of Colorado Initiative 16? "Anyone that actually knows two cents about agriculture can see how it would be an economical and production …
There is an ongoing conversation in consumer spaces about beef’s contribution to climate change. In many circles, beef is being painted as a v…
What a difference a week makes in the weather. Everything just seems to go a lot more smoothly when you can feel your hands and face.
Here’s a tweet I wrote last week: “I’ve been in meetings with @BillGates. I respect his intellect and desire for social responsibility by the …
Guess who is calving?
"I think every sale should have homemade pies and the 'church ladies' serving the meal."
Columnist Glenn Brunkow says farewell to a longtime family companion and hard working cow dog: "RIP old buddy. You were one heck of a cow dog,…
Dear Stranger is a letter-exchange project that connects Nebraskans through the mail to share whatever they would like with a fellow stranger.…
I would be lying if I said I was a little sad the next morning when I saw the empty pen, something seemed to be missing. Ranching is all about…
Partnerships are 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.
Continuing shocks to the meat processing industry from the ongoing global health crisis have many states, including Nebraska, looking for ways…
"Well, we are in the business of raising an animal that is going to produce a product. What good does it do if we do not understand how that p…
What's in store for the cattle industry under the Biden administration? NCBA's CEO says: "It is going to be OK."
Typically, the Fishers sort bulls on horseback and drive them three miles back home. Operations had to change this year when the main man was …
"The handshake may have lost some of its deep meaning over time for some, but for those of us living by the Code of the West it still means a …
Great cattlemen and women live their lives as if being great is not a goal. It is a constant pursuit.
Since I was 4 years old, we’ve taken a yearly family picture. These photos line what I kindly refer to as the “wall of shame.”
"It’s funny how someone you see a couple of times a year can have such an impact on your life, but Merv was one of those guys."