Friday Feature:  Herds West (1955 Beef Production)

Friday Feature: Herds West (1955 Beef Production)

This week’s featured video comes from the Charlie Dean Archives.  The video provides an overview of beef cattle production in the Western US in 1955.  Much of today’s modern beef production system was developed during this period that included cow-calf...
US Cattle Inventory Down 2% on January 1, 2022

US Cattle Inventory Down 2% on January 1, 2022

  USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) released the January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 31, 2022.   These reports are a little confusing, as the year listed is the date of the report (Jan 1), but they are actually measuring the...
Preparing Your Farm for the Cold Weather this Weekend

Preparing Your Farm for the Cold Weather this Weekend

Cold weather is forecast for this weekend, but how cold will it get in your area?  The National Weather Service has developed a nice tool to help with this:  https://www.weather.gov/forecastpoints.  Once on the website you can either use a pointer on a map or the name...