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BLACK INK -- ARE WE THERE YET?
2017-05-22 23:18:38| Cattle Today
We were bringing a little preschool friend out to our house for the afternoon. She was a town kid and about every three miles, she'd ask, “Are we ALMOST there?”
BLACK INK -- ARE YOU ON TRACK?
2017-05-18 21:06:26| Cattle Today
Biology says it takes two years from the day you breed cows till their calves can be harvested for beef or join the breeding herd to calve as two-year-olds. Decisions before, after and during any two-year span can make a big difference.
BLACK INK -- LIMITS? WHAT LIMITS?
2016-11-16 22:43:39| Cattle Today
Your cows may be held in by fences, but there are few limits on where you go or what you can do with the herd. Perceived barriers these days are just untested assumptions where imagination and technology are opening new gates.
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BLACK INK -- RETROSPECTIVE
2016-09-30 22:12:30| Cattle Today
A lot can change in 10 years. A quick glance at my family Christmas card provides proof. From a picture of an old Kansas farmhouse to today's Nebraska-based scene, where nearly half a dozen smiling faces fill the frame, transformation is obvious.
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BLACK INK -- INDICATOR COWS
2016-09-15 21:39:52| Cattle Today
When you have just enough cows to name them all, it's easy to characterize them by appearance, temperament and some might even say personality. Kids like to find names to fit. Twister was one of ours 20 years ago, an outlier for poor docility that left no daughters in the herd.
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