Beef snacks debut for busy kids, consumers  

Kids want quick, fast and easy. They want food right after school, while doing homework or before playing with friends – with one caveat – they don’t want to have to cook. Meanwhile, moms want nutritious food ...

Range Science 101: Supplementing Protein on Low Quality Forages 

By Eric Mousel, South Dakota State University

As the growing season winds down for this year, many ranchers will be extending the grazing season on corn stalks, winter range, and other stockpiled forages. Although extended grazing is a cheap and flexible way to feed cattle in the winter, it typically involves forages that are low in feed quality...

National FFA announces Steve Brown as New National FFA Executive Secretary 

The National FFA Organization announced in early December that Dr. Steve A. Brown of Missouri has been named the new National FFA Executive Secretary. He will begin his position as Agricultural Sciences Program Specialist...

20 members named to Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Advisory Committee 

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner has appointed 20 members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. Seven of the appointments are new; the other 13 are reappointments...

BEEF, Limousin Team Up For "Cyber Campfire"  

BEEF magazine is venturing into a new venue by partnering with the North American Limousin Foundation (NALF) in a series of Internet programs aimed at important cow-calf production and management topics...

Don’t let nitrates cost cattle lives 

If you will be feeding cane, millet, or oat hay to your cows this winter, University of Nebraska’s Bruce Anderson says to be cautions so high nitrate levels won’t kill your cows or cause abortions...

Developing Pricing  

By Sarah Aubrey

Modern wisdom tells us that it’s the strategies, as much as the quality of product that will allows us to survive with a small beef operation. One important strategy is pricing products. Establishing any good's value is in some measure done in relation to its price...

Leather & Cowboy Collectables for Christmas 

By Kindra Gordon

Cowboys and cowgirls are loving the leather items Sabrina Harmon creates at her home-based business near Newell, SD. Harmon specializes in making custom chaps and chinks for adult and youth rodeo contestants – as well as...

Calculating the cost of raising meat goats 

A new budget spreadsheet from South Dakota State University can help producers calculate the costs of producing goats for the meat goat market...

SDSU research: Improving small ranch profitability  

Improving small ranch profitability by evaluating alternatives in beef cattle enterprises is the focus of a major new study at South Dakota State University...

Rural Tourism Site Expanding 

Country-Adventures, a Nebraska online rural tourism site, was awarded $72,318 through a USDA Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) to expand into other states...

Talking about money 

By Noel McNaughton, BEEF Magazine contributing editor

At a farm conference a few years ago, I sat in on a presentation for women on how to deal with stress. It was an eye-opener. The speaker asked for a show of hands on how many of the 100+ women in the room were feeling stressed. Almost every hand went up...

The Evolution of Carcass Ultrasound in Beef Cattle Operations 

By Patrick Wall, Director of Communications, The National CUP Lab

The term “evolution” must be used loosely, since the history of Centralized Ultrasound Processing only dates back about a decade. However, drastic changes have occurred in how cattle producers in all aspects of the beef cattle industry use carcass ultrasound data...

A Cowboy’s Thanksgiving Prayer 

By Steve Lucas

Dear Lord,
I confess, my prayer life hasn’t been as consistent as it should
And I reckon my life would be easier if it was, and I would
Make prayer a priority ‘cept it’s a habit to forget ...

Greg Norman Australian Prime Celebrates a Year of Growth 

In late November, Greg Norman Australian Prime™ (GNAP), celebrated one year of operation and success with its luxury brand of Australian beef. Conceived by professional golfer and businessman Greg Norman...