Sowing the Seeds of Change
Outlook 2008
For the past several years, we at CALF News have asked feedyard managers to share their outlook on the industry’s future. Never in those years did there seem to be more issues affecting the industry as there are now. As one of our contributing managers said, “My crystal ball is a bit cloudy this year.”

An Interview with Jim Link
Boots on the Ground in D.C.
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
Just because they call it the Department of Agriculture doesn’t necessarily mean the people working there have much background with “real stuff” like corn, wheat and cattle.

Gypsy Wagon
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
For you political junkies, don’t throw this magazine away until you have read it. I know that by now, using the word “change” on the cover could be enough to curl your hair, but it certainly seemed to be appropriate for our industry.

Whitt & Wisdom
Jim Whitt
Wagon Train to the Stars
“When I left school at the age of 15 I was halfway through the tenth grade,” wrote Louis L’Amour in Education of a Wandering Man . “I left for two reasons, economic necessity being the first of them. More important was that school was interfering with my education.”

The Range of Reason
Tracy Rehberg, Contributing Editor
I smiled from ear to ear when I saw the photograph the CALF News team paired with my last column, “Better Keep Working,” about work ethic and the privilege of a childhood spent around cattle. The photograph was of...

Chaparral Feeders
Keeping Ahead of the Game
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
In the land of tall fences that cost $20,000 per mile to build, cattle feedyards and farms are a little hard to come by.