Past Issue: October / November 2006
Alberta’s ‘Red Hot’ Feedlot Alley
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
For a feedyard groupie like me “feedlot alley” in southern Alberta is about as exciting as it gets. As far as the eye can see, mill legs, grain storage bins and silage piles grace the flat, green landscape.
Holland Part of Nebraska’s Long Feeding History
LaRayne Meyer
If you ask Bill Holland what makes a good cattle producer, he’ll say, first of all, you have to love cattle. You have to read them, to know what to feed them and how, to look at cattle and know if they’re hungry or not – and they’d better not be hungry.
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
It was a true adventure. Happy the Bus Driver, piloting the Gypsy Wagon, drove two cats, Sunshine the dog, and me 3,600 miles in 28 days through seven states and two Canadian provinces. Montana and Idaho’s mountains, lakes and streams can only be topped by the Canadian Rockies.
Will Verboven
European Consumers Need Our Beef
One of the most aggravating export markets for North American beef has to be Europe. A recent trip to Europe once again saw very high prices for beef in retail stores. A large-chain grocery store in France featured hamburger at ...
Jim Whitt
You Can’t Outfox the Hedgehog
Wherever I’m speaking I’ll ask the audience, “How many of you want to reach your full potential?” Every hand goes up. Now, I believe they mean it. They really want to. But I also know that when most of them walk out of the room, ...
Champion Feeders, LLC
Keep An Eye on the Ball
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
Soft spoken and articulate, Kevin Buse is a serious young man, determined to be the best possible at what he does.