Past Issue: June / July 2006
Industry Legend Turns 60
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
A mist lay close to the ground, swirling around the Schwertner Select cattle grazing on the lush green pastures around the sprawling Capital Land and Livestock headquarters. It was a far cry from two months before when fires were ravishing the area.
Industry Technology Feature:
Setting the Standard
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
Eugene Schwertner always told his people, “Never over promise and never over sell.” Through the years – 60 of them – Eugene’s company, Capital Land and Livestock, has tried to do just that, while providing one of the most complete service-oriented livestock dealer networks in the country.
A Work in Progress
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
There was always a question: Why, after 30 to 45 days, did cattle that seemed to be acclimated, start to break and continue to break with bovine viral diarrhea (BVD)? Something or someone was at fault. The only answer for managers and pen riders alike was to pick them up, treat them and wait to see when it would happen again. Everyone knew it was costing time, money and production, but a realistic answer seemed out of reach.
Tracy Rehberg, Contributing Editor
Ted Turner and the New West
Like him or not, when children of future generations crack their virtual American History books, Ted Turner is going to have his own chapter among such pivotal men as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There is no telling, in the end, what his credits wi ll include. Certainly, he will be dubbed the father of modern media...
Jim Whitt
Choice & Responsibility
This just in … France is at war! But you’ll never guess who they are fighting. Themselves! Over half a million people in 160 French cities recently participated in protests, some of which turned violent. They were protesting a proposed law that would allow businesses to fire young workers in the first two years on a job without giving a reason, removing them from protections that restrict layoffs of regular employees.
IDEXX – Vital Industry Partner
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
Do you ever wonder where some of the tools we use in the industry come from? I don’t mean corn and hay. How about the needles and vaccines and other items that are a very real part of our everyday world?