No two Texas days are alike at Flanagan Cattle Co. My name is Christy Flanagan. My husband, Craig and I live in Leonard in northeast Texas. We have a 13 year-old son named JT and we’ve been married for 20 years. My husband is the 5th generation to live on and work the land around […]
Think Zinc
– By GILDA V. BRYANT – Are you seeing some lame or poor-doing critters out there? It might be a good idea to give zinc some consideration. Zinc works hand-in-hand with copper and selenium, but when it comes to supplementation this trace mineral is a work horse. It’s involved in some 300 enzyme systems including the metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates, which provide energy […]
Who Me?
I’m Not Spreading BDV – By MERRIDEE WELLS – Calving season on the ranch is always an exciting time. The work of the past year, the offspring of that newly purchased bull, or the mating decisions you’ve made are about to be rewarded. So imagine, if you will, how it feels to find first one dead fetus, then another. Or to realize that one […]
Prep For The Cold
Make Sure Your Cows Are Nutritionally Ready – By GILDA V. BRYANT – Minerals are important for herd health, reproduction and efficiency during winter. However, that is only part of the picture. Extra protein and energy are vital during cold, wet weather. Producers should also be aware of forage and by-product supplementation quality, as well as […]
Weigh To Go!
Guesswork doesn’t cut it in modern-day, progressive beef production By: Jennifer Showalter Livestock scales and indicators are more advanced and accurate than ever before. Beyond all of the bells and whistles that are available, the bottom line is that every pound counts whether you are buying, selling, treating, or evaluating cattle. It doesn’t take much arm twisting for a producer to […]
A Better Way To Play
Grazing Public Lands is a High Stakes Game By: Tim O’Byrne Grazing on public land is a serious deal for a lot of our readers, and lately we’ve been introduced to what can happen if the parties involved fail miserably at playing the game within the boundaries of acceptable behavior. If all the wasted productive hours burned up over […]
Working Ranch Branding Party
By: Linda Lawler Every summer at the Sawtooth Valley Ranch we put together a hearty and delicious lunch or dinner -depending on how long the branding takes -for those who participate in this ranching tradition. This year I decided to cook a main dish I have always wanted to make: short ribs. My husband and daughter love to […]
Theodore's Cattle
By: Bert Entwistle As Theodore stepped down from the train he stood for a moment in the failing light taking it all in. It was early September of 1883, and his presence in the tiny Badlands town of Medora was hardly enough to impress anyone. At five foot nine, painfully skinny and the picture of poor health, his thin moustache […]
Theodore’s Cattle
By: Bert Entwistle As Theodore stepped down from the train he stood for a moment in the failing light taking it all in. It was early September of 1883, and his presence in the tiny Badlands town of Medora was hardly enough to impress anyone. At five foot nine, painfully skinny and the picture of poor health, his thin moustache […]
What's Neat About Wheat
Oh yeah, there’s some risk, too By: Loretta Sorensen Cattlemen who graze wheat will know the basics of their strategy remain the same from year to year. However, with all the variables involved, no two plans will be exactly the same. “Weather, grain prices, the amount of fall forage accumulated in a wheat field and many other aspects of the practice […]
What’s Neat About Wheat
Oh yeah, there’s some risk, too By: Loretta Sorensen Cattlemen who graze wheat will know the basics of their strategy remain the same from year to year. However, with all the variables involved, no two plans will be exactly the same. “Weather, grain prices, the amount of fall forage accumulated in a wheat field and many other aspects of the practice […]
Pasture Lingerie
By: Arn Anderson, DVM Tye was tight. He based his life on the old adage “waste not want not”, and he carried it to the extreme. As a sworn bachelor, Tye never fell for the trap of current trends or popular opinion. His fences were really just continued patches of old wire. His farm shop resembled a warehouse of cast off, salvaged, repurposed and recycled hardware, […]
Build Yourself A Little Bitty Backgrounding Lot
By: Jennifer Showalter Backgrounding lots vary greatly from one outfit to the next, but regardless of how spiffy one is or is not, the lot needs to be designed to accommodate calves as they transition from the cow to the feedyard. During this time the calves are expected to gain both muscle and bone before going on to be […]
Questionable Quotes
By: Tim O’Byrne Every time we do the Salute to the Feedyard issue, I’m reminded of my own years spent in the hustle and bustle of the pens and feed lanes. And so, it is only fair that I impart unto you some of my musings. SIX QUOTES THAT WOULD NEVER BE ATTRIBUTED TO TIM O’BYRNE THE PENCHECKER: 1. “Plugged […]
Writing The "Real" Old West
Inspired by poorly written accounts of life on the range, an authentic cowhand takes up the pen to set the record straight By: Bert Entwistle In 1903, Andy Adams published a book called The Log of a Cowboy. Although sold as a fiction novel, it was really Adams’ first person account of his years as […]
Writing The “Real” Old West
Inspired by poorly written accounts of life on the range, an authentic cowhand takes up the pen to set the record straight By: Bert Entwistle In 1903, Andy Adams published a book called The Log of a Cowboy. Although sold as a fiction novel, it was really Adams’ first person account of his years as […]
Keepers of the Grass
Your Future As A Rangeland Manager By: Loretta Sorensen Students who consider the great outdoors to be the perfect office location may want to contemplate pursuit of a Range Management degree. Susan Edinger Marshall, Rangeland Resources and Wildland Soils professor at Humboldt State’s Forestry and Wildland Resources Department in Arcata, CA, says working as a […]
BLM Reasoning (today's oxymoron)
By: Tim O’Byrne Pssst! Word on the gravel road is… the BLM doesn’t recognize cheatgrass. Yeah. Cheatgrass as a forage does not officially exist to the BLM according to reliable sources. That’s why the formidable bureau refuses to include it in a range analysis as having at least some nutritional value, encouraging grazing and control […]
BLM Reasoning (today’s oxymoron)
By: Tim O’Byrne Pssst! Word on the gravel road is… the BLM doesn’t recognize cheatgrass. Yeah. Cheatgrass as a forage does not officially exist to the BLM according to reliable sources. That’s why the formidable bureau refuses to include it in a range analysis as having at least some nutritional value, encouraging grazing and control […]
Cattleman's Crystal Ball
Genomic Testing May Be Complex, But Is Finally A Reliable Window Into The Future? By: Jaime Pullman Depending on your perspective, the world of cattle breeding has gotten more complicated in the last twenty years just as it has become more transparent. Genetic testing, genetic tools, and the unfurling of the bovine genome have given us the opportunity for more information than you […]
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