In Tribute - W.D. Farr
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
W.D. Farr used his 97 years for the betterment of the industry and his community. He attended his first cattlemen’s association meeting in 1938 and served as president of the American National Cattlemen’s Association in 1970.

So Many Memories
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
Fred Johnson
March 26, 1916 - Sept. 6, 2007
In the May 1992 issue of CALF News I began a series of articles about Fred Johnson with, “Never ask Fred Johnson his opinion if you don’t want to know.

Gypsy Wagon
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
I was amused with an article in one of the livestock publications recently that tackled the effects packing plants and immigrants have on communities.

Whitt & Wisdom
Jim Whitt
What Are You Doing Here?
My friend Bob Workman was reading a book while waiting for his plane to take off. The book – The Secret by Rhonda Byrne — is about the law of attraction. Bob had just finished a passage on the power of visualization and decided to put the principle to the test.

Consolidated Beef Producers –
Providing Marketing Solutions
Betty Jo Gigot, Editor and Publisher
It was a revolutionary idea for its day. Frustrated with increased consolidation of fed-cattle buying that was occurring in the late 1990s, industry leaders felt they had lost control of their weekly marketing.