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Learn more about beef cattle production by reading about the experiences of others in your field. They share tips on animal health, herd management, reproduction, performance, marketing and much more.
Quality and performance denote the Joeris herd
published: December 14th 2001 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
It’s always been about quality and performance at Joeris Beefmasters. This herd is closing in on 40 years in the business and from the beginning, Leo and son David, have concentrated on selection of superior genetics and using performance data to its fullest for herd improvement....
Santa Gertrudis breed selected by Falcon Seaboard Ranches
published: November 16th 2001 source: SGBI
Four years ago, Falcon Seaboard Ranches, selected Santa Gertrudis as one of the breeds for their diversified operation. Falcon Seaboard Ran-ches has locations in Fredericksburg, Texas; Sutton and Edwards Counties in West Texas, as well as Colorado and Nebraska....
Live Oak Beefmaster Breeders Assn. to honor Humberto Garza at 2001 sale
published: December 15th 2000 by: Martha Hollida Garrett source: BBU
Humberto Garza will be posthumously awarded the prestigious Live Oak Beef-master Breeders Associa-tion Legend Award. The award was initiated in order to annually honor a person involved in the Beefmaster breed who has made contributions to the breed over several years....
Hinnant & Fulbright, Ltd....dedicated to the land for future generations
published: November 17th 2000 by: Bob Vantrease source: SGBI
Afiduciary duty to the land is what makes Bob Fulbright tick and a commercial man at heart. The morning I met with Bob, after a breakfast at the local gathering place in Hebbronville, Texas, we went straight to the ranch and started working calves....
Hard work and longevity pays off for the Castellaw club calf program
published: May 18th 2000
Success for the Castellaw family of Carrizo Springs, Texas, has been achieved in the competitive world of club calves by hard work and longevity. For the better part of 20 years, Jim Castellaw has been building a club calf program, which not only offers it’s many repeat customers a quality calf at a fair price, but with the honesty and integrity of the Castellaws’ and their cow herd to back it up....
Covert Ranch revives South Texas "Bulldog" Quarter Horse heritage
published: March 24th 2000
The Covert Cattle Com-pany was just a dream for many years before the current owner found what was believed to be the best small acreage available in South Texas for raising superior horses, cattle and whitetail deer....
Larry, Jamie and Dusty Brown see themselves as producers of food, not just beef producers
published: September 24th 1999 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
by Martha Hollida Garrett Not just beef producers, but producers of food. That’s how Larry, Jamie and son, Dusty Brown, see their role in the registered cattle business. The Browns ranch near Kenedy, Texas and in 1994 began raising registered Chiangus....
Jordans initiate new way of marketing weaned calves
published: September 10th 1999 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
by Martha Hollida Garrett Selling at the sale barn will take on a whole new meaning come November 18th. That’s the day Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas holds its first Premium Stocker and Feeder Sale....
Santa Gertrudis: The breed of choice at Briggs Ranches
published: November 20th 1998 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
“They work and they’re versatile.” A description that aptly explains why Santa Gertrudis has been the breed of choice for more than 50 years at Briggs Ranches. The Briggs program holds charter member number 48 with Santa Gertrudis Breeders Inter-national (SGBI) and the herd was begun in the early ‘40’s....
Oak Creek Farms - Targeting Today’s Beef Market
published: November 20th 1998
Last spring Oak Creek Farms sent 22 purebred Red Brangus and Brangus steers to the Graham Feed-lot in Gonzales. Twenty of these steers were graded by Dr. Joe Paschal of the Texas Ranch to Rail Program....
Borchers Southern Y Ranch L.P.
published: November 20th 1998 by: Richard Graham Hood, II source: SGBI
The direct correlation between the “purebred cattle seed stock business” and the “commercial cattle industry” sometimes is hard to define. Many operations are structured to produce cattle strictly for show and glamour....
Sonny Oates believes that..."there’s nothing prettier than his red cows on green grass"
published: August 22nd 1997 by: Martha Hollida Garrett
Sonny Oates believes “there’s nothing prettier than red cows on green grass.” That belief has led him to build one of the largest Red Brangus herds in the breed and begin to build one of the top Red Angus operations in the state all on acres of improved coastal, rye and native grasses in northeast Texas....
Knox Receives Honor
published: November 30th 1999 source: American Hereford Association
Kathy Knox Buchholz of Bardwell, Texas, has been named the 2008 American Hereford Women (AHW) Woman of the Year. She was honored at the AHW Annual Meeting in Kansas City on Nov. 1. Kathy and her husband, Gary, are partners in GKB cattle, a seedstock enterprise, and Hereford is their breed of choice....
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