Beef economist Sandy Russell says volumes will likely remain low as the spring weather draws producers' attention to seeding. fed cattle prices were lower.combined with a stronger Canadianmarket, the basis narrowed to $8. Cattle feeders were willing sellers into this stronger market, with Canfax members reporting over 20,000 head sold last week. The exception was heavy steers (900 pounds and over) which traded $2 per hundredweighthigher. Steers traded unchanged to $2 per hundredweight...

Rich always made it a point to stay focused on quality cattle that the real cowman could use. Rich Peterson bought some top angus cows and started improving on the Angus cows of the day. The ranch is located on the beautiful Republican river in the lower southwest corner of Nebraska. Windmill Angus are leaders in the breed for high growth easy calving bulls, with carcass numbers as a priority. Rich raised big bulls when the trend was for very small bulls. It is hard country which requires...

Hoping to keep the ranch intact, Redd approached the Nature Conservancy (TNC), the environmental nonprofit, which buys ecologically significant property and preserves it. TNC opted to continue with ranch operations and to use the property as a research lab, allowing scientists to work with Redd to determine the best grazing rotation for a desert climate. TNC agreed to Redd's plan, and this year marks the tenth anniversary of the partnership between the long-time rancher and the nonprofit....

But in recent years, the normally nocturnal and reclusive animals have grown in number experiencing population explosions in certain areas to the point where they could hurt themselves as well as livestock operations. The magnitude of the population explosion is all the more evident as mad as a March hare breeding behavior makes the animals more visible than usual. Normally nocturnal, reclusive and unsociable, these jackrabbits are currently so abundant in some areas that groups of 20 to...

The demonstration, which included members of the Consumer Federation of America, National Farmers Union, Center for Food Safety, Food and Water Watch, Humane Society and the Union of Concerned Scientists, urged the FDA to go slow before approving the use of cloned animals to produce food. A protest over the safety of food derived from cloned animals Wednesday may have revived a health debate, but is unlikely to trigger any changes in the way the food industry does business anytime soon....

You mentioned a cartoon about a "mad cow" and that got me laughing. But with the back problems he experiences, Nunn has stopped horseshoeing and has taken up another interesting hobby - drawing cartoons. The smell of freshly tooled leather permeates the walls throughout the home, and the closer you get, the better it smells. Comment posters are responsible for the opinions they express and the accuracy of the information they provide. He spends as much time with horses as he does with his...