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Each year we always seem to get excited about the upcoming San Antonio All Breed Sale because of the potential impact it has on the bull and replacement female market in Texas. The travel time to screen the cattle, the meetings to plan our promotions, contacting the sponsors, ordering the awards, lining up the caterer, plan the penning of the cattle and so many other things that you might not think of when you attend the sale....
Thanks to digital technology and search engines it’s easier than ever today to read and admire the work of a vanished journalistic breed – the paragrapher. “Paragrapher” is an archaic term for someone who wrote fillers (usually one-sentence trivia items or jokes) and other short pieces for newspapers back in the day when they were produced with hot metal....
“Speak Softly and Carry A Big Thunder-Stick” Mr. Skaggs and Mr. Vernie were like a lot of the old-time farmers and ranchers who grew up during the depression years of the 1930's....
Feedyards managers reported that performance of cattle finished in January was generally satisfactory for this time frame. However, managers point out that winter feeding conditions will slow performance and increase cost of production in future months....
HORSE PASTURE 101 With all of the recent rainfall, I have seen some situations in which horses that are penned in small lots are standing in water, instead of grass, and we all know that is not a good thing! This brings me to the point of this discussion, how much land area does it take to support a horse, without destroying the grass in the pasture? Horses tend to be hard on pastures for a few reasons....
NCBA Urges Congress to Examine the Science in the Discussion of Antibiotics Kansas State Univer-sity's (KSU) Michael Apley, a veterinary clinical pharmacologist, traveled to Capitol Hill yesterday with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) to educate lawmakers and their staff about the use of antibiotics in the beef industry....
The year 2009 was indeed a challenging year for many. A two-year drought, a decline in market prices, and a failing economy all contributed to a year that most would like to forget. We too felt the pinch of those conditions....
Happy belated Jackson Day! Congress never formalized it as a federal holiday, but once upon a time, Texans and the rest of the nation celebrated January 8 as Jackson Day. It was something of a winter-time Fourth of July, with plenty of flag waving and patriotic speechifying but no fireworks....
“A Memorable Trip To The Sale Barn” A lot of things have changed in the cattle industry during the past fifty years. And yet, a whole lot has remained the same. I can remember when I was about 9 or 10 years old, my granddad taking me for my first visit to a livestock auction barn....
January ushered in the new year with better long-range weather prognostications and less than usual expectations about our industry and our economy. By end of month with more than ample rainfall, the prospects for a good spring were emerging; and there were end of month signs of regaining our political health and even the economy saw improving indicators....
The NCBA Winter Convention is now in the history books and we can get back to business. The Trade Show at the San Antonio Convention Center was informative with many new and improved products being displayed....
As I write this, I’m packing to go to the NCBA Convention in San Antonio. It is always interesting and informative to attend one of these meetings, even though we don’t support all of their policies....
It’s possible that some of you don’t know it but a very important annual event is ready to begin in just two weeks. And for some of you that haven’t seen the billboards strategically placed all over San Antonio or the ads on TV or heard about it on the radio, I’m getting ready to remind you that the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo will begin on February 4th! Voted the “Best Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year” for the fifth consecutive time, a feat that has never been done before, we are very fortunate to have an event of this quality in San Antonio....
Hard to imagine today, but back in 1850 residents of New Bruanfels could brag that they lived in the fourth-largest city in Texas. That year, barely a half-decade after Texas joined the union, U....
“Wet January Didn’t Dampen Sprits Big Kids At The Junior Livestock Show” What a difference a year can make! Last January everyone involved in South Texas agriculture was in need of moisture and praying for wet cold fronts to bring some significant rainfall to the area....
December and the end of the year is on us and it seems like both just got started. My-oh-my, where does time go? December will end the year wet after experiencing the harshest weather so far this winter and maybe even for the past few years; not only in our state but the nation as well....
NCBA Participates in 2010 International Livestock Congress Producers, packers, retailers, students and other industry leaders gathered together this week for the annual International Livestock Congress-USA (ILC-USA 2010)....
Texas’ 10 worst disasters Long-ago Texas disasters are old news, but history offers lessons to those who take time to seek them. A look at the most dire disasters in the state’s history – a list that contains one disaster that happened long before Texas was settled – shows that the worst disasters are the ones that come without warning....
It appears the New Year is coming in with a vengeance. By the time you receive this issue, South and Central Texas will have seen some of the coldest temperatures seen in recent years. Al Gore—I’m having a hard time with the concept of Global Warm-ing this week! According to the National Weather Ser-vice, “new record daily lows may be established....
On Dec. 13, 1879, the Atlanta Constitution published a brief story that should have been big news in Texas, but somehow no editor in the Lone Star state picked up on the Georgia daily’s report. The story dealt with the purported solution of a 29-year-old mystery in Central Texas, the disappearance of one John Roan....
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