JBS plans switch to beef at Mountain States Rosen lamb plant, leaving lamb producers high and dry
The impending purchase and transformation of the nation’s second largest lamb processing facility has sheep producers nationwide wondering whether they will get their lambs sold this fall. Brazilian beef packing giant JBS recently acquired Mountain...
‘Thank you, thank you very much’
Because it is fair season, I am going to print a tutorial here from The Fence Post assistant editor/reporter Rachel Spencer about writing thank you notes. Here it is: A quality thank you note may...
Yellowstone stars’ hats begin in Greeley, Colo.
Yellowstone, for fans of the series of the same name, evokes visions of a sprawling Montana ranch and the family and crew who live and work there. On June 19, the Yellowstone was the signature...
Lawmakers ask DOJ to investiage JBS’ plans to convert lamb processor to beef
JBS, the Brazilian meat company, is planning to convert a Colorado lamb processing company to beef, leaving the sheep industry without a processing plant for 350,000 lambs in the western states, according to local media...
Controlling burrowing rodents
Rodents like prairie dogs, ground squirrels and pocket gophers can damage fields, pastures and crops. When these critters move into your barnyards or pastures they may need to be controlled. Robert M. Timm, PhD, Extension...
Farm Bureau asks for additional PPP provisions in the HEALS Act
Though the Senate’s Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act would help more farmers and ranchers participate in the Paycheck Protection Program, the American Farm Bureau Federation is calling for additional changes to make...
Kissing spine no longer a career ending diagnosis for performance horses
Imagine this scenario: you have a nice horse who is generally well-behaved and excels in your selected discipline. Then one day your sweet gelding no longer wants to be saddled and pins his ears when...
Septicemia can kill calves quickly
Calves sometimes develop systemic infection in which bacteria or their toxins get into the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, creating life-threatening illness. Bacteria or viruses in the blood can cause septicemia. Bacterial toxins in...
Nominations sought for Colorado Hemp Advisory Committee
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture is seeking member nominations for its Hemp Advisory Committee. The HAC advises the Department and confers on all matters regarding the regulation of hemp. Committee members assist...
James Arness on Anzio Beach in WWII
Four months shy of his 21st birthday, James King Aurness of Minneapolis, Minn., was waiting anxiously with fellow soldiers, standing on one of the U.S. Army’s WWII landing barges of the U.S. 3rd Army Infantry...
Colorado ag department monitoring Salmonella outbreak in California onions
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are monitoring a report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and...
Tips for farmers and ranchers on buying a semi and trailer
Many farmers and ranchers today are buying their own semi-trucks and trailers, to haul hay, grain and livestock. Before making the big purchase, they will want to consider some key points. Bruce Carpenter, a trucker...
Pinkeye in cattle: A challenging disease
Pinkeye causes millions of dollars in loss each year for producers, due to poor weight gains, prices docked because of eye damage or blindness, calves cut back at sale time, etc. Stockmen generally try to...
How to raise an orphan calf
Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles (a twin, or a heifer’s calf that isn’t accepted by its mother) and it’s easy with a newborn or young calf. More challenging is the 2-month-old calf that’s...
Dusty Road Solutions
Dust is a price many of us pay to live in the country. Some 70% of U.S. roads are unpaved, and the EPA says about 40% of dust particles come from these unpaved roads right...
Beholden to the behemoths no more: Mobile and modular local processing and opening local markets
Mike Callicrate said COVID-19 exposed a failed food system that is incapable of feeding people. That being said, his solution, he said, will ensure food security, reduce and decentralize abusive market power, ensure that farmers...
JBS USA sells its Greeley lamb plant to Wyoming lamb cooperative
JBS USA has reached yet another purchase agreement — but this time it’s to sell one of its assets. After years of buying other meat production assets throughout the country, JBS USA officials plan to...
Analysis: Great American Outdoors Act passed due to Senate races
The Great American Outdoors Act, which creates a fund for the national parks, passed partly because several Repubican House members and senators in the western states face elections this year, a Harvard lecturer said in...
Feeding and managing young bulls for optimum fertility and longevity
For many years, most seedstock breeders overfed young bulls, often putting them on high concentrate rations for feed trials to see how much they could gain in a short time. Some bulls were gaining four...
Catahoula Leopard Dog: Not your average stock dog
“A Catta whatta?” That’s the most common response that owners of Catahoula Leopards get after answering the question, “What kind of dog is that?” The largest breed of stock dog, a Catahoula, typically weighs between...